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A Book Exhibition Dedicated to the 95th Anniversary of Vasily Vasilyevich Davydov Opens at the Sretenka Library
September 29, 2025
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A book exhibition dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Vasily Vasilyevich Davydov (August 31, 1930 – March 19, 1998) – a Russian psychologist and educator, follower of the cultural-historical school, who, together with D.B. Elkonin, developed an innovative system of developmental education used in a number of Russian schools – has opened in the reading room of the MSUPE library on Sretenka.

The exhibition features Vasily Vasilyevich's major works, school textbooks developed according to the Elkonin-Davydov system, and books about this system.

Many books presented at the exhibition are available for borrowing (for MSUPE students and staff); please check with the librarian or in the catalog!

The exhibition will run until the end of November.

Video guide to the exhibition

Books Presented at the Exhibition

Vasily Vasilyevich Davydov recommended that students read Imre Lakatos's book "Proofs and Refutations"

  • Lakatos, I. Selected Works on the Philosophy and Methodology of Science / Imre Lakatos. – Moscow: Academic Project: Triksta, 2008. – 475 p.

Major Works by V.V. Davydov

  1. Davydov, V.V. Types of Generalization in Instruction: Logical and Psychological Problems of Constructing Academic Subjects / V.V. Davydov. – 2nd edition. – Moscow: Pedagogical Society of Russia, 2000. – 480 p.
  2. Davydov, V.V. Lectures on General Psychology / V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: Academy, 2005. – 176 p.
  3. Davydov, V.V. Lectures on Educational Psychology: Textbook / V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: Academy, 2006. – 224 p.
  4. Davydov, V.V. Problems of Developmental Education: Experience of Theoretical and Experimental Psychological Research / V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: Academy, 2004. – 288 p.
  5. Davydov, V.V. Theory of Developmental Education: Monograph / V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: Intor, 1996. – 544 p. – URL: http://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=9298 (accessed: 05.09.2025).

Books about the Elkonin-Davydov System

  1. Gromyko, Yu.V. The V.V. Davydov Method: A Study Book for Managers and Educators / Yu.V. Gromyko. – Moscow: Pushkin Institute: Moscow Textbooks, 2003. – 416 p.
  2. Guruzhapov, V.A. Expertise of the Educational Process in Developmental Education according to the D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Methodological Guide for the Workshop on Expertise of Educational Technologies / V.A. Guruzhapov. – Moscow: Developmental Education, 1999. – 76 p. – URL: http://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=9295 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  3. Zinchenko, V.P. Psychological Foundations of Pedagogy: Psychological and Pedagogical Foundations of Building the D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System of Developmental Education / V.P. Zinchenko. – Moscow: Gardariki, 2002. – 431 p. – URL: http://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=11419 (accessed: 05.09.2025).

Other Publications by the Author

  1. Davydov, V.V. On the Concept of Developmental Education: Collection of Articles / V.V. Davydov. – Tomsk: Peleng, 1995. – 144 p.
  2. Davydov, V.V. Psychological Theory of Learning Activity and Methods of Primary Education Based on Contentful Generalization: Theoretical Justification for Methodological Recommendations for an Experimental Course in Russian Language and Mathematics for Primary Grades / V.V. Davydov. – Tomsk: Peleng, 1992. – 111 p.
  3. Davydov, V.V. Psychological Capabilities of Primary Schoolchildren in Mastering Mathematics / V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: Prosveshchenie, 1969. – 288 p.
  4. Problems of General, Developmental, and Educational Psychology: Collection / Ed. V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: Pedagogika, 1978. – 288 p.
  5. Problems of the Educational Process in Innovative Schools: Collection of Scientific Papers: Issue 5 / Ed. O.V. Kuzmin. – Irkutsk: Irkutsk State University, 2000. – 142 p.
  6. Problems of the Educational Process in Innovative Schools: Collection of Scientific Papers: Issue 9 / Ed. O.V. Kuzmin. – Irkutsk: Irkutsk State University, 2004. – 238 p.
  7. Programs for General Education Institutions. Primary Grades (1-5) according to the D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System / authors E.I. Alexandrova, S.F. Gorbov, V.V. Davydov, [et al.]; comp. L.A. Vokhmyanina. – Moscow: Prosveshchenie, 1996. – 142 p.
  8. Programs for Developmental Education (D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System). Grades 1-5. Russian Language. Mathematics / auth.-comp. P.S. Zhedek, V.V. Repkin, L.I. Timchenko, [et al.]; ed. I.A. Solomina. – Moscow: Prosveshchenie, 1992. – 50 p.
  9. Psychological Dictionary: Terms and Concepts / authors V.V. Davydov, A.V. Zaporozhets, V.P. Zinchenko, B.F. Lomov, A.R. Luria, A.M. Matyushkin, A.V. Petrovsky. – Moscow: Pedagogika, 1983. – 448 p.
  10. Developmental Education: Foundations, Problems, Experience: Scientific-Practical Collection / comp. O.V. Milyutina. – Moscow: Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, 2001. – 134 p.
  11. Russian Pedagogical Encyclopedia: Volume 1: A-M / ed. V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 1993. – 608 p.
  12. Philosophical and Psychological Problems of Educational Development / ed. V.V. Davydov. – Moscow: INTOR, 1994. – 128 p.
  13. Formation of Schoolchildren's Learning Activity: [monograph] / authors V.V. Davydov, I. Lompsher, A.K. Markova, [et al.]. – Moscow: Pedagogika, 1982. – 216 p.

School Textbooks Developed According to the Elkonin-Davydov System

Literature

  1. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Literature: Methodological Guide. Grade 5. – 2nd ed., rev. and add. – M.: ONIKS, 2005. – 528 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=459713 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  2. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Literature: Methodological Guide. Grade 6. – 2nd ed., rev. and add. – M.: ONIKS, 2007. – 656 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=459757 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  3. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Literature: Methodological Guide. Grade 7. – 2nd ed., rev. and add. – M.: Onyx, 2008. – 608 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=376226 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  4. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Methodological Guide to the Textbook "Literary Reading" for Grade 1 of the Four-Year Primary School. – 2nd ed., rev. and add. – M.: Publishing House "ONIKS 21st Century", 2003. – 224 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=234213 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  5. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Methodological Guide to the Textbook "Literary Reading" for Grade 2 of the Four-Year Primary School. – 5th ed., rev. and add. – M.: ONIKS 21st Century: House of Pedagogy, 2002. – 264 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=377974 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  6. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Methodological Guide to the Textbook "Literary Reading" for Grade 4 of the Four-Year Primary School. – 4th ed., rev. and add. – M.: ONIKS 21st Century, 2003. – 352 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=234200 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  7. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook No. 1 for the Textbook "Literature" for Grade 5 – M.: Onyx, 2005. – 48 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=162383 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  8. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook No. 2 for the Textbook "Literature" for Grade 5 – M.: Onyx, 2005. – 48 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=162384 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  9. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook No.1 for the Textbook "Literature" for Grade 6. – M.: Onyx Publishing House, 2006. – 64 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=496088 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  10. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook No.1 for the Textbook "Literature" for Grade 7. – M.: Onyx Publishing House, 2007. – 48 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=498004 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  11. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook No.2 for the Textbook "Literature" for Grade 6. – M.: Onyx Publishing House, 2006. – 64 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=496911 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  12. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook No.2 for the Textbook "Literature" for Grade 7. – M.: Onyx Publishing House, 2007. – 48 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=498005 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  13. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook for the Textbook "Literary Reading" for Grade 1 of Primary School – 4th edition, revised. – M.: Onyx, 2008. – 24 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=459785 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  14. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook for the Textbook "Literary Reading" for Grade 2 of the Four-Year Primary School – 2nd edition, corr. – M.: ONIKS 21st Century, 2003. – 24 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=459786 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  15. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook for the Textbook "Literary Reading" for Grade 3 of the Four-Year Primary School – 2nd edition. – M.: ONIKS 21st Century, 2003. – 32 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=459860 (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  16. Kudina G. N., Novlyanskaya Z. N. Notebook for the Textbook "Literational Reading" for Grade 4 of Primary School. – 3rd ed. – M.: Onyx, 2007. – 48 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=162388. (accessed: 05.09.2025).
  17. Novlyanskaya Z. N., Kudina G. N. Methodological Guide to the Textbook "Literary Reading" for Grade 3 of the Four-Year Primary School. – 5th ed., rev. and add. – M.: ONIKS 21st Century, 2003. – 320 p. – URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=234204 (accessed: 05.09.2025).

