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Peer reviewedEgan, Kieran – Clearing House, 1988
Discusses a strategy for understanding the USSR better by building a context using the binary categories "freedom/equality" rather than the traditional categories "good/bad." (MS)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Classroom Techniques, Communism, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedLong, Delbert H. – Clearing House, 1986
Explains that the lack of preparation of teachers for work in rural areas, the excessive workload, and the poor working and living conditions have greatly impeded efforts of the Soviet Union to recruit and retain quality teachers in rural areas. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Living Standards, Rural Schools
Peer reviewedHantula, 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
