ERIC Number: EJ1318560
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 22
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East Germany in the Horn of Africa: Reflections on the GDR's Educational Intervention in Ethiopia, c. 1977-1989
History of Education, v50 n5 p663-684 2021
During the Cold War, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) was a key player in sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on its role in the Ethiopian polytechnical education reform effort between 1977 and 1989, this study explores the extent of educational policy transfer as well as the nature and magnitude of influence during the implementation of that transfer. Based on secondary sources and in-depth interviews with former educational officials, curriculum experts, and educators in teacher training institutes and colleges, the study examines the power relations between the two cooperation partners at systemic, institutional and individual levels of interaction. Finally, the study identifies issues that provide insights for improving the historical and theoretical literature on Cold War educational policy transfers.
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Conflict, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Administrator Attitudes, Specialists, Curriculum Development, Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs, Power Structure, Educational Cooperation, Technology Transfer, Educational Attitudes, International Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Social Change, Social Systems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; Ethiopia
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