Value transmission is a fundamental task of schools. However, the question arises as to how far prevailing political and social conditions shape the functioning of a country or a region's school system. In other words: what effect do they have on the choice of values to be transmitted at schools? Are there any fundamental social values that are…

In this descriptive study the aim is to analyze the Hungarian educational policy history and event-chain of the comprehensive and post-comprehensive project. As a structuring framework this paper used the historical landmarks and the different institutional arrangement models (governance types and power distribution models). Accordingly, three…

Despite all intentions in the course of the Bologna Process and decades of investment into improving the social dimension, results in many national and international studies show that inequity remains stubbornly persistent, and that inequity based on socio-economic status, parental education, gender, country-of-origin, rural background and more…

Discusses the comprehensive system of adult education in the Hungarian People's Republic in the framework of political, social, and cultural influences. (LAS)

Presents an overview of educational media (1960s-present) in the Hungarian national core curriculum; describes changes in public education resulting from political changes of the 1990s, including international cooperation, environmental education, and communication culture; and discusses media education in the curriculum and media-domain…