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Деятельностная теория учения Activity theory of learning

The book describes activity theory of learning, developed in close connection with the P.Ya. Galperin’s Theory of stage-by-stage formation of mental actions and concepts. Based on the generalization of a huge number of experimental data, the author shows the high effi ciency of the Activity theory of learning as a psychological basis for managing the learning process.

The book is designed for specialists in the fi eld of psychology, pedagogy, teacher’s trainers. It can be useful for teachers of secondary and high schools, as well as all those interested in the problems of managing the process of learning.

Диалектическое мышление дошкольника (возможности и культурные контексты) (pdf) Dialectical Thinking of a Preschooler (Opportunities and Cultural Contexts)

The monograph presents the results of the study of dialectical thinking, carried out by the author. The book is written from the perspective of a structured approach. In this case, dialectical thinking is viewed as a process of operating with opposites. The structural model of dialectical thinking is presented. An experimental study of the dialectical thinking of preschool children shows that it is involved in the development of understanding of emotions, including mixed ones. Also, dialectical thinking allows to solve three types of problems: to create a creative product, to understand developmental processes and to transform contradictory situations.

The book is addressed to specialists in the fi eld of preschool education, graduate students and students and everyone interested in the development of dialectical thinking.

Древнерусская литература Old Russian Literature: To Aid Teachers, High School Students And University Entrants

This book contains a broad analysis of Old Russian literary monuments dedicated to Russian literature of the 11th — early 18th centuries. The collection is based on the work of the department of ancient Slavic literature in the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and teachers of Moscow State University.

The book is meant for school teachers, high school students, university entrants, college students, as well as to all lovers of ancient literature.

Древнерусская литература (pdf) Old Russian Literature: To Aid Teachers, High School Students And University Entrants

This book contains a broad analysis of Old Russian literary monuments dedicated to Russian literature of the 11th — early 18th centuries. The collection is based on the work of the department of ancient Slavic literature in the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and teachers of Moscow State University.

The book is meant for school teachers, high school students, university entrants, college students, as well as to all lovers of ancient literature.

Дьявол носит GAFA Le Diable s’habille au GAFA
The book-essay “The Devil Wears GAFA” by the world-famous specialist in the field of advertising and political consulting Jacques Segel is devoted to the analysis of the dramatic processes of transformation of advertising and public relations under the influence of the digitalization process. The author discusses various aspects of the influence of the giants of the digital industry on freedom, democratic processes, politics and international relations, while showing himself as a follower of the Latin school of communication, for which the result of communication processes is always “human in nature.” For communications experts, political consulting, diplomats, international journalists. Series “Anthology of Modern Communication” Publishing Board of the series: Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor A.S. Zapesotsky; Doctor of Philology, Professor V.A. Evstafiev; Doctor of Philology, Professor A.D. Krivonosov; Doctor of Philology, Professor T.Yu. Lebedeva; Doctor of Philology, Professor L.V. Minaeva; Professor I.A. Malyugin; Doctor of Economics, Professor A.P. Sitnikov; Doctor of Philology, Professor E.A. Osipova; Professor L.V. Epstein. Published under agreement with La Société générale d’Edition (SGED) Original title of the book: Jacques Seguéla. Le Diable s'habille au GAFA. Translation from French and comments by Philip Yurkovich. Executive editor Doctor of Philology, Professor Alexey Krivonosov Organizer of the book publication project in Russia Alexander Drozdov. Moscow University Publishing House expresses gratitude for the support of publishing the book in Russian to Sergei Chetverikov, Managing Director of Volzhsky Pipe Plant JSC
Жизненный путь почвоведа The Life Path of A Pedologist

The renowned soil scientist G.V. Dobrovolsky tells us about his long personal and professional journey. Almost all his life except for the war years (1939–1946) is closely connected with Lomonosov Moscow State University. He passed his student and post-graduate years here and later began his scientifi c and pedagogic work as a research fellow, assistant, assistant professor, head of chair, dean of Biology and Soil Department and then dean of the Department of Soil Science founded upon his initiative. Many years of expeditions and business trips to different regions of Russia and other countries, meetings and cooperation with interesting people have brought about new knowledge and impressions that are presented in this book.

The book will be interesting for soil scientists, biologists, geographers, geologists, specialists in environmental protection and rational use of land resources.

Журналистика для здоровья нации: медиакоммуникации и человеческое развитие Journalism for the Health of the Nation. Media Communication and Human Development

This collection is the second issue of the ‘Journalism for the Health of the Nation’ series, which is the result of a major scientific, educational and publishing project of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. It focuses on the analysis of journalistic practice in public health issues coverage. It covers almost all types and types of media. Among the authors are doctors, teachers, psychologists, researchers, and journalists, which provides and interdisciplinary approach.

