Andrey Alexandrovich Verbitsky

Andrey Alexandrovich Verbitsky ( _ru. Андрей Александрович Вербицкий) was born 25 February 1941. His area of academic interests include Development of Higher Education in Russia, as well as Developmental, Educational, and Social Psychology. He published more than 200 academic and instructional papers, including five monographs.

Major Academic Accomplishments

Dr. Verbitsky is a creator of widely recognized Context Education Theory in higher education ( _ru. Теория контекстного обучения в системе профессионального образования) (see ), practical techniques based on this theory were developed and implemented in Russia since 1982 [See recent article by Isayev, E.I., & Pazukhina, S.V. (2004). Formation of the value approach to psychology in future teachers. "Voprosy Psychologii" [In Russian] , 5. 3-11.] . His another area of interest within this domain lies in psychological foundations of higher education. In her book, Dr. Zimniaya [Zimniaya, I.A. (2004). "Educational Psychology" [In Russian] . 2nd ed. Moscow: Logos.] ( _ru. Ирина Алексеевна Зимняя) quotes Dr. Verbitsky's six major tendencies for Russian education in the beginning of the XXI century.

Academic Credentials

Andrey Verbitsky holds undergraduate ( Specialist) degree in Psychology from Lomonosov Moscow State University. Dr. Verbitsky holds Kandidat nauk in Psychology degree (1974) conferred by Aspirantura at Research Institute of General and Educational Psychology at Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Dr. Verbitsky also holds Doktor Nauk in Education and Psychology degree (1991), he is also a [http://rao.edu.ru/default.asp?ob_no=1573& Corresponding Fellow] (since 1992) of Russian Academy of Education.

Professional Affiliation

In 1978 Dr. Verbitsky was a UNESCO intern in the USA and France. Andrey Verbitsky is a full professor at the Chair of Humanities at [http://www.ou-link.ru/english/ International Institute of Management "Link"] (in Moscow) ( _ru. Международный институт менеджмента ЛИНК). He is also a full professor at the Department of Psychology at Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities, and the Head of the Chair of Social and Educational Psychology at the same University. He was also a visiting professor at several universities.

elected Bibliography

*Bakshaeva, N.A., & Verbitsky, A.A. (2006). "Psychological aspects of students' motivation" [in Russian] . Moscow: Logos.
*Verbitsky, A.A. (1988). The Problems Involved in Integrating General Education, Vocational Training, and Postgraduate Education into Lifelong Education. [Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Relationship between General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training in Higher Education (Sofia, Bulgaria, November 30-December 2, 1987)] . "Higher Education in Europe, 13".
*Verbitsky, A.A. (1991). "Active learning in higher education institutions: Context approach" [in Russian] . Moscow: Vischaya Shkola.
*Verbitsky A. A., & Bakshaeva N. A. (1997). Motive transformation in context education theory [in Russian] . "Voprosy Psychologii, 3", 12-24.

References

External links

* [http://www.mgopu.ru/index_en.htm Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities] official website.
* [http://rao.edu.ru Russian Academy of Education] official website (in Russian).
* [http://www.ou-link.ru/hums/team/persons/2.htm CV (in Russian) of Dr. Verbitsky] posted at the website of the International Institute of Management "LINK" (in Moscow).
* [http://www.psy.msu.ru/english/index.html Department of Psychology] at Lomonosov Moscow State University official website.