PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Tourism
E-mail: olexkovalenko@ukr.net
Google Scholar: http://surl.li/byqvh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1043-6679
Researcher ID: AAG-4107-2020
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Education:
2000–2006: Ukrainian State Academy of Railway Transport (Kharkiv), specialty “Rolling-stock and special railway transport equipment”, qualification “Mechanical Engineer of Railway Transport”;
2008–2009: Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, specialty “Pedagogy of higher school”, qualification “Teacher of higher educational institution”;
2009–2011: Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, specialty “Finance and Credit”, qualification “Bachelor in Finance and Credit”;
2013: Postgraduate student at Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, specialty 13.00.04 – Theory and Methods of Vocational Training.
Scientific degree:
2014: thesis defended for obtaining the scientific degree of the Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences at Specialized Academic Board at State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University”, thesis’s topic: “Formation of economic culture of students of engineering and pedagogical specialties in the process of studying at higher educational institution”.
Professional Activities:
2010–2011: Assistant at Finance Department of Institute of Economics and Business at State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University”, assistant at the Department of Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant Business of Institute of Trade and Service Technologies at State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University” (part time);
2011–2013: Assistant at the Marketing Department of Institute of Economics and Business at State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University”;
2013–2016: Senior Lecturer at Marketing Department of Institute of Economics and Business at State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University”;
2016–2021: Associate Professor of the Department of Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant Service at Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko;
2021–2022: Associate Professor of the Department of Ecology and Botany at SNAU;
September 2022 – present: Head of the Department of Tourism at SNAU.
Training courses he teaches: “Tourist Resources and Technologies of Their Utilization”, “Rural and Green Tourism”, “International Tourism”, “Tour Operating”, “Organization of Animation Activities”, “Fundamentals of Scientific Research in Tourism”, “Marketing, Management and Business Planning in Tourism”, “Organization of Restaurant and Hotel Industry”, “Logistics of Tourist Activities”.
Research interests: research on the organization and spatial orientation of conceptual accommodation and food establishments in Ukraine and the world; development, organization and planning of tourist trips in Ukraine and the world; excursion activities: innovations and prospects; development of professional standards in the field of excursions.
Grants awarded:
2021–2022: deputy manager of the International Labor Organization project “Expansion of employment opportunities through the development of green and craft tourism within “Tourist Triangle of Sumy Region”.
Advanced training (internship):
2015: Advanced training courses at Kyiv Institute of Industrial Personnel Training, Certificate of a foreign-language tour guide;2015–2016: Internship as a tourism manager and tour guide at a travel company “Walking Through Time” (Kyiv, Ukraine);
2016: Practice at International travel company “EURASIA Erlebnisreisen” (Lahr, Germany);
2016: Internship in Hotel and Restaurant Business, International Tourism according to International Program of Advanced Training Courses for Lecturers at Northern National University in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China;
2018: Advanced training courses in International Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant Business at Higher School of Education and Therapy named after Professor Kazimyra Milanovska (Poznań, Poland);
2021: Advanced training courses at Cuiavian University in Wloclawek on the topic “Innovative methods of organizing the educational process in the field of cultural studies and art in Ukraine and the EU countries” majoring in “Culture and Art”, Wloclawek, Poland;
2021–2022: Internship “Innovative educational technologies: European experience and its implementation in the training of specialists in the economy, tourism and hotel and restaurant business” at Higher School of Tourism and Ecology in Sucha Beskidzka, Poland.
Awards:
2017: Certificate of Sumy Mayor for conscientious work, high level of professional skills, creativity, initiative, education in young people the feeling of patriotism, love for Ukraine and on the occasion of Science Day in Ukraine.2020: Certificate of Honor of the Sumy Regional Council for high achievements in the research work high level of professional skills, conscientious work, and on the occasion of Science Day in Ukraine.
2021: Certificate of Sumy Mayor for active promotional activites, high level of professional skills, a significant personal contribution to the development of tourism and excursion projects in Sumy.
Additional information:
Participation in Public Organizations:
2017 – present: member of Public Organization “All-Ukrainian Association of Guides”;
2018 – present: member of Public Organization “World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA)”;
2019 – present: Chairman of the Board of Public Organization “Tourist develoment of regions”.
Practical experience in specialty:
2015: a tour guide of a Ukrainian tour operator “Ukraine.UA” (travel trips through Ukraine). Address: 02105, Kyiv, Budivelnykiv Street, 1, Office 21;2016 – present: co-founder and deputy head of the Tourist Agency “Walking Through Time” (internal and international tourism). Address: 40035, Sumy, Internatsionalistiv Street, 5, Office 207;2020 – present: founder and manager of the Tourist and Excursion Project “In Sumy They Don’t Get Bored” (city tours and trips around Sumy region). Address: 40009, Sumy, Stepan Bandera Street, 40-a.