Mathematics

  1. Mathematics: Textbook-Notebook for Grade 2 of Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Part 1 / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – 5th edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 96 p.
  2. Mathematics: Textbook-Notebook for Grade 2 of Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Part 2 / Authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – 5th edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 96 p.
  3. Mathematics: Textbook-Notebook for Grade 2 of Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Part 3 / Authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – 5th edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 64 p.
  4. Mathematics: Textbook-Notebook for Grade 3 of Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Part 2 / Authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – 5th edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 80 p.
  5. Mathematics: Textbook-Notebook for Grade 3 of Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Part 3 / Authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – 5th edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 80 p.
  6. Mathematics: Textbook-Notebook for Grade 3 of Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Part 1 / Authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – 5th edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 80 p.
  7. Mathematics Grade 1, 3-Year Primary School: Textbook-Notebook / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva, N.L. Tabachnikova. – 2nd edition, corrected and expanded. – Moscow: Moscow Textbooks, 1999. – 224 p.
  8. Mathematics Grade 2, Three-Year Primary School: Textbook-Notebook / Authors G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva, Vasily Vasilyevich Davydov, N.L. Tabachnikova, Sergei Fedorovich Gorbov. – 2nd ed., rev. and add. – Moscow: Moscow Textbooks: MIROS, 1999. – 256 p.
  9. Mathematics Grade 3, Three-Year Primary School: Textbook-Notebook / Authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva, N.L. Tabachnikova. – 2nd edition, stereotypical. – Moscow: Miros-Argus: Moscow Textbooks, 1999. – 224 p.
  10. Mathematics. Grade 1: Textbook-Notebook for First-Graders / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – Moscow: MIROS: Argus, 1997. – 224 p.
  11. Mathematics. Grade 3, 2nd Semester: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Textbook-Notebook for Students of the 3-Year Primary School / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva, N.L. Tabachnikova. – Moscow: Intor, 1996. – 160 p.
  12. Mathematics: Grade 5: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Textbook-Notebook: Part 3 / authors S.F. Gorbov, V.M. Zaslavsky, A.V. Morozova, N.L. Tabachnikova. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2005. – 96 p.
  13. Mathematics: Grade 5: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Textbook-Notebook: Part 2 / authors S.F. Gorbov, V.M. Zaslavsky, A.V. Morozova, N.L. Tabachnikova. – 2nd edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 80 p.
  14. Mathematics: Grade 5: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Textbook-Notebook: Part 1 / authors S.F. Gorbov, V.M. Zaslavsky, A.V. Morozova, N.L. Tabachnikova. – 2nd edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 96 p.
  15. Mathematics: Grade 5: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Textbook-Notebook: Part 1 / authors S.F. Gorbov, V.M. Zaslavsky, A.V. Morozova, N.L. Tabachnikova. – 2nd edition. – Moscow: Vita-Press, 2007. – 96 p.
  16. Teaching Mathematics. Grade 3, 2nd Semester: Methodological Guide for the Developmental Education Program for Teachers of the 3-Year Primary School Working under the Developmental Education Program: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva, N.L. Tabachnikova. – Moscow: Intor, 1996. – 144 p.
  17. Teaching Mathematics: Grade 1, 3-Year Primary School: Methodological Guide for Teachers / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – Moscow: Miros, 1995. – 190 p.
  18. Teaching Mathematics: Grade 2, 3-Year Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System: Methodological Guide for Teachers / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – Moscow: Miros, 1995. – 223 p.
  19. Teaching Mathematics: Grade 3, 1st Semester: Experimental Materials: Textbook-Notebook for the 3-Year Primary School: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System / [et al.]; authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina. – Moscow: Intor, 1996. – 128 p.
  20. Teaching Mathematics: Grade 3: Experimental Materials: Methodological Guide for Teachers of the 3-Year Primary School: Developmental Education Program of the D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System / authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, [et al.]. – Moscow: Intor, 1996. – 240 p.
  21. Developmental Education Program: Mathematics: Grades 1-6: D.B. Elkonin – V.V. Davydov System / Authors V.V. Davydov, S.F. Gorbov, G.G. Mikulina, O.V. Savelyeva. – Moscow: Intor, 1997. – 48 p.

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