Pedagogical activity began in 1974 as a history teacher and continued in the posts of Deputy Director and secondary school principal, then the head of the Department of the district education, head of the Department of the Education Ministry and continues as the head of Department of methodology of teaching and education in the Institute of Psychology and Education, Kazan Federal University; research field: theory and methods of education, socialization and individualization of a student's personality, competence approach of undergraduate students of pedagogy in education, the formation of professional competence of future teachers.

The number of published works: 453, including 16 monographs, textbooks for schools – 6, textbooks for high schools - 8, tutorials – 33.

In the educational process of KFU my scientific school is guided by the essential principle of the theory of University education: the unity of teaching, learning and research. This principle is realised in the prepared textbooks and manuals of new generation: "Introduction to pedagogical activity", "Pedagogics", "Theory and methodology of education", "Didactics", "the Workshop on General pedagogy", "General pedagogy".

These textbooks and manuals-workshops, which were created under the grant of Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Republic, are classified by Ministry of education and science of Russia and Tatarstan. They are recommended for use in the educational process of higher educational institutions that train teachers. They are focused on the interactive learning technology and enhance independent and creative work of students, to develop professional thinking of future teachers, forming their learning activities, contribute to the formation of future teachers as subjects of educational and research activities, develop professional reflection as a key component of methodological culture of the teacher.

The main scientific directions of activity are: the problems of educational influence of the collective to the individual; the inclusion of trainees into intraregional activities and relationships; organizational and pedagogical aspects of the student collective, including the organization of student self-government; the positions of the individuality in the structure of the collective. Systematic analysis of the correlation of socialization processes in the new conditions of humanization and democratization of the modern school; the ratio of substantive changes in social relations and quality of student's personal originality, the interaction of the socializing functions of society and individual appearance of the person; the dialectic of development and education of students in the conditions of the radically changed socio-economic and political situation of contemporary Russian society; performance of research works on the programs of the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation and other scientific programs of the Russian Federation, regional scientific programs, international scientific programs; establishment of scientific contacts and scientific cooperation with educational and scientific institutions of Russia and abroad; the practical testing and implementation of obtained results into the practice of educational institutions; promote the training of students at the areas of work of the Institute of Psychology and Education, KFU; assistance in training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical staff; the introduction of results into educational process in training areas of students; the introduction of talented students into research at the early stages of learning.