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Direct linkMere, Kristi; Reiska, Priit; Smith, Thomas M. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
As Estonia has moved from a centrally planned towards a market-based economy, there has been a broad-based push to create an "egalitarian but innovative, "future-oriented" system of education, which would help to develop flexible, lifelong learning citizens open to new ideas." A national research and development strategy, titled "Knowledge-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Science Interests, Science Achievement
Istrate, Olimpius; Noveanu, Gabriela; Smith, Thomas M. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
The shift from a centrally-controlled to a market-oriented economy in the early 1990s put pressure on the Romanian education system to reform both the curriculum and methods of instruction employed in primary and secondary education. At least part of the pressure to implement educational reforms came from the relatively poor performance of…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Teaching Methods
Bankov, Kiril; Mikova, Dilyana; Smith, Thomas M. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, along with other Central and Eastern European countries, began a transition towards a democratic political system and market-oriented economy. Socio-economic and political changes associated with this transition have created a growing need for a new kind of citizenry, one equipped with flexible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Background, Outcomes of Education, Educational Change
