On December 5, 2023, a final meeting on research practice was held using the Google Meet conference organization service, which was attended by second-year students of the specialty 014 Secondary Education (History) of the Master’s Program (full-time and part-time study) and teachers-methodologists, scientific supervisors of diploma theses for obtaining the second (master’s) level of higher education. The indicated practice of students is an integral part of the educational and professional program for training specialists in this specialty and is an important component of preparation for writing and defending a diploma thesis for obtaining the second (master’s) level of higher education. It is also aimed at forming general and professional competencies of higher education applicants, consolidating theoretical knowledge obtained during training, acquiring and improving practical skills and abilities in the specialty 014 Secondary Education (History) of the Master’s Program. The scientific supervisor of the practice of 4 master’s students was Bohdan Paska, a leading specialist at the Institute of History, Ethnology and Archaeology of the Carpathians.
Head of the Faculty for conducting scientific and research practice of students of this specialty, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of History of Ukraine and Methods of Teaching History A.Z. Korolko noted that the student practice program was developed in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education”, the “Regulations on the Organization and Conduct of Practice at the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University of April 28, 2023, the “Development Strategy of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University” for 2020–2025”, the curriculum of the specialty and qualification characteristics, the educational program, instructions on labor protection and the environment, the Cross-cutting practice program of the specialty 014 Secondary Education (History) of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations.
The purpose of the research practice is to deepen the skills of independent scientific work, expand the scientific worldview of students. Research practice involves the ability to determine the structure and logic of clearly writing a thesis for the second (master’s) degree, the results of which will be defended before the Examination Commission in the third decade of December 2023.
Andriy Korolko introduced the students to the timely and correct preparation of documentation for research practice (calendar schedule for practice; practice diary; thesis plan-prospectus; report on research practice; thesis bibliography; individual task; feedback and assessment of student work in practice).
We believe that the second-year students of the specialty 014 Secondary Education (History) of the Master’s program (full-time and part-time study) will consolidate their practical and theoretical knowledge obtained during research practice for the subsequent successful defense of thesis for the second (master’s) level of higher education.