University

Tomsk State University

English level

Advanced, Proficient

The direction of training for which the graduate student will be accepted

Education and pedagogical sciences

The code of the field of study for which the graduate student will be accepted

44.06.01 Education and Pedagogical Sciences

List of research projects of a potential supervisor
(participation /leadership)

Metacognitive Approach to Designing Educational Environment for Learning Foreign Languages: Personal Experience, Strategies and Academic Achievement
Teachers Epistemological Beliefs, Intergenerational Effects of Parental Beliefs about Mathematics and Individual Differences of Primary School Learners as Factors of Successful Mathematical Learning
Development and Validation of the Standardised Instrument for Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Preschoolers' Developmental Trajectories
Interrelations between learning foreign languages, cognitive development and academic achievements in secondary school: a longitudinal study
The relationship of success at mathematics and self-regulation of learning to mathematical abilities and cognitive personality characteristics of senior high school students
Research on "academic emotions": Resources and limitations in education as a socio-cognitive practice
Educational Technology of Developing Metacognitive Competence Development as a Foundation for Sustainable Human Resource Development

List of possible research topics

1. Child development assessment across multiple domains: from preschool to primary school
2. Investing in child development: parental beliefs about child development and preschool programmes
3. Developing mathematical abilities from preschool to primary school
4. Educational design to overcome academic procrastination in higher education
5. Educational design to support critical thinking development in higher education

Supervisor’s
main publications

1) Likhanov, M., Bogdanova, O., Alenina, E. et al. No evidence of a positive effect of learning Chinese language as an L2 on spatial ability. Sci Rep 13, 1262 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26738-2

2) Богданова, Е. Л., Богданова, О. Е., & Киселев, С. Ю. (2020). Современные тенденции развития практик оценивания в дошкольном образовании: функциональные возможности педагогической диагностики. Вестник Томского государственного университета, (459), 195-204.

3) Rodic,M., Jiaxin, C., Malykh, S., Zhou, X., Gynku, E., Bogdanova, E., Zueva, D., Bogdanova, O., & Kovas, Y. (2018). Cognition, emotion, and arithmetic in primary school: A cross-cultural investigation. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 36. 255-276. 10.1111/bjdp.12248

4) Tosto, M. G., Petrill, S. A., Malykh, S., Malki, K., Haworth, C. M. A., Mazzocco, M. M. M., . . . Kovas, Y. (2017). Number sense and mathematics: Which, when and how? Developmental Psychology, 53(10), 1924-1939. doi:10.1037/dev0000331

5) Morosanova, V. I., Fomina, T. G., Kovas, Y., & Bogdanova, O. Y. (2016). Cognitive and regulatory characteristics and mathematical performance in high school students. Personality and Individual Differences, 90, 177-186. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.034

Supervisor’s research interests

Child development programmes evaluation
Professional development of preschool teachers
Individual differences in mathematical abilities: from preschool to secondary school
Comparative international research on education (from preschool to higher education)
Interpretation of Positive Psychology principlies in educational practice
Metacognitive approach to designing environment for learning foreign languages

Supervisor’s
specific requirements

Background in general psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology;
Solid knowledge of mixed research methods, statistical data analysis (SPSS/JASP/R);
Previous experience in collaboration with kindergarten, school and university settings.

List of the topics offered for the prospective scientific research

1. Interdisciplinary approach to child development assessment across multiple domains: from preschool to primary school
2. Investing in child development: parental beliefs about child development and preschool programmes
3. Preschool teachers professional development
4. Design and evaluation of developmental programmes for preschoolers.
5. Developing mathematical abilities from preschool to primary school
6. Positive Psychology in educational practice
7. Metacognitive approach to learning and teaching foreign languages (including LOTE)