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ERIC Number: EJ423598
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Soviet Industrial Strategy and Reforms in Vocational Education, 1984-88: Policy Implications and Implementation.
Sowtis, Dennis
Comparative Education, v27 n1 p23-33 1991
In 1984, Soviet educational reforms increased the number of vocational secondary schools, introduced pupils to vocational education at an earlier age, and strengthened vertical integration between local enterprises and schools. Unintended consequences may be occupational rigidity, course offerings based on obsolete manpower needs, and reinforcement of conservative industrial strategies. (SV)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Industry, Labor Force Development, Public Policy, School Business Relationship, Secondary Education, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reform Efforts; USSR
Note: Based on a comprehensive review of articles on vocational education in the "Current Digest of the Soviet Press," January 1983 to March 1988.