We are happy in the profession we live in if we are born in the field of the amazing love of our teachers, our teachers and each other. Lyudmila Filippovna expressed this love, as no one generously gave it to others.
This quote by V.T. Kudryavtseva perfectly characterizes the personality of the heroine of today's article. In the biography of Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna, the main role is played by science, in which she was passionately in love from a young age and until the end of her life. And with this love of psychology she infected everyone: colleagues, students, and just the people who surrounded her.
Childhood
Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna was born in Moscow in the summer of 1938. She was the second child with her parents. The family, as they said in those days, was proletarian. My father worked as a molder at the factory, my mother worked as a cleaner. They lived very modestly: stove heating, a toilet on the street, cold water from the column. The childhood of the future scientist fell on the difficult war and post-war years. Lyudmila Filippovna remembered for her whole life the memories of the metro, in which the townspeople hid from the bombing, the sweet taste of raw potatoes, and the incredible atmosphere of love and care that parents created in spite of dark times.
Lyudmila Filippovna spoke calmly about childhood and family. She noted that during this period there were many happy moments: long games in the yard with peers in bast shoes or Cossack robbers, sledding and ice skating in winter.
With special warmth, Lyudmila Filippovna recalled her school years. Teachers at that time with great warmth belonged to the "children of war." Children tried to drive more often on excursions, to cinema and theaters. Performances had to be watched sitting on the stairs. But this did not bother our heroine. She eagerly absorbed all the knowledge that a hungry children's mind could reach.
Favorite subjects in the school at Obukhova were Russian language and literature. In the 10th grade, a young student writes an essay on the works of Paustovsky. The work made a splash. The school administration decided to invite the writer to hand him the work of Tatyana Filippovna. After such success, the girl was predicted to successfully enter the philological faculty of Moscow State University. However, Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna made a different decision.
Choice of profession
After graduating from school, as expected, Lyudmila Filippovna submitted documents to the philological faculty of Moscow University. Walking around the round hall of the Moscow State University library, where they accepted documents for admission, a sign caught the girl’s eyes: “Philosophy. Logics. Psychology". By a fortunate coincidence, it was this year that the educational and scientific unit of Psychology at Moscow State University began recruiting its first students. And the future student Obukhova, by all means, decided to study in this faculty. True, it turned out to be difficult. The selection committee categorically refused to transfer her documents to another faculty. Students like Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna needed them themselves. The girl spent a whole week to solve the issue with the selection committee.
Student years
The years of study at Moscow State University from 1955 to 1960, Lyudmila Filippovna described as "exciting, incomparable happiness."
Psychology at that time was considered something not serious. But despite this, Obukhova’s teachers were such famous personalities as A. V. Zaporozhets, A. N. Leontiev, E. N. Sokolov and others. A small number of students on the course (there were only eight of them) contributed to a closer and productive communication with teachers. They often communicated in an informal setting, outside the university, and writing scientific papers turned into a fascinating creative process.
In 1960, Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna graduated with honors from the University, and remained in it to work as a laboratory assistant.
Scientific activity
In 1962, Obukhova entered graduate school. There, under the leadership of Pyotr Yakovlevich Halperin, she writes a scientific paper. These years have largely determined the main direction in the future work of women. Thanks to Halperin, the brilliant work of the doctor appeared in 1998 under the name “P. Ya. Halperin - Psychology as an Objective Science”.
In the 60s, Halperin's work aroused keen interest in the scientific community. And Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna was a supporter of his theory of "Phased formation of mental actions and concepts." This is the most famous concept of the Soviet era in the field of psychology.
Another serious point in the activities of Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna was the experimental work related to the study of thinking of preschool children. The results of this study became the basis of the report of Halperin at the international congress on psychology in 1966. In detail about this study, Obukhova described in her book, published in 1972, - "Stages of development of thinking (the formation of elements of scientific thinking in a child)."
Another significant work of Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna was the book "The Concept of Jean Piaget: Pros and Cons", 1981. To date, this work is the only one where the research of J. Piaget underwent a deep system analysis and received an objective assessment. A high indicator of Obukhova’s success was a positive assessment of the book by the staff of the University of Geneva.
In 1996, Lyudmila Filippovna wrote a doctoral dissertation on the topic "Ways of the scientific study of the psyche of the child in the XX century." It tells about various options for the development of the child's psyche, as well as about factors that can affect it. In addition, in this work, the author describes the possibilities of a genetic-modeling approach in psychology.
The main publications of Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna
During her career, Lyudmila Filippovna has published more than seventy scientific papers, books and articles. Some of them were published in French, German, English. Here are just a few works of Lyudmila Filippovna:
1. "Stages of development of children's thinking" - 1972
2. "The concept of J. Piaget: the pros and cons" - 1981. To this day is considered the best book describing the work of the famous psychologist.
