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Silova, Iveta – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
The essays in "Globalization on the Margins" explore the continuities and changes in Central Asian education development since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Reflecting on two decades of post-socialist transformations, they reveal that education systems in Central Asia responded to the rapidly changing political, economic, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Shortage, Active Learning
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Korgesaar, Jaan L. – International Journal of Special Education, 1988
Based on published literature and personal observations, the history of Soviet special and remedial education is reviewed. The interaction of special education with general public schooling and its development as compared with other countries are emphasized. A case study of Estonia provides a specific example. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Development
Abramov, K. I. – 1979
The organization and development of the library education system in the USSR is described by K. I. Abramov of the Moscow State Institute of Culture and is summarized in a comment paper by Charles D. Churchwell, Washington University. Abramov begins by stating the philosophical basis for the existence of libraries and librarians in the USSR, and…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Educational Development, Educational Programs
Williamson, Bill – 1979
The book examines the role of education in social and economic development. Seven chapters comprise the document. Chapter I examines the relation of education to socioeconomic development. Topics include rural-urban imbalance in education, relevance in curriculum, and ways in which the educational system legitimates equality or inequality. In…
Descriptors: Books, Capitalism, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Coombs, Philip H.; Hallak, Jacques – 1972
This document is the first in a series of three documents, which together contains 27 case studies on the uses of cost analysis in educational planning. The case studies have been presented to help planners and administrators see how cost analysis can be used to improve the efficiency of their educational systems, or how to get the best value from…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Coombs, Philip H.; Hallak, Jacques – 1972
This document is the third in a series of three documents, which together contain 27 case studies on the uses of cost analysis in educational planning. The case studies have been presented to help planners and administrators see how cost analysis can be used to improve the efficiency of their educational systems, and to get the best value from…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness