On April 17, 2020 the lecture 5 under the title «Praxeological and behavioral-interactive components of academic culture» from the course «Researcher’s Academic Culture: European and national experience» (2 hours) for the postgraduate students in the field of training 01 Education/Pedagogy took place.

         The specifics of praxeological and behavioral-interactive components of the researcher’s academic culture, peculiarities of teaching culture, language and communication culture at the university, skills and abilities based on critical thinking, professional leadership in the sphere of research were outlined.

On April 9, 2020 the online classes on the course «Researcher’s Academic Culture: European and National Experience» were organized by doctor of pedagogical sciences, prof. Semenog Olena Mykolayivna.

The topics of the webinars «Academic culture and ethics in higher education: European, national and institutional dimensions», «Conceptual foundations for the formation of academic culture» corresponded to the project of Jean Monnet Module «Europeanization of Doctoral Studies in the Field of Education: Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Approaches» (№ 600071-EPP-1-2018-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE/ Erasmus + Programme Jean Monnet Activities Project). 

The following issues were considered: the problems of scientific integrity in the modern scientific environment: world, European and national experience; moral and ethical values of a researcher: professional duty, social responsibility, academic honor, respect for another person; ethical principles of a teacher-researcher in the implementation of academic communication on a subject-subject, humanistic basis; academic codes of values.

The workshop was attended by:

• Sbruieva A. A., doctor of pedagogical sciences, a coordinator Erasmus+ Programme Jean Monnet Activities Project «Europeanization of Doctoral Studies in the Field of Education: Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Approaches» who focused on explaining how to operate Erasmus + project teams in accordance with the recommendations of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, the European Commission (EACEA), the possibility of changing the form of distance learning in terms of quarantine.
• Yachmenyk M.M., Ph.D., a head of the Center for Quality Assurance in Higher Education of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko who outlined the range of the tasks of the center to provide quality educational services at the university and ensure the principle of academic integrity.
• Nadutenko M. V., candidate of philological sciences, a researcher of the Department of Linguistics of the Ukrainian Language and Information Fund of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a Head of the All-Ukrainian Center for Dictionary, reviewed the national linguistic resources of the Ukrainian Language and Information Fund of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the specifics of their use in order to form an academic culture.

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On April 8, 2020 the Ukrainian Association of European Studies together with the National Erasmus + Office in Ukraine held a webinar on «Implementation of Jean Monnet projects in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic».

The purpose of the event was to discuss the experience of management and financial management of Erasmus + projects: Jean Monnet. The team of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, an executor of the project Jean Monnet Module joined the Zoom-webinar.

On April 7, 2020 within the framework of independent work on the course «Researcher’s Academic Culture» the postgraduate students of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko participated in the webinar on Strengthening Academic Integrity in Ukraine Project – SAIUP.

         The webinar «Everything you wanted to know about plagiarism» was held by Yevhen Nikolayev, a consultant of the SAIUP project, a co-author and co-compiler of a number of methodological materials, including «Guidelines for higher education institutions in support of the principles of academic integrity» and «Extended glossary of terms and concepts of academic integrity».

The peculiarities of academic plagiarism were discussed in the webinar. In particular, the following issues have been covered: a) how to write an academic text so that it does not contain plagiarism and self-plagiarism; b) what is common and what is the difference between academic plagiarism and copyright infringement; c) what methods are used to check academic text for plagiarism and whether «plagiarism-free certificates» make sense.