Ecological safety and environmental education



Department of Ecological Safety and Environmental Education is an organizational department of the School of Ecology in V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.


STAFF

The totals staff of the Department is 18 persons, including 4 Dr of Sciences and 5 PhDs.

List of Professors and Lecturers:

  • Nekos A.N., DrSci, Professor
  • Kraynukova A.M., DrSci, Professor
  • Shkorbatotov Yu.G., DrSci, Professor
  • Vasykov O.Ye., DrSci, Professor
  • Pelikhatyi M.M., DrSci, Professor
  • Kraynukov O.M. PhD, Assoc.Professor
  • Kucherov K.I., PhD, Assoc.Professor
  • Butz Yu.V., PhD, Assoc.Professor
  • Utkina K.B. PhD, Senior Lecturer
  • Krivitska I.A., Senior Lecturer


EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

The Department is responsible for teaching of 41 courses (18 courses – for BSc students, 14 - for Specialist Degree students and 13 – for MSc students).


BSc STUDENTS
Core courses

1. Chemical ecology

2. Human ecology

3. Environmental monitoring

4. Water monitoring

5. Contact measurement methods

6. Distant methods in ecology


Elective courses
Courses, selected by the University

7. Research-and-practical seminar “Impact of physical factors on organism and cell”

8. Research-and-practical seminar “Ecological and toxicological researches”

9. Research-and-practical seminar “Environmental problems of modern industries”

10. Research-and-practical seminar “Ecological consequences of environment pollution”

11. Scientific-and-methodological seminar on environmental monitoring and environment protection


Courses, which can be selected by students

12. Physical ecology

13. Endoecology

14. Environmental safety of foodstuffs

15. Best Environmental Management Practices

16. Medical ecology

17. Methods for municipal solid waste treatment

18. Fundamentals of bio-technologies


SPECIALIST DEGREE STUDENTS
Core courses
Cycle of professionally-oriented humanitarian and socio-economic courses

1. Environmental health

2. Environmental fundamentals of sustainable development

3. High school and Bologna process


Elective courses Courses, selected by the University

4. Waste recycling and treatment units

5. Scientific environmental seminar

6. Environmental policy

7. Professional pedagogics and psychology

8. Environmental teaching methodology

9. Bio-indication of land and water eco-systems

10. Research-and-practical seminar

11. Research-and-practical seminar - 2

12. Research-and-practical seminar – 3

13. Radio-ecology

14. Age-specific psychology


MSs STUDENTS
Core courses
Cycle of professionally-oriented humanitarian and socio-economic courses

1. Environmental health

2. Methodology of environmental education in high school

3. High school and Bologna process


Environmental science cycle

4. Environmental policy


Elective courses Courses, selected by the University

5. Waste management

6. Scientific environmental seminar


Courses, which can be selected by students

7. Computer-aided training methodology in school education

8. Professional pedagogics and psychology

9. Environmental teaching methodology

10. Research-and-practical seminar - 2

11. Research-and-practical seminar – 3

12. Integrated management of territory: modern approach

13. Certification on ISO 14001



METHODOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT (2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR)

 

Nr

Type

Responsible

1

Development and approval of the plan of carry out of interim and final tests

Lecturers and professors

2

Development of tests for the I Stage of All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad

Kraynukov O.M.,

Nekos A.N.

3

Open lectures:

Lecturers and professors

 

Water monitoring

Kraynukova A.M.

 

Physical ecology

Shkorbatotov Yu.G.

 

Common ecology and neo-ecology

Nekos A.N.

4

Presentation of text-book “Environmental monitoring”

Kraynukov O.M.

5

Presentation of layout of methodical recommendations for carry out of field practical training “Ecological-and-toxicological assessment of water body state and sources for its pollution”

Kraynukova A.M.,

Kraynukov O.M.

6

Presentation of term Ukrainian-Russian-English reference dictionary “Ecology and neo-ecology”

Nekos A.N.

7

Open lecture, given by representative of Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Ecological Problems

Makarovskiy E.L.

8

Program for improvement of professional level on “Cartographical provisions for modern geographical education”, performed by Department of Physical Geography and Cartography, KKNU 

Nekos A.N.,

Butz Yu.V.

9

Work in the framework of Tempus project “Improvement of education on environmental management”, in particular: experience exchange on education process in the domain of environmental education, development of final list of courses and curricular, development of methodological approaches for education of specialists in the domain of environmental management

Nekos A.N.,

Utkina K.B.

10

Development of tests for University entrants

Krivitska I.A.

11

Improvement of up-dating of educational-methodological complexes

Lecturers and professors

12

Preparation for publishing of the text-book “Common ecology and neo-ecology”

Nekos A.N.

13

Development of methodological recommendations on “Labour health” and “Environmental health”

Kucherov K.I.,

Butz Yu.V.,

Pelikhatyi M.M.

14

Preparation for publishing of “Methodological guidelines for preparation of BSs thesis, direction of training “Ecology, Environmental Protection and Balanced Nature Management””

Kraynukov O.M.

15

Preparation for publishing of Methodological guidelines for the course “Modelling and Prognostication of Environmental State”, direction of training Ecology, Environmental Protection and Balanced Nature Management”

Kucherov K.I.



SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

Scientific directions are as follows:

  • Bio-testing;
  • Tropho-geography;
  • Radio-ecology;
  • Environmental education;
  • Ecological safety;
  • Biological methods for optimization of environment.

  • Acting Head of the Department
    Doctor of Sciences (Geography), Full Professor
    Alla N. Nekos
    Phone: 707-54-48