This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a manual for student teachers covering three main areas--(1) general bases of the science of education; (2) the theory of education and instruction; and (3) the theory of character education. The reasons for certain educational phenomena are discussed. Soviet educational…

Discusses the need for a labor education program which combines vocational preparation and moral training, in accordance with educational needs defined by the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Presents examples of schools throughout the USSR which have involved vocational students in exchanges with local labor collectives.…

Describes and comments on rationale for moral education under socialism in Soviet Union. Discusses current Soviet children's literature as attempt to systematize and coordinate moral education and political socialization in elementary and secondary schools. Cites evidence of reconstructionist ideology in curriculum and planned educational…

Discussed are: ideological, political, and moral education; curriculum and teaching methods; polytechnical education, labor training, and vocational guidance; aesthetic education; physical education; and the role that the Leninist Komsomol plays in developing and improving compulsory universal secondary education and communist education. (RM)

Current trends in ethical/moral instruction are placed in context by tracing educational and social change from the 19th century to the present. The focus on religion for salvation and on good behavior lasted in modified form well into the 19th century. In the late 19th century curriculum in the schools changed due to immigration, industrialism,…