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Marchuk, Guri – Impact of Science on Society, 1988
Reviews the achievements of scientists and technologists of the Soviet Union and their impact on the development of production, social consciousness, and international politics. Discusses future directions and thrusts to be pursued through extensive application of scientific ideas. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humanities
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Slobodkin, Gregory; Pickering, Miles – Journal of Chemical Education, 1988
Provides an overview based on personal experiences, recollections, viewpoints and anecdotal records. Discusses the general philosophy of education in the Soviet Union, the selection of students, graduate study and the chemistry curriculum. Compares and contrasts the educational systems of the Soviet Union and the United States. (CW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Educational Opportunities, Educational Philosophy
Burr, Constance – Humanities, 1993
Asserts that increasing numbers of significant historical archives are being opened. Relates the story of historian Patricia Kennedy Grimsted who spent 30 years identifying the existence and history of national archives in the former Soviet Union and Eastern European nations. Maintains that her efforts have helped historians take advantage of…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Historiography
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Nikandrov, N. D. – Russian Education and Society, 1992
Reports on the activities of the Soviet Union's Academy of Pedagogical Sciences for the year 1989. Discusses improvements in general education syllabus development, textbooks for various subjects, and Russian language, Soviet history, and social sciences instruction. Examines educational differentiation and humanization. Reports on improvements in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Nelson, Linden, Comp. – 1986
The document outlines 15 topics, each with concepts and selected references, to illustrate the relevance of psychology for understanding and coping with the threat of nuclear war. Awareness of the literature is intended to encourage psychologists to become more active in applying psychological concepts to nuclear weapons issues. The articles and…
Descriptors: Books, Citations (References), Higher Education, Nuclear Warfare
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Thompson, Kenneth W. – Perspectives on Political Science, 1991
Defines war as symptom rather than cause. Identifies the root cause of the Middle East crisis as destruction of the regional balance of power through foreign augmentation of Iraqi power. Criticizes the tendency to see world problems as a fight between good and evil. Defines realism as the ability to see political realities as a balance of power.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, International Relations
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Przeworski, Adam – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1991
Discusses the fall of communism in eastern Europe. Applies Latin America models to eastern Europe. Suggests that revolutions are shaped by the systems against which they are directed. Concludes that the problems of eastern Europe are not caused by the system so much as by geography. Argues that poor capitalism may lie in the future for eastern…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Communism, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Randall, Laura – Humanities, 1993
Reports on a reading-discussion program of the Vermont Reading Project. Describes the origins, development, and operation of the program. Includes titles of literature works used in the project. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Martens, John A. – Chemical and Engineering News, 1987
Reviews the reform of the industrial structure of the Soviet Union. Emphasizes the influence of the communist party on chemical production, research and education. Surveys the problems facing the Soviet chemical industry. Lists important officials in the Soviet chemical industry. Discusses joint ventures between the United States and the Soviet…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemistry, Economic Development, Economics
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Dobruskin, M. E. – Russian Education and Society, 1995
Maintains that college students have been the object of repeated sociological research in countries formerly in the Soviet Union (USSR). Reports on a study of more than 3,000 Russian students and professors. Includes five tables indicating student attitudes toward religion, student behavior, and participation in outside-of-class cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Fomenko, Anatoliy T.; Rachev, Svetlozar T. – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
Proposes an empirico-statistical model to differentiate dependent and independent historical texts. Formulates a regard for information principle and an amplitude correlation principle. Experimentally examines and validates the model and both principles using specific historical texts. Includes tables and graphs. Appends further discussion of the…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Chronicles, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education
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Brue, Stanley L.; MacPhee, Craig R. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Reports on a three-week seminar taught by U.S. economists at Moscow State University (Russia) in June 1992. Discusses the history of the pre-1992 economics curriculum and the emerging curriculum in modern Russia. Includes three tables illustrating changing curriculum content in economics over the past two decades. (CFR)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Economics
Kutsenko, V. A. – Soviet Education, 1990
Questions the effectiveness of the career guidance that Soviet secondary students receive. Discusses a survey of 2,605 students that investigated students' life goals assessments of their labor training and work experiences. Argues that Soviet schools need to correlate career guidance more effectively both with development of individual student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship
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McKeehan, Irina V. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Analyzes the results of sociological surveys conducted among thousands of students in higher education institutions in Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union. Compares and contrasts student attitudes about such topics as economics, democratic values, ethnic groups, education, and students' perception of the future. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Democratic Values, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Moskovkina, A. G.; Sagdullaev, A. A. – Soviet Education, 1990
Discusses research into parental alcoholism as the cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Reports that a study examined the family history of children in 18 schools in the Soviet Union. Concludes that intellectual deficiencies can be traced to various genetic and environmental factors. Calls for early intervention to prevent intellectual…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Boarding Schools, Child Development Centers