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Martirosian, B. P.; Rubtsova, N. E.; Shapovalova, I. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
The article presents a review of the experience of practical testing (based in 385 experimental sites of the Russian Academy of Education) of current achievements of scientific academic schools that are developing the traditions of education. The organization of the innovative scientific and practical activity of the experimental sites of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Educational Development, Pilot Projects
Voogt, Joke, Ed.; Plomp, Tjeerd, Ed. – 1998
From 1992 to 1997, a joint Russian-Dutch project team contributed to the elaboration of education standards and an educational assessment system in the Russian Federation in the wake of the transition in the Russian Federation from a centralized to a decentralized society. The chapters in this book describe the results of the project and provide…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
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Russian Education and Society, 1998
Presents an interview with Nikolai Nikolaevich Baganov addressing the presidential program "Russia's Children" that is made up of nine subprograms: Children of Chernobyl, Children of the North, Family Planning, The Baby-food Industry, Orphaned Children, Handicapped Children, Gifted Children, Children of Refugee Families, and Children's…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Medvedeva, Irina; Shishova, Tat'iana – Russian Education and Society, 1998
Argues against the international project called "Sex Education for the Schoolchildren of Russia" that is a sex education program intended for students in the seventh through ninth grades and is carried out by the Ministry of General and Professional Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Family Influence, Foreign Countries
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Campbell, James Reed, Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1996
The eight chapters of this theme issue use quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the nature and nurture of young participants in the mathematics Olympiad from five countries. Parallel studies are presented of winners from China, Taiwan, and the United States, along with descriptions of programs in Japan and Russia. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Weiss, Abby R. – New Schools, New Communities, 1994
Provides details of the approval and renewal-revocation process for 11 different charter-school programs in the United States and the charter-school scheme of the Russian Federation. The authors also report on three New England schools that have no charter but manage to find ways to neutralize the inhibiting influence of bureaucracy. (GLR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Torney-Purta, Judith; Schwille, John; Amadeo, Jo-Ann – 1999
This ERIC Digest reports on the origins, purposes, and methods of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study. In 1993, the General Assembly of the IEA decided to carry out a two phase study of civic education. The goal of the two phase study was to identify and examine in a comparative…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democracy
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Hassard, Jack; Weisburg, Julie – Science Teacher, 1992
Describes the Global Thinking Project, a collaborative effort between Georgia State University and the Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences to develop strategies, methods, and teaching materials to help students think globally. Students are connected through the AppleLink network. Student and teacher attitudes toward the project are reported.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Global Education, High School Students