NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ387022
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
Contemporary Education in the U.S.S.R.; A Conversation with Robert F. Byrnes.
Shane, Harold G.
Educational Leadership, v46 n4 p86-88 Dec-Jan 1988-89
Soviet education's purpose is to improve its population's skills and technical ability in order to strengthen the country's economic and military power. Soviet teachers enjoy higher status than their U.S. counterparts, but are paid less than the average skilled worker. Despite "glasnost," educational "perestroika" (restructuring) is not imminent. Includes three references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Role of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Indoctrination; Teacher Status; USSR