This collection reveals data on media content researches carried out by teachers, researchers and students of the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University. Its appendix covers extensive historical, reference, statistical, documentary material and journalistic texts, thus having a high value even separate from the book.

Задания для олимпиад по экологии Tasks for Olympiads on Ecology

The manual is meant for teachers and secondary school pupils, college and university undergraduate students studying Ecology. The materials of the manual can be used to assess the students’ knowledge as well as to facilitate their preparation for contests in Ecology.

The manual provides tasks on the five sections of Ecology: General ecology (Bioecology), Social ecology and Human ecology, Natural resources and their use (Environmental management), Environmental pollution (Applied ecology), and Environmental protection. The tasks are formulated as tests of different levels of complexity and various kinds (free-answer and alternative questions).

When writing the manual its authors applied their experience of teaching Ecology and developing the base of the tasks for different levels of the All-Russian contest on Ecology and ‘Lomonosov’ contest on Ecology at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Задачи и упражнения по языку ассемблера MASM (pdf) MASM Assembly Language tasks and exercises (pdf)
Published by decision of the Editorial and Publishing Council of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The manual contains tasks and exercises in the MASM 6.14 assembly language, theoretical material necessary for solving and answers to some problems. Problems were added to the second edition, theoretical material was expanded, and typos from the first edition were corrected. The manual can be used in seminar classes on the course “Computer Architecture and Assembly Language.” The publication is intended for first-year students of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, students of educational programs in the areas 01.03.02 “Applied Mathematics and Informatics” (bachelor’s degree) and teachers conducting seminar classes on “Practicum on a Computer” in the 1st year of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow State University , and may also be useful to higher education students studying MASM assembly language.
Записки о становлении факультета фундаментальной медицины МГУ Notes on the Formation of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine

The author’s notes, based on personal experience as well as conversations with heads, teachers and graduates, allowed him to draw the story of the first years of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of the Moscow State University. The notes give the main features of classical university medical education at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. This historical and artistic publication is devoted to the 20th anniversary of the Faculty.

Игорь Дедков: наше живое время. Книга  воспоминаний, статей и интервью Igor Dedkov: Our Living Time. The Book of Memoirs, Articles and Interviews

Igor Aleksandrovich Dedkov (1934–1994) is an outstanding Russian literary critic and publicist of the 20th century, author of many remarkable articles and books, including the ‘Diary’ published in 2005. This book includes his autobiographical essays of 1970-1990, where the literary critic appears to be a man of bold and independent thought.

The collection of memoirs of writers, journalists, scientists, school and university friends, and younger contemporaries of I. Dedkov give the reader some interesting insight on the social and literary life of the second half of the 20th century. The collection is illustrated with photographs from a family album.

The book is meant for a wide range of readers.

Из истории российской фотографии From the History of Russian Photography

Popov’s book presents essays on the history of photography written using documentary materials. You will find information about photographic societies in Russia, lithographs and lithographic institutions that produced photographic forms, photographers of Russian emperors and many other materials that will help clarify some facts from the history of Russian photography and help researchers in the authentication of photographs. The publication uses photographs from the Russian State Library of Arts and the author’s personal archive.

Из творческого наследия профессоров и выпускников Московского университета (1755–1917) From the Creative Heritage of Professors and Graduates of Moscow University (1755–1917)

The book is addressed to graduates and teachers of Moscow State University. It is meant for a wide range of readers interested in problems of national history, culture, literature and journalism.

Избери жизнь Choose Life: A Dialogue
The book-dialogue between the outstanding English historian Arnold J. Toynbee and the famous Japanese public figure, president of the peacemaking socio-religious organization Soka Gakkai Daisaku Ikeda was published for the first time in Japanese and English. Three whole decades have passed since then. Nevertheless, the dialogue touched quite deeply on a very wide range of serious problems, which even today have not become any less relevant. Problems such as education and upbringing, the inner world of a person, the subconscious and psyche, manipulation of consciousness, science and religion, attitude towards nature, international economic and political relations, problems of war and peace, processes of demography, urbanization, globalization, etc. have become even more acute in the modern world, and with this in mind, the authors candidly share their views on the past, present and future of human civilization. The book will definitely be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in the processes occurring in the human community in the face of the challenges of the 21st century.
Избранные труды Selected works
Published in accordance with the publishing programme dedicated to the 270th anniversary of Moscow University. Responsible editors: A. N. Darin, I. A. Digailova, I. V. Rublev. This publication includes selected articles by the outstanding Russian scientist in the field of mathematics, mechanics and control processes, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Borisovich Kurzhansky. The works are grouped into the following sections: optimal control, guaranteed positional observation, identification, trajectory tube theory, dynamic programming and control synthesis problems, game control and observation problems, stochastic control systems, ellipsoidal calculus, synthesis of controls based on measurement results, synthesis of impulse controls, infinite-dimensional systems. The book will be useful for researchers, graduate students, and students specializing in the field of mathematical theory of controllable systems.
Императорский Московский университет в газете «Московские ведомости» (1756–1917) Imperial Moscow University in the newspaper “Moscow Gazette" (1756–1917)

