Child Development in Russia

Professor Aleksander Veraksa is a Head of the Department of the Psychology of Education and Pedagogy of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. His field of research is child development from the cultural-historical approach. He is especially interested in interrelations between quality of education and child development in a digital society. Currently, he is a Head of the preschool section of the All-Russian longitudinal project, which embraces more than 20.000 children from 14 regions of Russia. He was awarded prizes for his research from Government of Russian, President of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Education.

• 1. Preschool education and child development in Russia.- 2 . Quality of preschool education and child emotional development.- 3 . Executive functioning and mathematical skills development: from preschool to school.- 4. Language development and executive functions in children 5-8 years: longitudinal study.- 5. Developmental outcomes of bilingual and monolingual preschool children.- 6. Play and possibilities of child cognitive development in preschool age.- 7. Physical fitness and child development: interrelations in preschool age.- 8. Gadgets usage and child development: digital tools or digital environment?.- 9. The impact of the preschool environment on children's expression and development of dialectical thinking.- 10. Concept acquisition through symbolic tools: from Vygotsky to Brune.- 11. Social competence and child development in preschool age.- 12. Parent-child relationships input in child development.- Conclusion: Changes in life of children – perspectives for education.