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Publication Date: 2015
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Pluralism and Values in Education in Hungary--Changes between 1990 and 2012
Zsolnai, Anikó; Lesznyák, Márta
Journal of Beliefs & Values, v36 n2 p142-155 2015
Value transmission is a fundamental task of schools. However, the question arises as to how far prevailing political and social conditions shape the functioning of a country or a region's school system. In other words: what effect do they have on the choice of values to be transmitted at schools? Are there any fundamental social values that are shared by different cultures at different times? Are there values that exist independently of social and political systems? These questions have a special relevance in Eastern and Central European countries like Hungary where political and social changes in the twentieth century had a crucial effect on the set of values that were transmitted by the school system. The aim of this study is to describe how the value transmitting role of the Hungarian school system has changed as a consequence of political transformations in recent decades.
Descriptors: Values Education, Political Influences, Social Influences, Cultural Differences, Social Change, Teaching Methods, School Role, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Educational Change, Social Systems
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hungary
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