Background

Talyzina was born on December 28, 1923 in Luchinskiy, Jaroslavl, Russia; the daughter of Fedor Konstantinovich Guseinov and Maria Vasilevna (Novorodonova) Talyzina.

Education

Talyzina entered at Yaroslavl Pedagogical School in 1939. Three years later she entered at Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky. Also in 1950, Nina earned her Doctor of Psychology degree from Russian Academy of Education.

Career

Talyzina began her career as an assistant of the psychology department at Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1950. Two years later she took a position of a lecturer of the psychology department at the same university. Then in 1962, Nina became a senior lecturer at Lomonosov Moscow State University and held it for eleven years. Also she served as a head of the department of pedagogical psychology at that university from 1963 to 1995.

In addition, since 1966 she was a head of laboratory of learning psychology at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Since 1989 Nina held a position of a director of the Center for retraining of education workers of psychology faculty at the same university.

Achievements

• Talyzina is known for her formulation the activity concept of programmed learning, which differs from the American counterpart, built on the basis of behaviorism.
  
  Her researches contributed greatly to the development of educational psychology, as well as to the organization of modern continuing education and vocational training of psychologists. In 1997, she was given a Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education. Also in 2001, Nina was given a Prize named after M. V. Lomonosov for scientific activities for the series of works "Activity theory of teaching and learning".

Works

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• book

  • Psychology of primary school age

    (Russian edition)

    2018
  • Psychology of Learning 1981

Membership

Talyzina was a member of Russian Academy of Education, International Society for Cultural and Activity Research and Academy of Pedagogical Science.

Interests

• skiing, swimming

Connections

On July 13, 1959 Nina Talyzina married Fruta Abasmirzaevich Guseinov. They have 2 children.

Father:

Fedor Konstantinovich Talyzin

Mother:

Maria Vasilevna (Novorodonova) Talyzina

Spouse:

Fruta Abasmirzaevich Guseinov

child:

Rustam Frutovich Guseinov

child:

Dinara Frutovna (Talyzina) Petyaeva