Andrey I. Podolsky
- Professor: Institute of Education / Department of Educational Programmes
- Andrey I. Podolsky has been at HSE University since 2009.
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
Lomonosov Moscow State University
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Courses (2024/2025)
- Classical and Contemporary Learning Theory (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
- Classical and Contemporary Learning Theory (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Psychology of education of different categories of students (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Psychology of education of different categories of students (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Classical and Contemporary Learning Theory (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Classical and Contemporary Learning Theory (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Design, Development and Implementation of Educational Products (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Management, field of study Management; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Classical and Contemporary Learning Theory (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Design, Development and Implementation of Educational Products (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
Member of Editorial Board of Psychology in Russia. State of he art
Employment history
CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Dr. Andrey I. Podolskiy
Professor of the Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy
Head of Department of Educational Psychology, Moscow State University,
Honorary Doctor of Helsinki University, Finland,
Fellow of International Academy of Education
Personal Data
Address: Profsoyuznaya, 111-1-323, Moscow 117647 Russia.
Phone/fax: (+ 7-495) 4200051, GSM + 7 903 2155995
E-mail: apodolskij@mail.ru apodolskij@hotmail.com
Place and date of birth: 20.07.1947, Moscow, Russia
Marital status: Married, 2 children.
Education
1970: M.A. (Developmental and Educational Psychology), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
1973: PhD. (Cognitive Development/Learning), Moscow State University, Russia
1987: Dr.Sc. (Functional Cognitive Development/Mental Activity
Formation), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Language competence
Russian (mother tongue), English (very good), Spanish, German, French, Italian (read and understand), a number of Slavic languages, such as Ukrainian, Check, Slovak, Polish, et al. (read and understand)
Professional Experience
1970 - 1973 - Researcher, Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University (FP MSU) Moscow, Russia
1973 - 1977 - Assistant Professor, FP MSU
1977 - 1981 - Senior Assistant Professor, FP MSU
1981 - 1989 - Associate Professor, FP MSU
1989 - 2012 - Professor, Head of Department of Developmental Psychology, FP MSU
2012 – recently - Professor, Head of Department of Educational Psychology, FP MSU
2008 – recently – Professor, Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy
1993 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Behavioral Science, University of Helsinki.
1998 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Education, University of Lapland
1978 - recently - Director of 8 National Projects on Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology and Teachers' Training.
1980 - recently - Co-director of 18 International Research Projects on Developmental & Educational Psychology
Main Research/Teaching Interests
Developmental, Educational, and Instructional Psychology;
Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Applications;
Teacher Training;
Adult education;
Psychological Background of High Quality of Adult Education;
Life Long Learning;
Moral Development and Education;
Social, Emotional, and Moral Development in the “Third Age”;
Adult Psycho-Emotional Wellbeing;
Teachers’ and Parents’ Psychological Competence and its Improvement;
Psychological Support of Elderly Persons.
Courses of Lectures, Seminars, Workshops
General and Applied Developmental Psychology;
Formation and Development of Mental Activity;
Psychological Training of Teachers' Trainers;
Development, Learning and Instruction in Adulthood;
Life-Span Development and Educational Technologies
Functional Development of Mental Activity
Developmental Dimensions in Instructional Design
Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Application
International Societies Membership
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development
(ISSBD) - Ad-hoc Member of the International Executive Committee (1999 - 2002)
European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction
(EARLI) - Member, National Correspondent for Russia (1995 –until recently)
European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL) - Member
European Association for Research in Adolescence
(EARA) - Member of the International Program Committee, National Correspondent for Russia
International Academy of Education (IAE) - Fellow
Invited Addresses and Lectures
During the last years:
Invited Address in the X International Meeting of ISSBD (Jyvaskyla,
Finland, 1989)
Invited Address in the 3d World WACRA Conference (Enschede, the Netherlands, 1990)
Invited Address in the 4th EARLI Conference (Turku, Finland, 1991)
Invited Address in the 3d COTEP International Meeting (Enschede, the
Netherlands, 1992)
Keynote speech at the IX European Congress on Psychology, Prague, 2007
Keynote speech at the 11th Association of Educational and Communicational Technologies Convention, Louisville, USA, 2009
Keynote speech at the XII Conference of the European Association of Teacher Training, Budapest, Hungary, 2010
Keynote speech at the XXI Interamerican Congress, Medellin, Colombia, 2011
International Working Experience
1977 – 1980 – Teaching different courses in the University of Habana, Cuba
1980 - recently - Co-director of 12 International Research Projects on Developmental &Educational Psychology, including: NWO-funded Dutch-Russian projects “Social-Moral Development of Russian adolescents” (1993 – 1997) and MAMOS (Moral Atmosphere and Moral Orientation (1999 – 2001); EU-funded Dutch-Russia project “Evaluation and re-design of employment education for demobilized officers in Russia” (1993 – 1995); Research project “RUCHIS (Russian children in schools of Finland” funded by the Helsinki City Board of Education (1996 – 1998); EU-funded INTAS Project “Psychological Resources of Improving Emotional Wellbeing in Russia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan” (1999 – 2002) (Participating countries The Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan);
1995 – 1998 – EU Project “Strengthening of Economics and Management Training in Dushanbe” Module 6: Teaching Methodology” – Senior Expert
2001 – 2003 – “Open Society” Project: “Reforming Higher Education on Georgia” – Senior Expert
2005 – recently – Tashkent Branch of Moscow State University , Vice-Chair of the Scientific Board (Uzbekistan)
2008 – recently - EVZ-funded German-Russian-Ukrainian-Belorussian project “Meeting Point – Dialogue”, Project Coordinator for Eastern European countries.
