The efforts to improve pedagogical practices in Russia have been going on since the 1970s. While many proposed changes and approaches have not withstood the test of practical application, several successful schemes have been identified. The most prominent among the latter is the system of studying reading, grammar, mathematics, and the English language devised by a St. Petersburg scientist Nikolai Zaitsev.
Fifteen years of the system's use in Russia, the former Soviet Republics, and other countries (including the US) showed the following results:
o Many parents in Russia teach their under-school-aged children at home with the use of Zaitsev's system. In Russia, no one is surprised to see 3-4-year-old children read and count
o Children of 4-5 years learn to read and count after 10-12 hour-and-a-half-long sessions. First graders accomplish the same in a single week
o Vision and correct posture are not only preserved; they are improved (reputable scientists support this claim). The numbers of problems associated with the lack of physical movement are also reduced.
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N. Zaitsev Educational Methodology
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