TOPUZOV Oleh Mykhailovych
President of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (NAES of Ukraine)

Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Educational Sciences (NAES) of Ukraine (elected on December 17, 2019), Doctor of Sciences in Pedagogic Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine. President of the NAES of Ukraine. 

Born on September 25, 1964, in the urban-type settlement of Tysmenytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Geography at the Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute (1987).

A scholar in the fields of didactics, as well as the theory and methodology of teaching geography. His research focuses on establishing the didactic foundations for problem-based and competency-based learning; the individualization of instruction within a blended educational process; the development of geography teaching methodologies; the provision of scientific and methodological support for general secondary education; modern textbook development; and educational innovation. He has developed the didactic and methodological principles for implementing problem-based and activity-based approaches to teaching geography – principles that have been incorporated into curricula and a series of geography textbooks for general secondary and higher education institutions. He is the author of over 670 scholarly works, including 15 articles in journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus databases; 14 monographs (such as “Problem-Based Geography Learning in Schools: Theory and Practice”, “Didactics of Geography”, “Educational Partnership in the General Secondary Education System: Theory and Methodology”, and “Ukraine’s Educational Sphere: National Priorities, Challenges, and Prospects”); 7 conceptual frameworks; 20 curricula; 23 textbooks for students in general secondary and higher education; and over 50 teaching and methodological manuals. 

He is the founder and leader of a scientific school focused on the didactics and methodology of geography teaching. Under his scientific consultation and supervision, 11 doctoral dissertations and 25 candidate dissertations have been successfully defended. He serves as a member of the specialized academic council for the defense of doctoral dissertations in the field of pedagogic sciences at the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences (NAES) of Ukraine. 

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the “Ukrainian Educational Journal”, which was established in 2015 on his initiative. He also serves on the editorial boards of various international peer-reviewed journals indexed in global databases, as well as domestic scientific journals. 

He has been honoured with several awards, including the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine’s badges "Excellence in Education of Ukraine" and "For Scientific Achievements"; the NAES of Ukraine’s medals named after K. D. Ushinsky, Hryhorii Skovoroda, and Volodymyr Monomakh; and a distinction from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine "For the Training of a New Generation of Scientists."

Business address: Presidium of the NAES of Ukraine,
52a Sichovykh Striltsiv St., Kyiv, 04053

Tel.: +380(44)481–3700