3. "Modern American developmental psychology" - 1986
4. "Child psychology: theory, facts, problems" - 1998
5. "Forms and functions of imitation in childhood" - 1994
6. "The development of creative thinking in a preschooler" - 1995.
7. "Age Psychology" - 2004
8. "Age psychology: a textbook for universities" - 2006, etc.
As we can see, most of the work was devoted to child psychology and the development of preschool children. In his writings, Obukhova reveals the features of the mental formation of children. A distinctive feature of all works is scientific validity. And at the same time, the books of Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna are read easily. They are understandable not only to specialists in the field of developmental psychology, but also to an outside reader.
Educational activities
Throughout her activities, Lyudmila Filippovna worked with many leading Russian universities and organizations. For example, together with the scientific team of the center "Preschool childhood", she participated in the development of a new educational program called "Origins". The purpose of this event was to maximize the capabilities of the child at different ages.
Lyudmila Filippovna made presentations at many universities in Russia. Numerous lectures by Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna formed the basis of the 1996 textbook “Age Psychology”. Circulations of this textbook are printed annually.
Work with deaf-blind children
The main direction that Lyudmila Filippovna Obukhova was engaged in was "child psychology." Working with deafblind children has become a special stage in her life. From 1971 to 1977, as part of a scientific experiment of the Research Institute of Defectology, the doctor worked with a group of deaf-blind children from the Zagorsk boarding school, and four students with the same problems. These classes helped to prove that children with such abnormalities can actively study at higher educational institutions and master science.
Lyudmila Filippovna spent a lot of time and warmth on this work. One of her students is A.V. Suvorov. Today this person is a doctor of psychological sciences, and the best of the leading employees of the UNESCO Chair "Cultural-Historical Psychology of Childhood." As we understand from the above, the experiment can be considered quite successful.
Department of Developmental Psychology, Moscow State Pedagogical University
In 1999, the Department of Developmental Psychology was created on the basis of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. Until the last days, its creator and leader was Lyudmila Filippovna. She paid special attention to preserving the traditions of classical psychology, and also urged employees to value the achievements of Russian science. In addition, on the initiative of the head of the department, personal audiences of many classics of psychology were created: P. Ya. Halperin, V.V. Davydov, J. Piaget and others.
Under the leadership of Tatyana Filippovna, five all-Russian scientific and practical conferences on psychology were held at the department.
In addition to managing the department and teaching, Lyudmila Filippovna was also a scientific adviser for many students. Under her leadership, more than 30 dissertations and a huge number of thesis were defended.
State Prizes and Awards
The scientific and educational activities of the head of the department of developmental psychology, Lyudmila Filippovna Obukhova, were marked by a number of state awards and prizes, including the order of MV Lomonosov, the medal commemorating the 850th anniversary of Moscow, and the medal of K. D. Ushinsky. In 1997, Tatyana Filippovna became the laureate of the Presidential Award in the field of education.
In addition to all of the above, Lyudmila Filippovna from 1996 was a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Russian Academy of Natural Sciences), and from 1988 to 1990 she acted as an expert in UNESCO on the topic "Little child and family."
Passion for travel
It cannot be said that Lyudmila Filippovna had a lot of free time. However, in the last eight years of her life, she discovered the wonderful world of travel. Ecuador, Easter Islands, Indonesia, Kamchatka - these are just a few countries that Obukhov visited. She captured all her travels in detail in photographs. At first, trips were limited to one or two per year. It is known that the last few years Lyudmila Filippovna tried to use every opportunity for this: holidays, holidays, weekends. “We are no longer at the age when you can put it off for later,” she repeated to her traveling friend Jeanne Markovna Glozman.
At the same time, Lyudmila Filippovna never forgot about her favorite work. She always had a laptop with her. In the intervals between excursions, she sometimes wrote articles, then developed new programs, then she was engaged in the affairs of her beloved department.
The end of the road. Cause of death of Obukhov Lyudmila Filippovna
Unexpectedly for everyone, on July 20, 2016, at the age of 77, a famous woman died suddenly. The cause of the death of Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna was not disclosed. The funeral service took place on the day of her departure. Not only family members came to say goodbye to her, but also colleagues, students and all those whom she so sincerely loved. The life of Lyudmila Filippovna was bright and full of meaning, love. In the memory of her colleagues and students, she will forever remain an unsurpassed professional in love with her profession. And in the hearts of children and grandchildren - dearly loving grandmother and mother, giving her warmth and sincerity.
Books by Obukhova Lyudmila Filippovna today can be purchased at any bookstore in the "Psychology" section. As well as in various online stores, and specialized sites in this area. Even today they have not lost their relevance and scientific value.