A Challenge: Confrontation or Encounter between the Educational Systems of East and West.

Hinke, Bernd

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ERIC Number: EJ446515

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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A Challenge: Confrontation or Encounter between the Educational Systems of East and West.

Hinke, Bernd

European Education, v23 n3 p74-96 Fall 1991

Discusses educational contacts between East and West Germany during the Cold War. Describes East Germany's socialist educational system and how it triggered educational reform in West Germany. Explains how completely East German totalitarianism penetrated the nation's classrooms. Examines what educational freedom will mean for eastern Germany and how it will be achieved. (SG)

Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Culture Contact, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange, International Relations, Socialism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: East Germany; West Germany

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