The first edition of this book was prepared for the 250th anniversary of Moscow University in 2005. The book presents publications of the first university newspaper “Moskovskie Vedomosti” (Moscow Gazette), published from 1756 to 1917, which contain a significant part of the history of Moscow University. In the second half of the 18th century. it was the only newspaper in Moscow. “Moskovskie Vedomosti” (Moscow Gazette) was prepared by professors and students of Moscow University, printed at the university printing house, and sold in the university bookstore. Gazetny Lane in Moscow is named so because the printing house, where the latest issues of the newspaper Moskovskie Vedomosti were distributed to subscribers, was located there at the beginning of the 19th century.

The book is addressed to everyone who is interested in the history of higher education in Russia and the history of Moscow University.

Инженерная геодинамика Engineering geodynamics
The textbook outlines the basic principles of engineering geodynamics - an important scientific direction of engineering geology, and also comprehensively characterizes its scientific sections: endogeodynamics, exogeodynamics and technogeodynamics - and their influence on engineering and economic objects. For the first time, the theoretical foundations of engineering geodynamics are presented in a form accessible to students, including the history of its formation and development, structure, content, conceptual and terminological base, problems, as well as a nomological base (laws, regularities of theory, hypotheses, etc.) and methodological foundations. Much attention is paid to solving practical issues related to geological and engineering-geological processes, their engineering-geological assessment and methods of engineering protection. The textbook is intended for university students studying in the field of "Geology", as well as graduate students and specialists working in the field of engineering geology, hydrogeology, geocryology, environmental geology and geoecology.
Инженерная геология Engineering Geology

The textbook discusses the theoretical and substantive provisions of engineering geology and its scientific directions. Its structure consists of five parts. The first of them describes the theoretical foundations, content, structure and tasks of engineering geology, its position in the system of geological knowledge. The second, third and fourth parts set out the fundamental
positions, structure and content of three scientific areas of engineering geology: soil science, engineering geodynamics and regional engineering geology, respectively. In the final, fifth, part, the general provisions of the methodology of engineering-geological research, their implementation in
the system of engineering-geological surveys for construction are considered.

For students and postgraduates of classical, geological exploration and mining universities, as well as specialists related to the study of engineering and geological conditions and solving environmental problems.

Инновационная экономика Innovative Economy
This textbook is devoted to the issues of Russia's transition to a new stage of technological development. In it, in the course of examining a whole range of theoretical concepts within the framework of various scientific schools and the results of their practical implementation, the essence of innovative development is revealed. Particular attention is paid to the national innovation system of Russia, issues of formation of the innovation ecosystem and infrastructure elements, directions and forms of implementation of the state innovation policy, trends of scientific and technological development of the country. Modern theory and practice are presented in interaction, which meets the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. This approach allows us to analyze modern problems of innovative development based on the best world and domestic experience. The publication is intended for students, postgraduates and teachers of higher educational institutions in management and socio-economic specialties, as well as for those who solve issues of innovation and public administration in practice. The textbook was prepared with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research within the framework of grant No. 17-02-00059-OGN "Russian model of the knowledge economy and the system of professional training of personnel: organizational and economic foundations of innovative transformations".
Институт социального партнерства как фактор развития малого бизнеса в России Institute of Social Partnership as a Factor of Small Business Development in Russia

The monograph explores the development of Russian small business and the institutionalization of social partnership in this area. It reveals the peculiarities of studying small business as an object of economic and sociological analysis and the role of the institution of social partnership in the development of small business. The book also analyzes the dynamics, factors and prospects of small business development in Russia and the features of the social partnership institutionalization process in small business.

For students, graduate students, undergraduates, scientists and practitioners interested in the development of social partnership and small business in Russia.