The essays in "Globalization on the Margins" explore the continuities and changes in Central Asian education development since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Reflecting on two decades of post-socialist transformations, they reveal that education systems in Central Asia responded to the rapidly changing political, economic, and…

This paper sought to demonstrate that the framework guiding educational research must be modified to stress the selection of mutual areas of educational concern from a cross-national perspective and the use of valuative premises based on a comparative analysis of Soviet and American education. (Author/RK)

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"An Analysis of Mathematics Education in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" by Robert B. Davis and others and an unpublished report by Isaac Wirszup are discussed.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)

This article discusses some of the methodological problems involved in determining indices for the level of education in the Soviet Union. (KM)

The trend of the literacy level in the Soviet Union is indicated by census figures on such things as years of education completed, number of graduates, number of universities, number of physicians, etc. (KM)

This article contains a comparative analysis of the cost of training specialists in Russia through evening programs, day programs, and correspondence courses. (Author/RM)

These papers, produced for a graduate seminar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, represent an attempt to devise a methodology for the comparative study of adult education. "Introduction," by G.S. Bains, provides a justification for the study of comparative adult education. "Comparative Philosophies of Adult Education," by…

Immigrant teachers in Israel--314 from the Soviet Union and 91 from North America--completed questionaires about attitudes toward teaching, perception of status, past training, etc. Responses showed significant differences between the groups reflecting two distinct models of the occupation of teaching and distinct patterns of adjustment to the…

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)

Notes the importance of comparing economic effectiveness of different forms of instruction in higher education in the Soviet Union. Stresses the importance of correspondence and evening courses in raising workers' competence. (Author/DB)

Describes undergraduate and postgraduate programs in geography in the Soviet Union. Considered are entrance requirements, program content, preparation for teaching versus specialization, and cooperation between universities and outside organizations. For journal availability, see SO 505 963. (AV)

This interim report, intended to help textbook authors and publishers, describes the results of a project in which American schools critiqued Soviet textbooks and Soviet scholars critiqued American textbooks. Secondary level history and geography texts were the focus of the study. There are five chapters to the report: Background to the Study;…

Compares educational philosophies in the United States, the Soviet Union, and Western Europe with regard to relationships between school and the workplace. Concludes that work study programs are more accepted in the United States and the Soviet Union than in western Europe, where they are generally restricted to less intellectual pupils. Available…

Study showed that levels of repetition and dropping out in the primary schools of 121 countries in Africa, Asia and Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and the USSR from 1970 to 1980 remain very high. This educational wastage is costing a great deal of money. (RM)

A discussion of the link between a nation's goals and its language education policy looks at four kinds of language education policies reflecting national goals. The paper examines the language education systems of the Soviet Union and the Philippines for evidence of this link. The comparison reveals striking similarities between the systems,…