Soviet educator. Graduated from Rostov-on-Don Teachers College. 197 1 was elected as a member of the School of Communication of the Soviet Institute of Education, and 1974 was elected as a full member. 1979, vice president of the Soviet academy of educational sciences. Modern cybernetics and system theory are applied to the study of teaching theory, and the optimization theory of teaching process is put forward. His main works are "Teaching Process Optimization (General Teaching Theory Viewpoint)" and "Teaching and Education Process Optimization (Method Principle)".