Invited Professorship in the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands(1993).
Invited Professorship in the University of Helsinki, Finland (1996-1997), Invited Professorship in Free University Berlin, Germany (10.2004 – 10.2005), Strasburg University, France (2007, 2009), Invited Professorship in Freiburg University, Germany (2008)
In the 80s- 2000s - a variety of invited lectures and lecture courses in the universities of Germany, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Check Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Estonia, France.
Advisory Boards
Head of All-Russia National Council on Applied Educational Psychologists Training
Editorial Boards
Psychological Issues of Moscow State University - member of the Editorial Board, vice-Editor-in a chief
European Journal of Learning and Instruction - member of International Advisory Board (1996 – 2004)
Psychology in the World (Moscow) - member of the Editorial Board
International Encyclopedia on Sciences of Learning (Springer Publishing House) – vice-Editor-in a chief, member of the Editorial Board
Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Dr. Andrey I. Podolskiy
Professor of the Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy
Head of Department of Educational Psychology, Moscow State University,
Honorary Doctor of Helsinki University, Finland,
Fellow of International Academy of Education
Personal Data
Address: Profsoyuznaya, 111-1-323, Moscow 117647 Russia.
Phone/fax: (+ 7-495) 4200051, GSM + 7 903 2155995
E-mail: apodolskij@mail.ru apodolskij@hotmail.com
Place and date of birth: 20.07.1947, Moscow, Russia
Marital status: Married, 2 children.
Education
1970: M.A. (Developmental and Educational Psychology), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
1973: PhD. (Cognitive Development/Learning), Moscow State University, Russia
1987: Dr.Sc. (Functional Cognitive Development/Mental Activity
Formation), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Language competence
Russian (mother tongue), English (very good), Spanish, German, French, Italian (read and understand), a number of Slavic languages, such as Ukrainian, Check, Slovak, Polish, et al. (read and understand)
Professional Experience
1970 - 1973 - Researcher, Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University (FP MSU) Moscow, Russia
1973 - 1977 - Assistant Professor, FP MSU
1977 - 1981 - Senior Assistant Professor, FP MSU
1981 - 1989 - Associate Professor, FP MSU
1989 - 2012 - Professor, Head of Department of Developmental Psychology, FP MSU
2012 – recently - Professor, Head of Department of Educational Psychology, FP MSU
2008 – recently – Professor, Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy
1993 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Behavioral Science, University of Helsinki.
1998 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Education, University of Lapland
1978 - recently - Director of 8 National Projects on Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology and Teachers' Training.
1980 - recently - Co-director of 18 International Research Projects on Developmental & Educational Psychology
Main Research/Teaching Interests
Developmental, Educational, and Instructional Psychology;
Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Applications;
Teacher Training;
Adult education;
Psychological Background of High Quality of Adult Education;
Life Long Learning;
Moral Development and Education;
Social, Emotional, and Moral Development in the “Third Age”;
Adult Psycho-Emotional Wellbeing;
Teachers’ and Parents’ Psychological Competence and its Improvement;
Psychological Support of Elderly Persons.
