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Sungur, Hasan – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The primary purpose of this article is to analyze how the origin of the Cold War is represented in Turkish history textbooks for general secondary school education for the twelfth grade. The author examined three history textbooks, which are only approved by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) for teaching the course of Contemporary Turkish…
Descriptors: War, World History, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
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Yarlykova, Mariya; Xunda, Yu – Education and Society, 2021
This article examines uniform standardized history education in Russia. It focuses primarily on the process of designing unified national history textbooks in 2013-2017, and also examines the educational reform that followed this process, along with the role of Russian society in the formulation of the textbook's content. The new…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Textbooks, Educational Change, Patriotism
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Peacock, Margaret – Science & Education, 2015
The demise of Soviet genetics in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s has stood for many as a prime example of the damage that social and political dogmatism can do when allowed to meddle in the workings of science. In particular, the story of Trofim Lysenko's rise to preeminence and the fall of Mendelian genetics in the Soviet Union has become a lasting…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biology, Scientists, Political Influences
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Danilov, A. I.; Sharifzhanov, I. I. – Social Education, 1981
Analyzes information in social studies textbooks in the United States regarding the history of the USSR. Identifies major problems, including failure to take the work of Soviet scholars into account, political bias, oversimplification, distortion of the truth and failure to highlight achievements of Russian culture, science, and sociopolitical…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, Social Studies
Zverev, I. D. – Soviet Education, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Comparative Education, Curriculum Evaluation
Soviet Education, 1976
An analysis of the new readers being used in grades 4-7 concludes that they have greatly improved the educational process. (Author/ND)
Descriptors: Assignments, Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Literature
Kruglov, V. V. – Soviet Education, 1991
Describes recent changes in management education in the former Soviet Union. Identifies tendencies that have arisen in educational reform: (1) short-term seminars, courses, and conferences; (2) short-term seminars featuring foreign experts; (3) new permanent educational institutions; and (4) retraining experts in new economic knowledge. Discusses…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Miagkova, A. – Soviet Education, 1977
Describes biology curriculum expansion in elementary and secondary schools in terms of textbook and course content, teaching techniques, and pupils' achievement levels. Indicates need for additional textbook revision and alternative teaching approaches. (AV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Sciences, Comparative Education, Course Content
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Mehlinger, Howard D. – Social Education, 1981
Examines treatment of the United States in social studies textbooks used in the USSR, as reported by the US/USSR Textbook Study Project. Identifies major problems, including ideological bias, adequate coverage, balance of treatment, factual errors, distortion and bias by undue emphasis, omission of important details, and dependence on outdated…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Ivanova, Tat'iana – Soviet Education, 1991
Calls for new textbooks to teach Russian literature. Complains of inappropriate wording for young people, officious and boring content, and a lack of humanistic themes in existing textbooks. Suggests that a text be compiled from among the best literary and critical articles to develop in students a love and understanding of literature. (DK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Humanism, Literature Appreciation
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Jennison, Earl W., Jr. – History Teacher, 1975
The treatment of ethnic minorities in Russian history survey textbooks is examined. (DE)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Historical Criticism, History
Rozenberg, N. – Soviet Education, 1977
Analyzes textbooks currently in use in secondary level vocational training courses in the Soviet Union. Recommendations for textbook improvement call for research by educators, scientists, and publishers on problems of writing textbooks for vocational technical schools. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Literature Reviews
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Hantula, James – Clearing House, 1981
The author traces changes in American social studies teaching about the Soviet Union over the past 30 years. He finds that these changes parallel shifts in the political mentality from the Cold War, through detente, to America's renewed suspicion following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. (SJL)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Communism, Course Content, Curriculum Development
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Mehlinger, Howard D; Rabinowitch, Alexander – Social Education, 1981
Introduces a cooperative project undertaken by the USSR Ministry of Education and by various educational institutions in the United States to assess what youth in each country learn about the other country from geography and history textbooks. The objective was to minimize misinformation. (DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
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Rose, William; And Others – International Studies Notes, 1991
Emphasizes the need to present students with conceptual frameworks that will enable them to understand and deal with changes, continuities, uncertainties, and contingencies. Describes a textbook that approaches the future of U.S.-Soviet relations from a framework of four different possible futures. Discusses programs using the text in teaching…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Disarmament, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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