Pedagogical Workshop as a Tool for Forming Innovative Academic Environment in a Higher Education Institution Specialising in Cultural Studies

The aim of the article is to analyse the experience of conducting pedagogical workshop within the pedagogical practice framework at the third educational and scientific level at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUCA) as a tool for forming innovative academic environment of a culturally oriented higher education institution and culture of education seekers. The results of the study showed the following: implementing of workshops into educational practice promotes students’ interest in academic interactions, forms an empathic didactic environment, allows to establish multi-vector interactions between academic staff and students of different levels and to ensure an effective translation of professional and pedagogical experience in the educational institution of cultural orientation. The scientific novelty grounds on highlighting and analysing the experience of the pedagogical workshop “How to interest a student in a lecture?”, using the pedagogical technology of “six thinking hats”, which took place at KNUCA in May 2024 and was a part of the pedagogical practice for the education seekers of the third educational and scientific level “Doctor of Philosophy” (PhD); description of its implementation technology and substantiation of its results. Conclusions. The experience of conducting this pedagogical workshop called “How to interest a student during a lecture?” at KNUCA is described; the technology of its implementation using the “six thinking hats” method is highlighted and analysed. It is substantiated that conducting pedagogical workshops as part of the academic practice organisation at the third educational and scientific level sparks the students’ interest in their future profession, in organising educational interactions involving creative pedagogical technologies, and contributes to forming the innovative culture of future scientific and academic staff. It is established that this pedagogical workshop forms an empathic communicative and didactic environment, aligns multi-vector interaction between scientific and pedagogical staff and students of different levels, ensures an effective exchange of pedagogical experience in the educational establishment. It is determined that holding workshops in cultural education institutions is an effective tool for exchanging professional experience in creative activities. It is noted that pedagogical workshops have psychotherapeutic potential and contribute to forming resilience and stress-resistance in education seekers.