Development of Students’ Research Position during the Study of «Cultural-Historical Approach in Clinical Psychology and Special Education» Module

The article analyzes the possibilities of forming a research position of students studying module on clinical psychology and special education of “cultural-historical theory and activity approach to education” master’s program. Research position is a personal educational result of students training in the research master’s degree. It is regarded as a kind of internal position of the person (the term by L. I. Bozhovich), which correlates motives of research activities and possibilities for its implementation. Performing a design and research tasks on clinical psychology and special education by the students is seen as a means for generating a research position. The article presents that training actions according to V.V. Davydov (analysis, planning, reflection) are satisfy stages of design and research tasks performing by the student and presents various possibilities of using such a task to form a students’ research position.