Oleksandra Bandura

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykhailivna and the family name is Bandura.
Oleksandra Bandura
Олександра Бандура
in 1977
Born
Oleksandra Mykhailivna Bandura

7 November [O.S. 25 October] 1917
Hamivka [ce; ro; ru; uk; zh], Pryazovske Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian People's Republic
Died4 September 2010(2010-09-04) (aged 92)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Occupation(s)Teacher
Literature scholar
Years active1930s–2008
SpouseOleksandr Bandura [uk]
Children2
AwardsState Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology

Oleksandra Mykhailivna Bandura (Ukrainian: Олександра Михайлівна Бандура; 7 November [O.S. 25 October] 1917 – 4 September 2010) was a Soviet Ukrainian teacher and literature scholar who worked as an educator at the Instytut pedahohiky [ru; uk] from 1951 until 1991 and as a senior researcher at the Department of the Methodology of Teaching History of Ukraine between 1956 and 1987. She was strongly interested in the issue concerning the creation of textbooks and the problem with educating the theory of teaching literature in school, and was the author of more than 110 scientific works. Bandura was made a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology in 1977.

Early life and education

On 7 November [O.S. 25 October] 1917,[1][2] Bandura was born in the village of Hamivka [ce; ro; ru; uk; zh], Pryazovske Raion (today Melitopol Raion), Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.[3] She had her primary education at the nearby village of Zhadran before she and her family fled to the city of Donetsk (then Stalino) due to the Holodomor, studying at the No. 10 School for seven years. When Bandura was 16 years old, she spent three months doing the pedagogical course and became a junior school teacher. She worked at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University before applying to study at the philological faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[4] Bandura took part in the Great Patriotic War on the Eastern Front.[1][2] She graduated from university in 1945.[3]

Career

After being at the Department of Ukrainian Literature of the Faculty of Philology of Kyiv University, Bandura began working at the Instytut pedahohiky [ru; uk] from 1951 until 1991,[1][4] researching the issues of teaching methods of Ukrainian in Ukrainian secondary schools.[3][5] She took on advice from professor Oleksandr Doroshkevich to do methodological and scientific work. Bandura developed a strong interest in the issue concerning the creation of textbooks and the problem with educating the theory of teaching literature in school. She worked as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Ukrainian Literature Methodology, before becoming a junior assistant.[4] In 1956, Bandura defended her Candidate of Sciences in Pedagogy [ru; uk] thesis as a senior researcher at the Department of the Methodology of Teaching History of Ukraine, where she remained until 1987.[1][3]

She was the writer of more than 110 scientific works, including 31 scientific-methodical publications, six textbooks (single and co-authored) on Ukrainian literature for grades 5, 6, 8, 9, one for classes with grade 7/8 students with an in-depth study of Ukrainian literature and one for the fifth grade of Polish-speaking schools and teacher manuals.[4] Bandura's subjects also included study of the elements of the theory of literature, connections that developed the theory of schools and textbooks on Ukrainian letters. She partook in the preparation of programmes from Ukrainian and general education letters for schools.[1] She emphasised the requirement for methodically competent organisation of reading works, with the importance of protecting the direct reading perception of the work by students. Bandura focused on substantiating the principals of school ideological and artistic analysis, taking into account the specifics of fiction and understanding its implementation.[5] Bandura theorised that textbooks should give a single system of work on every problem that form the process of "studying literature in secondary school."[2]

Bandura's works include Вивчення творчості Леоніда Глібова в школі in 1954; Василь Стефаник: Літературно-критичний нарис in 1956; Вивчення творчості Івана Котляревського в школі in 1957; Мова художнього твору in 1964; Теорія літератури in 1969;[1] Українська література in 1970;[3] Вивчення української літератури в 5 класі in 1972;[3] Міжпредметні зв'язки в процесі вивчення української літератури in 1984; Вивчення елементів теорії літератури в 9—11 класах in 1989;[1] Українська література: підручник для 9 класів гуманітарних гімназій, ліцеїв, коледжів і шкіл з поглибленим вивченням предмета in 1998;[4] Шкільний підручник з української літератури in 2001;[1] Наукові основи методики літератури in 2002; Українська література: підручник для 8 класу in 2005 and Теорія літератури в тезах, дефініціях, таблицях: навчальний довідник in 2008.[4]

Personal life

She was married to the publisher and translator Oleksandr Bandura [uk] until his death in 2005. They had two children. On 4 September 2010, Bandura died in Kyiv.[4]

Awards

She and Yevheniia Kucherenko were jointly awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology on 13 December 1977, for their work on writing the eighth edition of the textbook Ukrainian literature, 5th grade.[6] Bandura was a recipient of the Excellence in People's Education of the Ukrainian SSR [uk].[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Voloshyna, N. Y. (2006). "Бандура Олександра Михайлівна" [Oleksandr Mykhailivna Bandura]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 2. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Zabroda, Anna (2015). "Бандура Олександра Михайлівна". Науково-дослідна частина Наукове товариство студентів, аспірантів, докторантів і молодих вчених ЗБІРНИК наукових праць студентів, аспірантів і молодих вчених «МОЛОДА НАУКА-2015» [Research part Scientific Society of students, postgraduates, doctoral students and young scientists Collection scientific works of students, graduate students and young scientists "YOUNG SCIENCE-2015"] (in Ukrainian). Vol. 2. Zaporizhzhia National University. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Voloshyna, N. Y. (1988). "Бандура Олександра Михайлівна" [Bandura Oleksandr Mikhailivna]. Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Literature [ru; uk] (in Ukrainian). Vol. 1. pp. 118–134. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Shevchenko, Volodymyr (5 November 2017). "До 100-річчя від дня народження Олександри Бандури (1917—2010)" [To the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oleksandra Bandura (1917—2010)] (in Ukrainian). Pedagogical Museum of Ukraine/National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b Yatsenko, T. O. (2017). "До 100-річного Ювілею Вченого-методиста Олександри Михайлівни Бандури" [To the 100th Anniversary of the Methodist Scientist Alexandri Mikhailivna Bandury] (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Institute for Pedagogical and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Science of Ukraine. pp. 3–6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Підручник для 5-го класу "Українська література", опублікований у 1977 році (8-е видання)" [Textbook for the 5th grade "Ukrainian literature", published in 1977 (8th edition)] (in Ukrainian). Committee on State Awards of Ukraine in the field of science and technology [uk]. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.