STEAM Education as a Tool for Shaping National Competence in Contemporary Ukrainian Society

Oksana Petinova

State Institution South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University after K.D. Ushynsky

Kateryna Tkachenko

State Institution South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University after K.D. Ushynsky


Abstract

In the context of Ukraine’s struggle for statehood, cultural sovereignty, and subjectivity on the world stage, the category of national competence acquires fundamental significance in the philosophy of education. The article substantiates
the need to introduce this category into the philosophical and educational discourse as an integrative construct that reflects the axiological, ontological, gnoseological, and praxeological dimensions of personal development in national and cultural coordinates. STEAM education is analyzed as an innovative tool for shaping national competence in the context of postcolonial deconstruction and digital modernization of Ukrainian society. The emphasis is on the educational potential of interdisciplinary
STEAM projects, including media art, VR exhibitions, sound and digital design, algorithmic
modeling, project-based learning (PBL), etc. These technologies contribute to the formation of a value-oriented national identity through symbolic, emotionally rich, and socially engaged learning. National competence is understood as a meta-paradigmatic category of contemporary philosophy of education that serves as a response
to the challenges of war, colonial heritage, and globalization.


Keywords:

Homo Digital, modern Ukrainian society, STEAM education, media art projects, motion capture technologies, digital design, algorithmic modeling


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2025-12-17

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Petinova, O., & Tkachenko, K. (2025). STEAM Education as a Tool for Shaping National Competence in Contemporary Ukrainian Society. Studia Warmińskie, 62(62), 93–122. https://doi.org/10.31648/sw.11973

Oksana Petinova 
State Institution South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University after K.D. Ushynsky
Kateryna Tkachenko 
State Institution South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University after K.D. Ushynsky