Strategies for developing Ukrainian-language education in higher education during wartime
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https://doi.org/10.22633/rpge.v29iesp2.20702Keywords:
Medical education, Ukrainian-language educational environment, Martial law, Language policy, Regional education modelsAbstract
The study investigates the development of the educational environment in Ukrainian medical faculties during martial law, from the perspective of the national language policy. Based on a documentary analysis of three representative institutions, official data from 2022 to 2024 were examined. An increase in the use of the Ukrainian language was observed—programs taught in Ukrainian rose from 78.3% to 89.2%, the number of textbooks increased from 156 to 267, and faculty language proficiency reached 91.3%. However, regional disparities of 27.5 percentage points persist between the western and eastern regions, along with a negative correlation between language proficiency and the presence of internally displaced students (28.9%). The curriculum was adjusted to the military context, incorporating crisis communication and disaster medicine. The study proposes four regional models of linguistic organization and concludes that Ukrainian medical education demonstrates a high adaptive capacity, strengthening the national language and contributing to the consolidation of state language policy.
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