Leonid Abramovich Wenger ( May 26, 1925 , Kharkov - June 17, 1992 , Moscow ) - Soviet psychologist , doctor of psychological sciences (1968), professor .
| Leonid Abramovich Wenger | |
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| Date of Birth | May 26, 1925 |
| Place of Birth | Kharkov |
| Date of death | June 17, 1992 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | Moscow |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Scientific field | age-related psychology |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Academic degree | candidate of pedagogical sciences , doctor of psychological sciences |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| supervisor | A.V. Zaporozhets |
| Awards and prizes |  |
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Biography
Leonid Abramovich Wenger was born on May 26, 1925 in Kharkov . Sibling A.A. Kataeva-Wenger .
L.A. Wenger from the age of 17 participated in the Great Patriotic War . He was wounded, awarded with medals. After the war, he graduated from the psychological department of the philosophical faculty of Moscow State University (1951). By distribution, it was sent to the city of Leninabad of the Tajik SSR (now Khujand , Republic of Tajikistan ). He taught psychology, logic and literature at school, then worked at the Teacher Institute. He headed the department of pedagogy and psychology of the Leninabad Pedagogical Institute (1957-1960). All this time, L. A. Wenger maintained close contacts with his university teachers: A. R. Luria , A. N. Leontyev, and, above all, A. V. Zaporozhets , under whose leadership he defended his thesis “Perception of Relationships (on the material studies of the illusions of gravity and magnitude) ”(1955).
In 1960 he moved to Moscow and until the end of his life worked at the Research Institute for Preschool Education of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR, created by A. V. Zaporozhets. In 1968 he defended his doctoral dissertation "The development of perception and sensory education in preschool age." From the same year, he headed the laboratory of psychology of preschool children, in which he gathered his students and like-minded people. All his subsequent studies were carried out with their support and active participation. Since 1972 - professor at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. V.I. Lenin , gave a course of lectures at the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University .
Son Alexander (born 1949) - psychologist, professor at Moscow State Pedagogical University .
He died on June 17, 1992 [1] . He was buried in Moscow at the Don cemetery .
Scientific activity
The early studies of L. A. Wenger, based on the ideas of his teacher A. V. Zaporozhets, are devoted to the study of perception, from its development in infancy to adulthood [2], [3]. These studies formed the basis of the doctoral dissertation "The development of perception and sensory education in preschool age" (1968).
The next area of research by L. A. Wenger and his laboratory was the creation of the first domestic test system for preschoolers, carefully standardized on a representative sample. Its specificity is determined by relying on the concept of L. S. Vygotsky, according to which the degree of mastery of culturally-historically developed psychological means is considered as an indicator of mental development [4].
A significant scientific achievement of L. A. Wenger was the theory of formation of cognitive abilities (sensory and intellectual) that he developed. According to her, the basis of cognitive abilities is the handling of generalized images (sensory standards and visual models), reflecting the connections and relationships between objects. It is formed due to the "modeling" types of activity specific to preschool age: game, designing, drawing, modeling, application [5].
Under the leadership of L. A. Wenger, mental development programs “Development” and “Gifted Child” were created, which are used in kindergartens in many cities of Russia. The specificity of these programs is to teach preschoolers to use and independently build a variety of schemes, drawings, plans, etc. Thanks to this, children form the corresponding figurative representations with which they can operate “in the mind”. Thus, purposeful guidance of the development of cognitive abilities is carried out. Many tasks from these programs are adapted for use in preschool institutions of other countries (USA, England, Spain) [6], [7], [8].
In the mainstream of the scientific school of L. A. Wenger, several doctoral dissertations were completed, and 48 candidate dissertations were defended under his direct supervision. He is widely known abroad, his works have been translated into German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech and Japanese. L. A. Wenger made a great contribution to the development of Cuban psychology [9] (during the year he lived and worked in Cuba, and later continued the scientific management of the work of Cuban psychologists).
Major works
Monographs
- Usova A.P., Sakulina N.P., Avanesova V.N., Wenger L.A., Zaporozhets A.V. , Poddyakov N.N. Theory and practice of sensory education in kindergarten. - M .: " Enlightenment ", 1965.
- Zaporozhets A.V. , Wenger L.A., Zinchenko V.P. , Ruzskaya A.G. Perception and action. - M .: " Enlightenment ", 1967.
- Venger L.A., Lavrentieva T.V., Kholmovskaya V.V. Formation of perception in a preschooler. - M .: " Enlightenment ", 1968.
- Wenger L.A. Genesis of sensory abilities . - M .: " Pedagogy ", 1976.
- Venger L.A., Pilyugina E.G., Maksimova Z.N., Feoktistova L.I., Vasilieva T.G. Didactic games and exercises for sensory education of preschool children. - M .: " Enlightenment ", 1978.
- Wenger L. A., Proskura E. V. Development of cognitive abilities of a preschooler. - K .: “Radyanska school”, 1985.
- Wenger L. A., Pilyugina E. G., Wenger N. B. Education of the child’s sensory culture. - M .: " Enlightenment ", 1988.
- Wenger L.A., Mukhina V.S. Psychology. - M .: " Enlightenment ", 1988.
- Venger L. A., Dyachenko O. M., Govorova R. I., Tsekhanskaya L. I. Games and exercises for the development of mental abilities in preschool children. - M .: " Enlightenment ", 1989.
- Wenger L. A., Martsinkovskaya T. D. , Wenger A. L. Is your child ready for school? . - M .: “ Knowledge ”, 1994.
- Wenger L. A., Dyachenko O. M., Astas'kova N. F., Bardina R. I. Program “Gifted child”. - M .: "The New School", 1995.
- Wenger L. A., Wenger A. L. Home school of thinking. - M .: “ Bustard ”, 2010.
- Wenger L. A. About three kittens. Visual modeling. For children 2-4 years old. - M .: "Peanut", 2010.
- Wenger L. A. So the little man came out .... - M .: "Peanut", 2010.
Articles
- Wenger L. A. Game as a type of activity // " Questions of Psychology ", 1978, No. 3, p. 163-165.
- Wenger L. A., Pirov G. D., Trifonov T. M. Ability and development // " Questions of Psychology ", 1981, No. 3, p. 163.
- Venger L. A. The theory of activity as the basis for teaching foreign languages // " Questions of Psychology ", 1981, No. 6, p. 154-155.
- Venger L. A. Mastering the mediated solution of cognitive tasks and the development of cognitive abilities of a child // " Questions of Psychology ", 1983, No. 2, p. 43-50.
- Wenger L. A. A. V. Zaporozhets and his contribution to Soviet psychology // " Questions of Psychology ", 1985, No. 4, p. 121–125.
- Venger L. A., Ibatullina A. A. Correlation of learning, mental development and functional features of a ripening brain // Psychology Issues , 1989, No. 2, p. 20–27.
Notes
- ↑ // Leonid Abramovich Wenger (obituary) // Questions of Psychology , 1992, No. 5, p. 57.
Links
- Psychological and pedagogical training center. L. A. Wenger "Development . "
- Veraksa N.E. , Veraksa A.N. Leonid Abramovich Wenger .
- National Psychological Encyclopedia // Venger Leonid Abramovich .
- Child Psychology // Wenger L. A. (inaccessible link) .
- Wenger Leonid Abramovich .