This report contains a series of speeches by educators at a meeting held in 1973 in Moscow. The agenda dealt with improvements within the system of higher educational institutions. Presentations concern horizons of the higher school, achievements and prospects of higher education, science and the university, internship as an effective form of…

Discussion of universal secondary education and the possibility of making it compulsory. Tables provide statistics on students graduating from the eighth grade and from secondary schools during 1970-1975. (ND)

The scientific and technological revolution is making progressive changes in the material conditions of economic production in Russia and is actively influencing the development and improvement of education. The influence of university education on the socioeconomic process is discussed. (Author/RM)

The Soviet school system is, and has been since its inception, a vital instrument of state policy. The Soviet political leaders of the 1980s, in an effort to improve their educational system, are implementing into the academic program the basic Soviet educational principles of: (1) promoting Communist Party policies; (2) coordinating school work…

An abridged version of a speech by the Soviet Minister of Education, this article gives a brief account of the achievements and shortcomings of Soviet primary and secondary education as of 1970 in terms of the realization of current reforms. Major problems in Soviet education are also delineated. (JB)

Discussion of results of Ninth Five-Year Plan in education cites specific improvements in the education and upbringing of Soviet youth, such as new textbooks, new school buildings, and changes in labor education. (ND)

Examines the ending of reform efforts in the former Soviet Union immediately prior to the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Indicates that inadequate facilities and resources, lack of trained personnel, promotion on noneducational grounds, economic hardship, and bureaucratic resistance hindered these reforms. (15 references)…

The great changes in the educational level and opportunities for Soviet women since the revolution are described. (DE)

Discusses L. S. Vygotsky's theories and explores why these theories can affect the improvement and reform of contemporary education and research, both in Russia and in the United States. The author also examines the main theses behind Vygotsky's cultural historical theory of the psychological development of personality and how these theses are…

Examined is the progress of four major goals of school reform in the Soviet Union as an integral part of Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev's call for a monumental restructuring (perestroika) of society. With the adoption of Fundamental Directions of General Education and Vocational School Reform (1984), four important goals were set in motion;…

Historical background to Soviet school reforms adopted in 1984 is provided, and specific reforms are discussed. Reforms include the introduction of schooling for six-year-olds and the introduction of universal vocational education for all Soviet youth in the upper secondary school grades. (RM)

Soviet educational research and development studies supportive of the current national school reforms are discussed. (RM)

For close to three years, a reform process has been under way in Soviet education, representing an attempt to overhaul, upgrade, and streamline the state school system. How the system of public education in the USSR was mobilized to implement the reforms is discussed. (RM)

Characterizes the period in Soviet Russia from the late 1950s to the early 1990s as one marked by socioeconomic change and Communist Party restructuring. Discusses the effect this turmoil had on the educational system. Reforms instituted during this time formed the basis for many of the changes implemented with perestroika. (MJP)