Annotates more than 30 books about Russian history and historical figures. (AEA)

The potential and successes of Soviet literature is recreating the war years for the younger generation is outlined. (DE)

The author discusses her reaction to observing the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and students in Russian classrooms. (JD)

Describes a program in which students were immersed in Russian culture and history in an effort to help them better understand the text of Turgenev's "Mumu." (FL)

Literature study is seen to be useful in the labor training of pupils. Combined with history and social studies, it creates understanding of life, its patterns, and interpersonal relationships that people encounter in the labor process. Literature should be studied from the viewpoint of philosophical, social, and moral problems. (Author/AV)

Describes, evaluates, and suggests possible improvements in Russian language and literature instruction in Soviet elementary and secondary schools. Recommends combining curriculum materials developed by the Ministry of Education in Moscow with materials of local origin in order to increase student interest. (Author/DB)

Reports on a reading-discussion program of the Vermont Reading Project. Describes the origins, development, and operation of the program. Includes titles of literature works used in the project. (CFR)

Teachers must not separate themselves psychologically or physically from their classes. Effective teaching, especially in literature, involves helping students make personal discoveries, correcting mistakes without being authoritarian, and allowing children to enjoy learning. (AV)

Examples are given of how often teachers overlook the artistic aspects of literature works. Moral and aesthetic education must be achieved through understanding of beauty in art and language. Teachers should emphasize elements of literary works that arouse pupils' interests. (Author/AV)

The study of artistic works should be organized in such a way that the problem of developing the speech of school pupils is solved, not separately from, but in close connection with their ideational and aesthetic development. (Author)

This one- to three-week high school unit on Russian iconography was developed as part of a series by the Public Education Religion Studies Center at Wright State University. The unit can be incorporated into a larger unit on Russian literature, art, religion, or history. Four reasons for studying iconography are: 1) it is a splendid Russian art…

In order to expand the base of foreign language study in an increasingly international society, a general curriculum guide to Russian instruction has been developed for all grades from kindergarten through junior college. The guide provides for the coordination of language programs at all grade levels within a school system. The guidelines, which…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the young adult novel; (2) the image of the senior adult in recent fiction for adolescents; (3) adolescent identity themes; (4) storytelling; (5) linguistic…