Extension Department

Address: 03041, Kyiv, Heroyiv Oborony 11, educational building #10, room #414.
Tel. (044) 527-80-61, (044) 527-80-48
E-mail:[email protected], [email protected]
Head of the department: Tetyana Kalna-Dubinyuk, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor.
History of the Department
Extension Department was created in 2001 as Extension Department headed by M. Kropivko, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Academician of NAAN (2001-2003). From 2033 Extension Department is headed by T. Kalna-Dubinyuk, Associate Professor, PhD in Economics. In 2004 Extension Department was associated with the Economy of Agrarian Service Department, which was headed by P. Mosiyuk, Doctor of Economics, Professor (1996-2000).
Two professors, five associate professors, PhD in economics, one senior lecturer and one assistant work at the Department. Doctors and graduate students study at the department.
Noted scientists and economists, veterans of World War Two, professors I. Homenko, L. Grinchak, V. Pidlisnyuk, associate professors G. Pryjmak, D. Shturba, G. Levchenko, I. Kryvoruchko, senior lecturer V. Kalyuzhny worked at the Department.
Further development of activity of the Department provides for: realization of theoretic-conceptual researches of extension processes, organization of different forms of studies, trainings with the use of innovative technologies; creation of interactive consulting system for agricultural producers and population; participating in forming of the Scientific Park of NUBiP of Ukraine, creation of regional network of information and consultation to agricultural specialists, development of Green Tourism programs.
Educational Work
Extension Department is the first in Ukraine that organized Master’s degrees for specialty “Management of Organizations” by specialization “Agricultural Extension” in 2004 and starts Master’s degrees “Extension” and “Green Tourism”. The Department provides an educational process from basic disciplines: “Basics of agrarian consulting”, “Basics of the consulting management”, “Organization of consulting service”, “Economy and organization of agrarian service”, “Public relations”, “Extension for distance education”, “Green tourism” and etc.
Scientific Work
The Department has scientific school of Agricultural Extension and Economy of Agrarian Service, develops the extension system of knowledge and information in agriculture with the application of interactive methods for the scientifically made decisions. It assisted the approval of the New Act of Ukraine “About agricultural extension service”, and many other acts of legislation in the field of agricultural extension, creation of extension education.
23 candidate’s dissertations were successfully defended during 1996-2010.
The majority of graduate students of the department became highly skilled specialists and teachers.
Educational and Methodological Work
The Department prepares: Masters in Extension and Masters in Green Tourism.
Masters in Extension have such advantages as: the use of distance education; possibility to listen lecturers and teachers from the universities of the USA, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands etc.; master students are involved in organization and participation in seminars, trainings, business schools, ‘round tables’, conferences and exhibitions; possibility of internship abroad.
As a result of effective educational and methodological work there are many model study programs in basic disciplines, 10 textbooks and 25 tutorials, 4 monographs, more than 500 scientific articles and methodological workbooks were published at the Department.
There were created 4 scientific and popular video-films at the Department about the development of Extension Service of Ukraine such as:
· Consulting programs for agrarian business and environment;
· Consulting programs for development of community programs;
· Consulting programs 4-H for children and youth;
· Development of extension education.
There were also organized the distance studies. The distant course “Agricultural Extension Service” is placed on the web-site www.dorada.org.ua.
 
International Relations of the Department
Extension Department participates in exhibitions, organizes and conducts seminars, master classes in extension and business schools, conferences, “round tables”, field days, works with the projects of international technical help of USAID (USA), HEIFER International Ukraine, TACIS (EU), develops relationships with the leading universities of former USSR countries, Poland, Canada, the USA, the Netherlands and others.
Main Tasks
·       To organize master program “Extension”;
·       To organize master program “Green Tourism”;
·       To organize in-plant training and studies of consultants and expert-consultants;
·       To organize scientific and experimental work;
·       To organize extension services at the university and in Kyiv oblast;
·       To organize seminars and trainings, business schools for introduction of new knowledge and technologies;
·       Information exchange and distribution of relations.
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