Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor of the Department of Primary education of The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, Cherkasy, Ukraine.  Teaching experience: in Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (1988 - 2011). Research interests - history of pedagogical thought, current problems of rehabilitation pedagogy, management of educational systems and processes. The author of more than 170 scientific works.