Elena BochkinaI strive to pass on my experience to colleagues and students to understand the child, improving the curriculum in children’s education. That’s why I created an intellectual development program “Me and time” for children that is gaining more and more positive feedback each year among child development professionals.

1. Graduated from Moscow City Pedagogical University (MGPU) – the best university in the country in the field of educational psychology (three diplomas with honors, grade point average 5.0, and best undergraduate student 2013- 2014).

2. More than 11 years of experience in assisting and supervising research projects in preschool and school education.

3. Winner of all-Russian and international professional competitions.

4. I have more than 5 years of experience as a university teacher.

5. The author of two psychodiagnostic techniques that help to identify the level of development of creative thinking in preschool children.

6. Co-author of the textbook on creating a school-friendly environment for children with ADHD, dyslexia/dysgraphia, and children from foreign families.

7. Since 2022, certified Reviewer Web of Science Academy.

8. Since 2023, representative of students of the 1st division of the APA (American Association of Psychologists).

9. Thanks to my research made the system of quality evaluation of preschool education was created and implemented all over Russia.

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AWARDS

The winner of the All-Russian Competition for preschool education workers named after L.S. Vygotsky 2019-2020.

The winner of the International Competition “The Best Young Scientist of Commonwealth of Independent States – 2020”.

 

The laureate of the All-Russian Competition of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation of the Best Psychological and Pedagogical Programs and Technologies in the Educational enviroment – 2022.

The Russian academy of natural history awarded the honorary title “Excellent worker of public education” for outstanding achievements in the development of education, which has a positive impact on the intellectual development of society – 2024.

Education

Moscow City Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate in Educational Science (2025)
Honors Program in Educational Science (2019).

Moscow City Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia
Master of Pedagogical Psychology (2015)
Honors Program in Psychology
Thesis “The role of cyclical representations in the development of the psyche in older preschool children”.

Moscow City Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia
Bachelor of Pre-school pedagogy and psychology (2013)
Honors Program in Psychology
Thesis “The correlation between imagination and dialectical thinking in older preschool children”.

Courses and Certificates

5 CE Credits of APA, 2022

  • The program “Helping Children Get A Good Night’s Sleep”
  • The program “Embracing a Gender-Affirmative Model for Transgender Youth”
  • The program “Treating Women and Girls in Context”
  • The program “Using Inclusive Language in Your Marketing Efforts”
  • The program “How to Get Hired at a Private Practice”.

5 Web of Science Academy Certificates, 2022

  • Certificate “Good Citation Behavior”
  • Certificate “An Introduction to Ethical Publishing Behavior”
  • Certificate “Reviewing in the Sciences”
  • Certificate “Reviewing in the Humanities”
  • Certificate “Mentoring in peer review”.