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Peer reviewedGatherer, W. A. – Scottish Educational Review, 1986
Discusses education's role in countering effects of poverty. Reviews successful and unsuccessful compensatory education programs in Great Britain. Emphasizes importance of educational research contributions and faults economic and political biases for reductions in programs serving disadvantaged children. Describes successful compensatory programs…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Principles, Educational Research
Peer reviewedRussell-Bowie, Deirdre – Research Studies in Music Education, 1993
Criticizes the state of primary school music education in New South Wales. Paints a bleak picture of a school system lacking adequate facilities, resources, and teacher training, and burdened with an outdated curriculum. Reform movements initiated in the 1980s have failed to correct these deficiencies. (MJP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedKida, Hiroshi – Comparative Education, 1986
Summarizes administrative roles from the Ministry of Education to boards of education elected by each prefecture and municipality. Discusses local autonomy in relation to national measures promoting educational equality. Identifies educational needs resulting from Japan's world trade, progress in science and technology, and changes in family life.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedHaw, Kaye F. – British Educational Research Journal, 1996
Investigates the ethical issues arising out of a field research project on the educational experiences of Muslim girls in a private Muslim girls' school and a single-sex state school. Argues for a feminist and poststructural approach to the research process with the subjectivity of the researcher explicitly acknowledged. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Interrelationships, Educational Experience, Educational Principles, Educational Research
Peer reviewedEgorov, S. F. – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Traces the history of the idea of a general education' from the reforms of the 19th century through the Soviet system to its current incarnation. Originally conceived as an investment in the economic future of the country, it developed into an educational counterweight to the growing professionalization of instruction during the Soviet regime.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Environment, Educational History
Peer reviewedShchetinin, V. P. – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Provides an overview of the problems and attitudes concerning educational financing of public education in Russia. Maintains that market mechanisms alone will be inadequate to meet the educational needs of all strata of society. The main burden of spending must be borne by the state. (MJP)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Equity (Finance)
Peer reviewedDumas, Wayne; Dumas, Alesia; Lee, William B. – International Journal of Social Education, 1996
Discusses the contentious relationship between educators within the former East Germany and their West German cohorts following reunification. The problems have stemmed from conflicting ideologies and traditions (Marxist versus Christian Democrat and Social Democrat) as well as differences concerning school organization and educational objectives.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Communism, Comparative Education, Democracy
