Kursk State Teacher`s Training University
Department Of Psychology
The psychological
department of 
In 1971 the scientific laboratory"Personality and the pupils'
collective" and the post-graduate courses were set up. Over
20 Candidates of Science have been issued. Many of them work at
the Universities and laboratories of Kursk, Kiev, Voronezh, Kostroma, Smolensk, Chernigov and Haifa (Israel).
The department carries out
different scientific programs
aimed at studying the psychological state of youth groups and
collectives ( pupils, students, students of vocational schools).
Experimental fields "The Komsomol leader" and "The Scout", were set up both for
training teenagers' leaders and for reseach.
By the end of the 70 's the Kursk Scientific School of Social
Psychology had become well-known . The founders of the school are
Professor L.I.Umanski and Professor A.S.Chernyshov.
The Kursk Psychological School contributed to:
1) The development of psychological approaches to an educational
collective as the subject of activity and communication (known as
the Parameter conception of a collective elaborated by Umanski
and Chernyshov).
2) The creation and standardizing of psychological tests (called
"GSI-7", "Arca" and others).
3) The development and application of new forms of social and
psychological aid to the children affected by the Chernobyl
disaster.Taking into account the principles of the school it can
be called the school of social and educational
psychology or social and psychological education.
The main problem the school deals with is how the education and
upbringing of children and university students can be combined
with their active participation in the life of their group that
is the involvement in the system of interrelations and joint
activities.
The department has published
18 books and monographs (one of them was published in Canada), 2
educational manuels, over 1000 articles both in Russia and abroad
(England, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada).
Kursk Psychologists took part in 6 International Congresses of
Psychologists of the USSR and Russia.
From 1983 till 1998 the Head of the Department, professor A.S. Chernyshov
was elected Vice-President of the National Society of
Psychologists.
The Department plays an important part at the University and is
involved in various University programms.
The staff of the Department comprises Academician, Professor A.S.Chernyshov,
Head of the Department, 10 Assistant Professors, 18 Candidates of
Science.
The department has the section of Psychodiagnostics, the section
of Psychological Relaxation (Kornev A.V.), the
section of Speech Correction (Schanin E.A.).
Since 1988 a special training course has been set up educating
practical psychologists for schools and other educational
establishments (Acatov L.I.).
The graduates
constitute the basis of the psychological service in various
educational institutions of the city and the region. The similar
centres were established in Kursk, Zheleznogorsk.
Since 1990 the Department has been involved in the State Program
called "The Psychological Assistance to the children
affected by the Chernobyl disaster" according to which
psychological help is rendered. The department monitors the
social and psychological situations in the contaminated areas.
The model of the study for psychological relaxation is created.
The department carries out a large scale activity aimed at the
psychological support of teenagers. Annually from 500 to 600
teenagers are proveded with such aid (J. Lobkov, S. Sarychev).
Traditionally the department has been studying the youth movement.
Since 1961 an experiment has been conducted; lots of socially
gifted senior school - children (leaders) in the camp "Komsorg" activities have been trained.
The centre has helped many trainees find their place in life.
They have become teachers, headmasters, officials, research
workers.
In 1996 the department conducted a multiple competition in which
students and teachers took part. They demonstrated their
achievments in reseach and practical work aimed at creating
programs developing young leader's abilities. It was devoted to
the 35th anniversary of the "Komsomol Leader" camp.
The scientific ideas of the "Komsomol Leader" laid the
foundations of a number of original youth centres.
Since 1985 there has been the centre of youth leaders "Vertikal"
in Kursk.
In 1995 the Regional Centre of Working with children's creative
associations "Monolith"
was established ( Sarychev S.V., Elizarov S.G.).
In 1995 the members of the staff created the Centre for assisting
children and teenagers from boarding-schools and children's homes
- 'Summer Village of Children's Unity' (Antopolskaya T.A.).
In 1996 the camp "Magister" for gifted children was set
up. (Lunev J.A.).
In Kursk the first regional consultation on problems of family
and personality was established (Lunev Y.A.).
Russian
Psychological Society (Kursk Region Bbranch)
Kursk State University
The Department of Psychology
© Чернышев А.С., Сарычев С.В., Лунев Ю.А., 1996-2003.