St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Psychology – Ontopsychology Chair
On 27th May 2004, in the Aula Magna of the Dodici Collegi’s building, the official opening of the Ontopsychology Chair was celebrated, in the presence of the University Rector L. Verbitskaja, prof. Antonio Meneghetti and the Dean of Psychology L. Tsvetkova.
This was the result of a long process of analysis and verification of Ontopsychology, carried out in the Russian Federation and within the Faculty of Psychology of St. Petersburg State University, which took more than 10 years. Here are the milestones of the process.
- In 1989 Prof. Antonio Meneghetti met the luminaries of the St. Petersburg Psychology School: B. Lomov, A. Krylov, J. Zabrodin and others. This marked the beginning of the important work.
- In 1998 this cooperation resulted in the opening of the specialisation course in Ontopsychology at the Faculty of Psychology of St. Petersburg State University; in the same year, the first group of Russian students - 18 in total started attending the course.
- In 1999 the project of cooperation in the Russian Federation and in the former Soviet Union countries acquired international status: a contract was signed between the International Association of Ontopsychology and St. Petersburg State University. This opened the way to a new phase of partnership and an initial group of fifty Italian students joined the Russians.
- In January 2000, a Brazilian group of thirty students joined the study course as well. The Baccalaureate Programme also started and the Ontopsychology laboratory was opened.
- In 2003 the Faculty of Psychology opens its branch in Italy at the AIO premises; in the same year the magistracy programme in Ontopsychology is opened in the faculty, under Prof. N. Grishina’s guidance.
The Magistracy Programme has the aim of training high-qualified Ontopsychology specialists. Based on a state budget, the starting of this programme is a key step for the opening of the Chair; the Ministry of Russian Education acknowledges Ontopsychology as “a new practical-scientific trend within modern psychology, […] intended for the comprehensive description of man’s life and of the development of his individuality”. The theory at the basis of Ontopsychology is included in the new edition of the “General Psychology Handbook”, approved by the Committee for the systematic guarantee of the Russian Education Ministry and recommended by the Education Ministry to all those university faculties that have ongoing psychology courses and to all the institutes of higher education in the Russian Federation. - In February 2004 the Scientific Committee of the Psychology Faculty decided to open the Chair of Ontopsychology.
- In March 2004 the University’s Main Scientific Council (the main body of power in the whole of the St. Petersburg State University) supported the resolution of the Faculty of Psychology, following the presentation held by the Dean Larisa Tsvetkova.
On 29th March 2004, the Rector’s decree for the opening of the Ontopsychology Chair is officially issued. Departments’ list of the Psychology Faculty, including the Ontopsychology department.
Psychology Faculty web page, where the Ontopsychology specialization programme is described.
This links to the history of the founding of the Ontopsychology Chair, starting from 1998; it is also possible to find information on the Chair’s main goals and tasks, on the academic staff, the applications and professional opportunities available following completion of this study course (individual and group psychology consultancy, business and entrepreneurial consultancy, pedagogy, politics, law, art psychology). Chair students can participate in scientific and training programmes held by the International Association of Ontopsychology and can carry out scientific internships in Italy too.
Here we list the Magistracy specialization programmes (other than the Baccalaureate and professional specialization Degree) and the Ontopsychology magistracy programme is presented in detail (with attachments). The final year students will receive job opportunities support; the Chair’s phone number is listed. ONTOPSYCHOLOGY CHAIR AIMS
The Chair is the basic structural cell of the Faculty. In short, the chair is the link between the standard university training process and the scientific research training held by the Academy. A chair is opened only if it represents a scientific trend that is deemed relevant to new landscapes in science. The Chair warrants the legacy and the reliability of scientific researches, assuming the function of control and advance in scientific knowledge. The chair of Ontopsychology has the following functions: to guarantee Ontopsychology’s scientific teaching and to hold it at a professional level (the Ontopsychology study programme was formally accepted in November 2001 by the Systematic Committee of the St. Petersburg State University Psychology Faculty). To organize the methodical work in study disciplines, scientific research, the preparation of scientific and pedagogical outlines and the improvement of their specialization. The important aspect is that the Chair becomes the scientific core for the other faculties and institutes, representing Ontopsychology in the scientific field.On one hand, the Chair holds and warrants the study process (so it confirms study plans by choosing basic and specialization scientific programmes, trains teachers, etc.); on the other hand, it organizes and warrants the legal process of that scientific research that is deemed to be of real value for the comprehensive advancement of human society.
