Descriptor
Educational Change | 1 |
Educational History | 1 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Foreign Countries | 1 |
Government Role | 1 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Role of Education | 1 |
Social History | 1 |
Social Influences | 1 |
Socialism | 1 |
Author
Clayton, Thomas | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Cambodia | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Clayton, Thomas – History of Education Quarterly, 1998
Discusses the educational destruction and construction in Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) under the Khmer Rouge regime. Explains that in constructing the Democratic Kampuchea education system the Khmer Rouge sought to harness the power of education to their agenda of egalitarian, self-reliant, and agrarian socialism. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries