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| Literacy Discussion | 6 |
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| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
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Tonkonogaja, E. P. – Literacy Discussion, 1976
A detailed history of the eradication of mass illiteracy in the Soviet Union is given, from the first stage (1917-1920) to the third stage (1933 to post-war); methods of recruitment and teaching are recounted, as well as national policy developments. Instructional materials are described, and statistical data are included. (AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational History, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Kazakova, F. I. – Literacy Discussion, 1976
The solution to the problem of women's illiteracy in the Soviet East, where the religion was Islam and seclusion was traditional for women, was intimately linked with the struggle for women's liberation. Such obstacles as the lack of materials and teacher shortages, and the policies developed to overcome them, are described. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Problems
Darinsky, A. V. – Literacy Discussion, 1976
The bibliography provides 128 titles of printed materials related to educational development in the USSR, and the publishers' names (many in Russian). The cultural revolution, eradication of illiteracy, adults' general education, contemporary evening schools, textbooks, and statistical reference books, as well as bibliographies and adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Educational Development, Educational History
Carinsky, A. V. – Literacy Discussion, 1976
Twenty percent of all Soviet citizens have completed secondary and higher education through evening schools; among older people, the percentage is even higher. A detailed history is given of the development of varied and flexible forms of adult education in the Soviet Union, including policies, statistics, instructional methods, and sample…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Darinsky, A. V. – Literacy Discussion, 1976
The main features of the Soviet system of continuous education are described. Objectives include provision for the individual's overall development, inculcation in the young of an understanding of moral and civic responsibilities, filling society's needs for specialized personnel, and assurance of all adults' continuous vocational competence and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy
Mustaffa-Kedah, Omar, Ed. – Literacy Discussion, 1977
This issue of Literacy Discussion explains the joint Arab strategy for illiteracy eradication and reviews Iraq's particular situation. The first of six articles traces literacy development in the Arab World leading up to the adoption of the Arab Literacy strategy at the 1976 Third Alexandria Conference in Baghdad, Iraq. It also presents…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Arabs
