The trainers of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky O. Kon, M. Sokal, K. Tambovska, Yu. Shpalarenko, who carry out the training of students in the specialty "Primary Education", at the end of May 2018, successfully completed their training at the course "Formation of Civic Competences for Future Primary School Teachers" by the Swiss- Ukrainian project "Development of Civil Competences in Ukraine - DOCCU".
They are among the first among the teachers of higher education institutions in Ukraine who are training specialists for elementary school, they received certificates of master trainers in education for democratic citizenship and education in human rights and development of civil competences.
As a graduation presentation demonstrating the possibilities for an integrated formation of professional and civic competences for future teachers of the New Ukrainian School by associate professors O. Kon. and M. Sokal there has been shown a fragment of the lesson on the course "Ukrainian language and methods of teaching it in primary school", candidates of pedagogical sciences K. Tambovskaya and Yu. Shpalarenko - a fragment of the course in "Theory and methodology of education".