Russian educational proposal FACULDADE Antonio Meneghetti
On 20th January 2008 the opening of Faculdade Antonio Meneghetti was celebrated in Brazil in Recanto Maestro District – acknowledged by the United Nations (ONU) as a Centre for Economic, Social, Environmental and Human Development – in the presence of Acc. Prof. A. Meneghetti, St. Petersburg State University’s Rector L. Verbiskaja and the municipal prefect of São João do Polêsine V. B. Gassen; furthermore, with greetings from the Head of the NGO Department and United Nations consultant, Madame Hanifa Mezoui.
The process
In Brazil, the creation of a new faculty is the first step in developing an institution of Higher Education. To found one, it is necessary to have an institution and a body to maintain it (known as mantenedora). Both of them should receive authorization from the Ministry of Education MEC (allowing at least two years to obtain it). It is possible to start one or more courses, adding the other ones gradually, again with MEC approval.
In March 2006, procedures started for the accreditation to the Brazilian Education Ministry of both the mantenedora society – FOIL, in this case – and the faculty and its administration course. After approval of the Developmental Plans, Projects, Regulations and after the submission of several bureaucratic applications, the Supervisory Control Committee carried out an inspection in loco, that is in the future Faculty premises. In the case of Faculdade Antonio Meneghetti, the Committee awarded the highest rating to all the parameters required by law for the settlement of a faculty. In November 2007 the National Council of Education passed a positive opinion regarding the accreditation. In December 2007 the Minister of Education Fernando Haddad signed and issued the Portaria N° 1,170 in the Brazilian Official Diary, authorizing Faculty operations as well as the Administration course based in the Recanto Maestro District. At the beginning, the Faculty should have been called “FOIL Management”, but soon after the description of the project and the course were presented, along with an explanation of what FOIL is and who the founder of its underlying thinking is, the Minister suggested calling it the Antonio Meneghetti Faculty, with its first course in Administration. The course’s pedagogical project was conceived in accordance with national policy to obtain the Bacharel Degree in Administracione with 3,108 hours of lesson time, including modules on FOIL methodology. To teach FOIL subjects, the Specialization qualification in Ontopsychology, obtained at St. Petersburg State University, was added as a further and essential requirement.
Faculdade Antonio Meneghetti
Autorizada pela Portaria 1.170/2007 do Ministero da Educação e Cultura - MEC
Rua Recanto Maestro, n° 339
Distrito Recanto Maestro
São João do Polêsine, RS – Brazil – CEP 97230-000
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Faculdade Antonio Meneghetti
Curso de Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu em conformidade com a resolução n° 1/2007 do CNE
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Contacts At Santa Caterina Federal University (one of Brazil’s main universities) Ontopsychology is taught as part of the Administration course.
http://www.cad.ufsc.br
Recanto Maestro District is recognised by the United Nations (UN) as a Centre for Economic, Social, Environmental and Human Development. Prefect V.B. Gassen’s,on the day of inauguration of the Faculdade Antonio Meneghetti, said:“Prof. Meneghetti came to this God-forsaken region in the 1990s, at a time in which the place was not yet called Recanto Maestro (later renamed so by Meneghetti himself). During these years, we have witnessed an orderly development of the region in respect of all the local laws, for the benefit of the citizens benefit and contributing to the development of services for the local industry. Law 389, 2003 made Recanto Maestro District official and this represented a substantial advantage for the region and the council, thanks to the increase in income from taxes and, above all, to the international events that are held here. This Faculty will make this contributin even greater in the future and this is why, in the name of all citizens, I would like to thank Prof. Antonio Meneghetti”. Recantomaestro website © Copyright 2000 - 2009 International Ontopsychology Association
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