While Kazimir Malevich is widely known for his suprematist contributions to art, little attention has been granted to his articulated philosophical premise and methodological manifestation concerning the non-objectivity of thought and its relationship to feeling. This paper shows how Suprematist philosophy gives rise to the concept of pedagogical…

In this article we ask, what was Lenin's idea of education and learning and what was needed in developing revolutionary consciousness in the service of the emerging Soviet Union? We suggest that bringing Lenin's ideas of education and learning back into focus in educational theory, and especially in critical pedagogy, it is possible to search for…

This research deals with the Soviet pedagogy proposed by Moisey M. Pistrak, which typified the structuring of the young people's school life in ancient Russia aiming at educating the new man. The objective of this research was to analyse the Pistrakian proposal for a unified labour school in the context of the Bolshevik revolution, seeking a…

This study on a "new" history of education is written from the perspective of a participant in the process of discarding Soviet intellectual and physical boundaries. The fall of the Berlin Wall has, over the past two decades, become a continuous process in post-Soviet societies, when the now liberated historians of education were faced…

Toward the end of his short life, Lev Vygotsky found himself teaching teachers in a remote part of the USSR. Though his influence as a developmental psychologist is well-established, little is known about his approach to teacher development. This article applies the researcher's core concept, the zone of proximal development to teacher education.…

Examines the historical development of the relationship between Soviet education and the outside world; communist countries, developing nations, and Western nations. Examines regional influences; influences of the educational theories of the revolution; Soviet criticism of Western educational theories as well as the international debit and credit…

This article is intended to acquaint the rank and file teacher, methods specialist, worker at teacher's advanced training institutes, and instructors of pedagogy at pedagogical higher educational institutions with the proceedings at the Fourth Congress of Psychologists. (JB)

The Theses ("Toward the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir II'ich Lenin") demonstrate the greatness and force of Leninist teachings. They provide the educator with material in pedagogical and political work with students, and their study in other organizations will assist in raising the level of ideological life.…

Defines the 'monist' influences of centralized Soviet educational policy and attempts to conceptualize the elements of pluralism that function within this system. (JDH)

Provides a history of educational reform efforts since the early 1900s as they have been fueled by the economic needs of the Soviet command economy. (JDH)

Compares Dewey's progressivist philosophy with Makarenko's work in Soviet mass education. Considers the implications of their ideas about delinquency for correctional education. (SK)

The theoretical foundations of Soviet teacher education are described. (DE)

CYBERNETICS IN EDUCATION IMPLIES COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS, WHOSE GOALS ARE SPECIFIED BY COMMUNIST POLICY. MODELS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES, INCLUDING BOTH LOGICAL ALGORITHMS, AND NON-ALGORITHMIC OR PROBABILITY PROBLEMS, MUST BE TESTED EXPERIMENTALLY SO SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES CAN BE STATED. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS ITSELF MUST…