Qualifications

• associate professor, ISCED: 0114 Teacher training with subject specialization; 0100 - Education, not further defined
• 2015 PhD in Education, Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University (Ukraine)
• 2001 Specialist (MA) in Teaching Foreign Languages, Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University (Ukraine)

Teaching

Foreign Language Teaching Methodology (undergraduate), General English (undergraduate), Grammar (undergraduate), Phonetics (undergraduate)

Research

Foreign language teaching methodology; developing intercultural competence.

Selected Publications

1. Ponomarenko, O., Davydenko, O. & Taran, O. (2023). The way to the classroom: EFL preservice teachers’ school experience. In K. Büyükkarcı & A. Önal (Eds.), Current studies in foreign language education, (pp. 258-279). ISRES Publishing. https://www.isres.org/books/Current%20Studies%20in%20Foreign%20Language%20Education%20(1)_17-10-2023.pdf
2. Taran, O., Davydenko, O., Karpenko, N. , Larina, T., Lytvynenko, S., Ponomarenko, O., Slivka, V., Smelianska, V. (2023). Practical course of the English language: teaching manual for first-year students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages (part 2), 213. Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University.
3. Taran, O., Davydenko, O., Karpenko, N., Larina, T., Lytvynenko, S., Ponomarenko, O., Slivka, V., Smelyanska, V. (2021). Practical course of the English language: teaching manual for first-year students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages (part 1), 220. Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University.
4. Davydenko, O. (2021). Using BBC Learning English Podcasts to develop university students' listening skills. e-mentor, 5(92), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.15219/em92.1545
5. Davydenko, O. (2021). Metodychka pidhotovka maibutnikh uchyteliv anhliiskoi movy do formuvannia mizhkulturnoi kompetentnosti uchniv: dosvid NDU imeni Mykoly Hoholia [Methodical preparation of future English language teachers for the formation of students' intercultural competence: the experience of Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University]. Perspektyvy ta innovatsii nauky [Perspectives and innovations of science]. 5 (5), 239-252. https://doi.org/10.52058/2786-4952-2021-5(5)-239-252
6. Davydenko, O. (2021). Hotovnist maibutnikh uchyteliv anhliiskoi movy do formuvannia mizhkulturnoi kompetentnosti uchniv: dosvid NDU imeni Mykoly Hoholia [The readiness of future English language teachers for the formation of students' intercultural competence: the experience of Mykola Gogol National State University]. The issues of modern philology and creative methods of teaching a foreign language in the European education system, 187-190. https://doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-180-0-49
7. Taran, O., Davydenko, O., Karpenko, N., Larina, T., Ponomarenko, O., Slivka, V., Smelyanska, V. (2019). First Year Grammar Companion, 174. Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University.
8. Davydenko, O., & Ponomarenko, O. (2018). Use of podcasting to develop listening skills in undergraduate students. ScienceRise: Pedagogical Education, 5 (25), 43–46. https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4984.2018.139395
9. Davydenko, O., & Ponomarenko, O. (2017). The use of internet news in teaching reading to undergraduate students. ScienceRise: Pedagogical Education, 12 (20), 4–7. https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4984.2017.118466
10. Davydenko, О. V. (2016). Doslidzhennia etapiv orhanizatsii pidpilnoi osvity v Polshchi u roky Druhoi svitovoi viiny [Investigation of stages of secret education organization in poland during World War II]. ScienceRise: Pedagogical Education, 9 (5), 21–25. https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4984.2016.78101
11. Davydenko O. V. Secret vocational education in Poland: organizational and pedagogical aspects (1939–1945) (2013). Humanum. International Journal of Social and Humanities Studies, 4 (230), 109–124. https://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.mhp-6d821b0a-226f-400a-a105-aa9eacc5679a

Other

Projects

• 2023-2024: Regional cooperation project “Bridge of Friendship: Riga – Nizhyn” (Riga City Council, Department of Education, Culture and Sports Board of Education)
• 2023. “Diverschance East – global competence development and diversity challenges in an innovative Europe” (Osnabruck, Germany)
• 2022-ongoing. The UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative (Cormack Consultancy Group; The Fund of the President of Ukraine for the support of Education, Science, and Sports; Universities UK International)
• 2016. “English Language Retreat / GoGlobal Initiative” project (US Embassy in Ukraine)
• 2013 – 2018. “New Generation School Teacher” project (British Council, Ukraine)

Membership

•   AEDE (European Education and Science in Ukraine)

Mobility

• internship at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences as a part of "Diverschance East" project (Germany, 2023)

Professional Development