Lyudmila Bosova

Lyudmila Leonidovna Bosova (9 May 1963 – 15 December 2024) was a Russian educator and author, known for her contributions to the field of school informatics. She authored numerous textbooks and educational programs, significantly influencing the teaching of computer science in Russian schools.

Early life and education Bosova graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Belarusian State University in 1985. She later pursued postgraduate studies at the Institute of Content and Teaching Methods of the Russian Academy of Education, earning her Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences degree in 2000 with a dissertation titled "Propedeutic Training of Rural Schoolchildren in Informatics and Information Technologies." In 2009, she completed her doctoral dissertation, "Development of the Methodological System for Teaching Informatics and Information Technologies to Younger Schoolchildren," earning her Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences degree.

Career Bosova's career encompassed roles as a mathematician-programmer at the "Integral" production association in Minsk (1985–1986) and as an engineer-programmer at the V.I. Lenin All-Union Electrotechnical Institute in Moscow (1986–1991). She then transitioned to education, serving as a computer science teacher at Ivanovskaya Secondary School in the Istra district of Moscow Oblast from 1991 to 2022. Russian Federation Government Prize in Education (2009) for a series of works titled "Informatization of General, Professional, and Additional Education in Health-Saving Conditions" Medal of K.D. Ushinsky (2016) Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Academy of Education (2023)