LARYSA PETRYCHENKO: A VOCATION TO INSPIRE

A teacher is not just a profession, but a true calling to change the world around us, to inspire us to achieve, to prepare a worthy future generation. Only those who are truly dedicated to their work, who show love and respect for children, confidence and responsibility for their work, can fulfil the important mission of educating and training children and young people with dignity. Public, social, economic and political changes are constantly placing new demands on the work and personality of a teacher. A modern specialist should be not only a carrier of knowledge, but also a bright, creative personality, open to innovative changes, capable of continuous professional and personal growth. Most importantly, a teacher should contribute to the comprehensive development of their students. 208 The role of a teacher in higher education plays a special role, because professional activity goes beyond teaching. A teacher realises himself or herself as an assistant and mentor, a researcher, an organiser, and a manager of the educational space. In addition, a true teacher must be able to combine his or her work with social activity and engage higher education students in cooperation. A true professional is able to effectively combine all these areas, forming a modern educational space, and be a worthy role model for future educators. They are the teachers of the 21st century. The Kharkiv region is rich in outstanding teachers and thinkers who influenced the development of education and science in the country and the region, and the results of their work are echoed by their contemporaries. We can mention Kh. Alchevska, D. Bahalii, V. Karazin, M. Lysenko, A. Makarenko, O. Potebnia, H. Skovoroda and others who laid the foundation for the development of education and science in modern Ukraine. Among the contemporary figures who have made a significant contribution to the development of higher education and science, a special place is occupied by Larysa Petrychenko, First Vice-Rector of the Municipal Establishment «Kharkiv Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy» of the Kharkiv Regional Council (hereinafter referred to as the Academy), Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Primary Education and Educational Management, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor.