Arkady Margolis is the rector of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education and professor at the Educational psychology chair. He also leads the «Psychological foundations of pedagogical techniques» laboratory of the Psychological Institute of the
Arkady Margolis is the coauthor and contributor of several research projects, such as “Psychological foundations of information technologies use“, “Cultural historical type of school”, “Regional model of psychological support to developing education“. Under his the guidance new academic course “Philosophy for children” was developed. The course has been approved and recommended by the Ministry of Education for elementary school pupils and officially recognized by UNESCO. He is the author of the new activity model of psychologists’ training approved by the Ministry of Education.
Arkady Margolis has established a range of courses and training programs at the MSUPE, in 1995 he inspired creation of the journal “Psychological Science and Education” (chief editor – V.V. Rubtsov). As a member of the team headed by V.V. Rubtsov, he was granted the Russian Federation President prize in Education in 1998.
Publications:
Arkady Margolis has published more than 50 works in
- Vygotsky at the Computer: A Soviet View of "Tools" for learning // The Computhing Teacher, 1991.
- The cultural – historical type of school // Russian Education and
- A comparison between the Philosophy for children approach and the cultural – historical and activity approaches: Psychological and Educational foundations (afterward), Vygotskyan dialogues by Lipman, Teacher College Press, 1996.
- Activity oriented models of information – based instructional environments, Technology and the future of schooling (Ed. By Stephen T. Kerr), part 2, The University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Board of the Ministry of Education of the RF.