Development of a child's integrated personality

A student, follower, and close friend of L.S. Vygotsky, one of the leaders of domestic psychological science, Alexei Nikolaevich Leontiev (1903-1979) emphasized: learning is not just the accumulation of knowledge, skills, and abilities in the student's mind. It is a restructuring of the child's entire psyche, a leap in the child's spiritual life, a series of 'explosions' that break the old circle of ideas and open up new perspectives for the child. Knowledge itself is less important than the place it occupies in the child's consciousness, and especially 'what personal meaning it has acquired for him and how it has armed him for life.' The main task of the school is the development of the child's holistic personality.
In the collection presented to your attention, you will find selected works by A.N. Leontiev, representing his views on the main questions and problems of child pedagogy. The publication is intended for a wide range of children's and adolescent educators.