The primary source document from the Kiangsi Soviet period of Chinese communist history discusses the treaty articles suggested by the Communist Youth League for the assistance movement between itself and the departments of education in China around 1933. (RM)

Emphasis is on the need to improve the forms and methods of instruction continuously, to incorporate persistently scientific principles, to raise the intellectual level of the ideas presented in the classes, and to achieve a maximum of popularity and emotional motivation. (JB)

Since the 1970s the history of educational development has become the object of scholarly research once more. Within the context of recent educational history, the postwar period has aroused particular interest in educational historiographers. The history of the educational development of Berlin in the 1950s and 1960s is discussed. (RM)

Studies show that workers who have studied the principles of economics produce less defective products, have their output passed on first inspection, and take a greater part in innovative and social work. (JB)

Discusses efforts to improve scientific research by certifying research projects and research instructors. Improvements include better evaluation of dissertations, clarifying standards for research certification, and improving formal graduate study programs. (Author/DB)

Describes the public education system implemented in Siberia and Eastern Kazakhstan from 1917 to 1931. Discussed are curricula, teaching methods, and extracurricular work. All students were required to make practical applications of the knowledge acquired at school. (AM)

The initiation of a national examination system in the People's Republic of China has had a marked impact upon educational policies. An historical overview of the Chinese educational system, the nature of the national examination, and implications of curricular change are used to support the assumption that curricular change can have profound…

This description of the educational system of the German Democratic Republic provides readers interested in comparative education with an overview of the system's organization, fundamental concepts, and objectives since the revision of its structure following World War II. Brief statistical information on the country and its people is followed by…

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)

This paper examines educational development in East-European socialist countries in the 1970's. The main emphasis is on Russia. The paper is organized topically. Topics discussed include: educational policies and plans; general principles of educational development; indicators of the levels of educational attainments; population dynamics;…

The Occasional Paper is intended as a resource document and is designed to provide teachers of Asian studies with an authoritative study of education in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1969 where educational effort focuses upon the needs of society rather than the individual. The first twenty years of the history of the People's…

This bulletin is the Office of Education's first one on education in Rumania, and the subject is presented in its historical and current political, economic, social, and cultural setting, from a non-communistic perspective. Nine chapters present the country's background, a history of its educational system from 1832, and detailed descriptions of:…

The Cuban Ministry of Education relates difficulty in presenting a valid report on education in Cuba from 1974-76 due to major changes instituted in 1975 in the first year of a five-year educational improvement plan. Information presented in the document is the most up to date available, however, and does reflect Cuba's objective to structure…