Andrei Alexandrovich Verbitsky was born in the USSR in 1941. At the moment, he is a psychologist in our country, a teacher and head of the department of psychology, in this case, public and teaching at MGU named after M.A. Sholokhov.
Biography
Andrei Verbitsky in 1964 entered full-time study at the Moscow State University at the Department of Psychology and graduated with honors from it in 1969. From the same year and until 1974, he studied at the graduate school and began his career at the Research Institute of OiPP of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.
At the end of graduate school, he defended his thesis on "On the mechanisms of self-regulation of sensorimotor work in a situation of stimulating uncertainty." Verbitsky Andrey took an internship abroad, at a UNESCO organization in the USA, and then in France on higher education issues, in particular those related to psychology and teaching.
After undergoing an internship and returning to the country, Verbitsky went to work in a research institute, in the department of problems of higher education. He began his work as a senior researcher, and then was appointed head of the department of educational psychology. His work in this organization continued until the end of 1990. In 1991, he defended another dissertation, only now a doctorate on the topic “Psychological and pedagogical foundations of contextual education at a university”.
In 1990, he was appointed head of the department of psychological and pedagogical difficulties of education at the Research Center. He dealt with the quality problems of retraining specialists of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. He stayed in this position until 1995. In the same year, Verbitsky was offered to work as an assistant director of the Federal Institute for Educational Planning. And in 1997, Verbitsky Andrey Alexandrovich began to head the department of social psychology in the direction of pedagogy.
Psychologist's scientific activity
Andrei Verbitsky devoted his work to the development and identification of not only socio-pedagogical problems, but also the scientific and methodological difficulties of education. He directed all his research to solving the key contradiction of highly professional education. He regularly participated in various projects of the Ministry of Education of our country, among them the Higher School of Russia and Innovative Pedagogical Technologies. He himself led and participated in the formation of the concepts of state continuing education and undergraduate education.
Contextual Learning Writer Theory
Andrei Verbitsky in his concept advocates that key discrepancies and a huge number of imperceptible discrepancies can be overcome with the help of contextual learning. Its essence lies in the alternate forecasting of all forms of the educational direction of each student, and in particular not only social content, but also subject matter, which is directed specifically to his future specialty.
The content of this training is based on two main sources - this is scientific information and the conclusion of the highly professional work of a specialist. In the concept model, they are provided as official functions, problematic situations and tasks. When using these models, it is possible to provide a balanced direction for the student.
Scientific works and works
Over the years of his life, Andrei Verbitsky has written more than 200 scientific papers, 5 studies, and several books of a socio-psychological nature.
His most popular works include:
- “The New Enlightenment Paradigm and Contextual Learning” (was written and released in 1999);
- “Motivating students for contextual learning” (released in late 2000);
- "Basics of the tutor" (written and published in 2002).
He used these methods in his work and in some of his studies.
Literary activity
The psychologist is also the author of a large number of books that he wrote during his labor and scientific activities. The most popular are:
- "Merciless land";
- "Strength tests";
- "Psychology of student motivation;
- "Chronicles of Zarechensk" in four parts.
Andrei Verbitsky wrote all the books based on the results of his own research and beliefs. They are based not only on the psychology of each individual person, but also on the research and scientific work that he has been engaged in throughout his life. These books were written exclusively for people, not for working on them.
Features of his books
Each of the books was given with great difficulty, since reliable facts were collected in them, which he rechecked more than once, so as not to make a mistake anywhere. It is for this reason that they gained such great popularity and their particular audience.
The last book of the writer is still in the process of writing, since for him it has become the hardest. Instead of a pseudonym, the author’s real data is used - Andrey Verbitsky. Samizdat is the main companion of the writer. The new book is based on all the problems of not only education, but also modern youth, and the reliability of the written facts is carefully checked and investigated.
Unlike scientific papers that he co-authored with work colleagues and various scientists, he writes books independently and also controls the publishing process.
Despite the large number of scientific theories and evidence that are examined and cited in published books, they also have the imagination of the writer himself. Some of them are supernatural.
This interweaving of the real and the fictional creates special significance in books, as a result, the reader not only reads a psychology manual, but also plunges into another world in which he can understand the writer's thoughts and grasp his desires.
During the presentation of one of the books, the writer said that after a long life in science, he decided to share his fantasies with readers.
His books are written in an easy and accessible language, the writer’s extensive imagination captivates every reader and keeps him in suspense until the end of reading, all the characters are unique, and the plot itself is riddled with exciting moments and witty humor.