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Kozlova, Maria – History of Education, 2020
This paper examines the content of alphabet books published for Russian-speaking children in Latvia, Estonia and Poland in the 1920s and explains the nexus between socio-cultural context and representation of social environment and children's interactions to explore strategies of adaptation offered to children. The textbooks were quantified using…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Textbooks, Russian, Cultural Context
Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana; Ivanova, Alina – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
In this paper, we develop a multi-level comparative approach to analyse Trends in International Mathematics and Science Survey (TIMSS) and Programme of International Student Achievement (PISA) mathematics results for a country, Russia, where the two tests provide contradictory information about students' relative performance. Russian students do…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement
Sundh, Stellan – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2016
In order to reach far in the work for sustainable development, communication in foreign languages prior to strategic decisions is required from international partners. In this communication English has become the lingua franca. Even though the use of EFL (English as a foreign language) is widely spread, it is clear that in some geographical…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Sustainable Development
Kaša, Rita; Mhamed, Ali Ait Si – European Education, 2013
In the framework of the internationalization and globalization of higher education and competition for international students, the paper examines how language policy in higher education shapes the provision of study programs in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It concludes that study programs in the Baltic states mostly follow the convention of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Planning, Educational Policy
Khavenson, Tatiana; Carnoy, Martin – Oxford Review of Education, 2016
In this paper, we try to unravel some of the unintended and intended academic effects associated with post-Soviet educational reforms by focusing on three cases: Estonia, Latvia and Russia. We have chosen this comparison because a unique "natural experiment" in the three countries allows us to compare the changing academic performance on…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Systems, Academic Achievement, Russian
Nedelcu, Anca; Iucu, Romita; Ciolan, Lucian – European Education, 2011
This article analyzes qualitative data obtained from focus groups with students learning in schools with a majority and minority language of instruction from Estonia, Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia. The focus groups were developed within the framework of the project "Divided Education, Divided Citizens?" conducted by the Network of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Language of Instruction

Romanov, Artemi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000
Focuses on the language situation in the Russian diaspora in Latvia and Estonia and analyzes these factors that are critical in determining language outcomes for a language community within one country that speaks a majority language of another. Examines the possibility of three outcomes: language maintenance, bilingualism, and language shift in a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning

Ozolins, Uldis – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1999
Discusses Latvia's decision to make Latvian the sole official language of Latvia in the post-Soviet era. Argues that the Latvians found themselves in the position of a majority whose language had been minoritized by the Soviet form of colonization. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Baltic Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Latvian