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Kim, Sun; Kang, Sungwoo – History of Education, 2021
This paper explores relations between literacy education, ideology and politics, based on an analysis of educational reforms during Soviet and US military occupation in North and South Korea. Following the end of the Second World War, anti-illiteracy campaigns in the two Koreas became important means of political socialisation for Koreans amid the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Ideology, Politics of Education
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Osipian, Ararat L. – European Education, 2008
A substantial body of literature considers excessive corruption an indicator of a weak state. However, in nondemocratic societies, corruption--whether informally approved, imposed, or regulated by public authorities--is often an indicator of a vertical power rather than an indicator of a weak state. This article explores the interrelations between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cheating, Deception, Social Problems
Shears, Nicholas C. – 1988
"Glasnost" or openness, to many Western observers, is a sign of democratization and a loosening of central control in almost all aspects of Soviet life. However, an analysis of excerpts from "Pravda" shows no evidence of any breaks with Leninist theory or revision in the roles of the government and masses and instead suggests…
Descriptors: Communism, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
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Zajda, Joseph – Comparative Education, 1984
Feels 1964-1984 was a transitional period in Soviet education when school curriculum vacillated between academic and vocational emphases. Traces individual reforms and their impacts on academic/vocational training at all schooling levels. Focuses on access to post-secondary education, the curriculum available, and its increased politicalization.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Comparative Education, Educational Change