On March 21, 2019, the IVth All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference «Higher Education Pedagogy: Experience and Development Trends» (Zaporizhzhya) was held, co-organizers were Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine and Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University. On the same day a sectional meeting of the IVth All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference «Pedagogics of Higher School: Experience and Development Trends» was held at the Department of Pedagogics of Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University. An introductory word to the participants of the section session was addressed by Doctor of Pedagogic Sciences, Full Professor T.O. Doronina, who outlined some of gender problems of higher education. The teachers touched the problems of professionalism and skills of teaching activities of higher institutions’ teacher in their speeches at the section session (candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor O.S. Belous, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor N.I. Zelenkova), formation of information and communication competence of a future teacher during the course of practice at a higher education institution (candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor I.A. Voloshchuk), formation of readiness of future teachers to innovate as a factor in the development of their professionalism and skills (candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor V.V. Ivanova, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor S.M. Shcherbyna); higher education in Ukraine: Problems and Prospects (candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor A.M. Korol).

Postgraduate students, candidates and masters of the department also spoke with interesting and relevant reports on preparation of a teacher of higher education in the context of the reform of society, formation and development of the personality of a specialist in the educational process of the institution of higher education.