National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv University of Law

Svitlana Stezhko

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of General Theoretical Legal and Social Sciences and Humanities

Education

15 April 2021 — Associate Professor of the Department of Ukrainian Language.

21 June 2019 — B2 certificate (First Kyiv State Foreign Language Courses municipal extracurricular institution, English course).

16 March 2018 — defended at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv a dissertation titled “The Concept of the Historical Past in Ukrainian Drama of the 1920s–1930s (S. Cherkasenko, L. Starytska-Cherniakhivska, I. Mykytenko, M. Irchan)”, submitted as a manuscript for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences in specialty 10.01.01 — Ukrainian Literature.

2011–2016 — degree candidate at the Department of Contemporary Ukrainian Literature, Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

2001–2004 — Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, specialty in Ukrainian Language and Literature.

1987–1991 — N. Krupskaya Kyiv Pedagogical College No. 1, qualification as a primary school teacher.


Academic degrees

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (2005), specialty 13.00.04 — Theory and Methodology of Professional Education.

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (2014), specialty 13.00.04 — Theory and Methodology of Professional Education.


Professional interests

Professional foreign-language training at non-language higher education institutions.


Internships

26 May 2023 — Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Department of General Mathematics and Methods of Teaching Computer Science. Research and practice seminar “Digital Technologies in Educational and Academic Research”, 3.6 credits.

From 2 November to 11 December 2020, participated in the research internship “Academic Integrity” at the Polish-Ukrainian Foundation, Institute of International Academic and Scientific Cooperation, jointly with the Higher Theological Seminary of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Republic of Poland.


Professional development

  • Member of the International Association of Modern Education, Science and Culture NGO (EDRPOU code 44094570), No. SCH-360.12.23.
  • 30 April 2024 — Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Department of General Mathematics and Methods of Teaching Computer Science. Research and practice seminar “Current Issues in Educational and Academic Research: Prospects, Innovation, Development”, 2 professional-development credits ; Certificate No. AS 2024-5667.
  • 2 October–12 November 2023 — All-Ukrainian academic and pedagogical professional-development programme “Education as an Indicator of Social Development: A Theoretical and Practical Course” (180 hours, 6 credits), No. ADV-021017-PSI.

Academic achievements

Author of more than 33 academic and teaching-methodology works, including:

  • 2 teaching-methodology guides
  • 10 course programmes

Researcher identifiers

ORCID: 0000-0003-3716-6541

Google Scholar h-index: 2


Publications indexed in Scopus and Ukrainian Category B journals (2020–2025)

  1. Stezhko S. O., Kondratenko N. Yu., Marchenko H. V. Theoretical Aspects of Developing Future Journalists’ Communicative Competence through Linguocultural Studies. Image of the Modern Educator. No. 4(193), 2020. P. 67–73.
  2. Stezhko S. O., Kondratenko N. Yu., Marchenko H. V. Linguodidactic Foundations for Developing Future Journalists’ Communicative Competence through Linguocultural Studies. Innovative Pedagogy. No. 27, 2020. P. 86–93.
  3. Yurii Vovk, Svitlana Stezhko. The Formation of “HOMO SOVIETICUS” in the Realities of Soviet Life. Review of Yu. Kahanov, Constructing the “Soviet Person” (1953–1991): The Ukrainian Version. Zaporizhzhia: Inter-M, 2019. 432 p., illustrated. East European Historical Bulletin, 17. The collection is indexed in international databases: Web of Science (ICV 2016-50.70; 2017-71.75; 2018-86.66). P. 267–272.
  4. Yevheniia Levcheniuk, Fedir Vlasenko, Dmytro Tovmash, Ruslana Atashkadeh, Svitlana Stezhko. Anthropological Dimension of Smart Culture, WISDOM, 17(1), 2021. P. 184–192. (Scopus) 14/3
  5. Kondratenko N. Yu., Stezhko S. O., Marchenko H. V. Psychological and Pedagogical Foundations for Developing Future Journalists’ Communicative Competence through Linguocultural Studies. Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2021. Series: Pedagogy and Psychology. P. 133–122. Professional journal.
  6. Stezhko S. O., Kondratenko N. Yu. Theoretical Aspects of Developing Future Lawyers’ Communicative Competence. Journal of Kyiv University of Law. No. 3, 2024. P. 40–44. https://kup.edu.ua/vyyshov-drukom-iii-y-nomer-2024-roku-iurydychnoho-naukovo-teoretychnoho-shchokvartalnyka-chasopys-kyivskoho-universytetu-prava/
  7. Svitlana Stezhko, Natalia Kondratenko, Ruslana Zabolotnia, Bohdan Zabolotnii. Teambuilding as a Tool for Effective IT-Company Management. Danish Scientific Journal. Published 26 September 2024. No. 88. P. 15–17.