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…

This essay compares and contrasts the educational movements of three nations--the United States, Mexico, and the Soviet Union--established according to Eurocentric cultural values. In each country, mass education was undertaken to help produce an assimilative national culture during formative periods characterized by instability. In two of these…

Historical empathy is a critical aspect of history and social science education that has its roots in the inquiry-based education movements of the twentieth century. Although the term "historical empathy" is not specifically mentioned in most history curriculum documents in the United States, dozens of "new social studies"…

American and global history curriculum frameworks for high schools across the 50 states generally present the topic of the Cold War from the Western political perspective and contain material about the impact of the US-Soviet ideological rivalry on American society. This article argues that since the Cold War impacted the lives of people in the…

The content and scope of the USSR's science and mathematics curricula place them far ahead of every other nation. (Author/MLF)

Suggests that the Soviet mathematics curriculum may not be as advanced as claimed; however, recommends steps that United States schools should take to meet the increased need for mathematical competency. (MLF)

American educators should begin to train students in mathematics and science for the technological world. (Author/MLF)

This study of upper secondary education and the procedures of access to higher education is based on research in eight selected countries: Argentina, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, France, Philippines, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The project was designed to be a comparative study of the aims and…

From their experience with open-ended tests requiring higher-order thinking and problem-solving abilities, schoolchildren in the USSR learn to think before answering. U.S. students instead train for rapid response, learning how to take tests rather than how to solve problems. Tests should be part of the curriculum, not separate from it. (MLH)

Students are often served up a "simplistic stew" that reinforces news media and political pronouncements about the Soviet Union. It's time to remove the "enemy" label and build positively on American and Soviet shared humanity by providing accurate information about both countries. Includes one reference. (MLH)

A report from the National Science Foundation supports the contention that the United States lags behind the Soviet Union, Japan, and Germany in science and mathematics education. (Author)

Compares two comparative studies on the status of mathematics education in the United States and the USSR. The findings of the study "An Analysis of Mathematics Education in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" by Robert B. Davis and others and an unpublished report by Isaac Wirszup are discussed. (AM)

The Soviet educational system is now designed to maximize the ability of every student. Only the minority of American students take full advantage of the benefits provided by school programs. (Author/MLF)

Based on recent critiques of Soviet and American textbooks, this article discusses educators' differing assumptions concerning what students should learn, who should decide what they learn, how students learn, how geography and history curriculum should be organized, and how much choice teachers should have. Includes eight references. (MLH)

The authors examine the difficulties affecting science and mathematics education in the 1980s and compare the science education efforts of the United States and Soviet countries. Condensed and reprinted from "Science 80," v1, n6, pp17-22. (Editor/SJL)