Courses of Lectures, Seminars, Workshops
General and Applied Developmental Psychology;
Formation and Development of Mental Activity;
Psychological Training of Teachers' Trainers;
Development, Learning and Instruction in Adulthood;
Life-Span Development and Educational Technologies
Functional Development of Mental Activity
Developmental Dimensions in Instructional Design
Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Application
International Societies Membership
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development
(ISSBD) - Ad-hoc Member of the International Executive Committee (1999 - 2002)
European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction
(EARLI) - Member, National Correspondent for Russia (1995 –until recently)
European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL) - Member
European Association for Research in Adolescence
(EARA) - Member of the International Program Committee, National Correspondent for Russia
International Academy of Education (IAE) - Fellow
Invited Addresses and Lectures
During the last years:
Invited Address in the X International Meeting of ISSBD (Jyvaskyla,
Finland, 1989)
Invited Address in the 3d World WACRA Conference (Enschede, the Netherlands, 1990)
Invited Address in the 4th EARLI Conference (Turku, Finland, 1991)
Invited Address in the 3d COTEP International Meeting (Enschede, the
Netherlands, 1992)
Keynote speech at the IX European Congress on Psychology, Prague, 2007
Keynote speech at the 11th Association of Educational and Communicational Technologies Convention, Louisville, USA, 2009
Keynote speech at the XII Conference of the European Association of Teacher Training, Budapest, Hungary, 2010
Keynote speech at the XXI Interamerican Congress, Medellin, Colombia, 2011
International Working Experience
1977 – 1980 – Teaching different courses in the University of Habana, Cuba
1980 - recently - Co-director of 12 International Research Projects on Developmental &Educational Psychology, including: NWO-funded Dutch-Russian projects “Social-Moral Development of Russian adolescents” (1993 – 1997) and MAMOS (Moral Atmosphere and Moral Orientation (1999 – 2001); EU-funded Dutch-Russia project “Evaluation and re-design of employment education for demobilized officers in Russia” (1993 – 1995); Research project “RUCHIS (Russian children in schools of Finland” funded by the Helsinki City Board of Education (1996 – 1998); EU-funded INTAS Project “Psychological Resources of Improving Emotional Wellbeing in Russia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan” (1999 – 2002) (Participating countries The Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan);
1995 – 1998 – EU Project “Strengthening of Economics and Management Training in Dushanbe” Module 6: Teaching Methodology” – Senior Expert
2001 – 2003 – “Open Society” Project: “Reforming Higher Education on Georgia” – Senior Expert
2005 – recently – Tashkent Branch of Moscow State University , Vice-Chair of the Scientific Board (Uzbekistan)
2008 – recently - EVZ-funded German-Russian-Ukrainian-Belorussian project “Meeting Point – Dialogue”, Project Coordinator for Eastern European countries.
Invited Professorship in the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands(1993).
Invited Professorship in the University of Helsinki, Finland (1996-1997), Invited Professorship in Free University Berlin, Germany (10.2004 – 10.2005), Strasburg University, France (2007, 2009), Invited Professorship in Freiburg University, Germany (2008)
In the 80s- 2000s - a variety of invited lectures and lecture courses in the universities of Germany, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Check Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Estonia, France.
Advisory Boards
Head of All-Russia National Council on Applied Educational Psychologists Training
Editorial Boards
Psychological Issues of Moscow State University - member of the Editorial Board, vice-Editor-in a chief
European Journal of Learning and Instruction - member of International Advisory Board (1996 – 2004)
Psychology in the World (Moscow) - member of the Editorial Board
International Encyclopedia on Sciences of Learning (Springer Publishing House) – vice-Editor-in a chief, member of the Editorial Board
Ushinsky Medal by Russian Ministery of Education; President of Russian Federation' Award in Education; Doctor Honoris Causa, Helsinki University, Finland, Honorary Professor of Moscow State University
PhD Thesis: Development of Reduced Patterns of Visual Recognition (1973)
Doctor of Science (Psychology) Thesis: Functional Development of Cognitive Activity under Conditions of its planned Formation (1987)
Head of Department of Developmental Psychology (1989 - 2012) and Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy (2012-2013), Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University.
- Chair of the Russian branch of the European Association of Reseacrhers in Learning and Instruction (1996 until recently)
- Full Member of the Academy of Educational and Social Sciences (1995 until recently)
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Helsinki University, Finland (2007)
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