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Mosicheva, I. A.; Shestak, V. P.; Sokolova, M. V.; Zastrozhnova, E. M. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Improving the Russian economy depends in part on having well-educated and energetic personnel, and this is being hindered by universities in which there is an aging professoriate and students enrolled in specialties that are not in demand by employers. Higher education is expected not only to conduct programs of specialist training in order to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
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Torlopov, Vladimir – Russian Education and Society, 2006
The Conception of the Modernization of Russian Education has as its objective that of ensuring the anticipatory development of the training of highly qualified workers in the primary and secondary link. This article describes the efforts of the Russian government to improve the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of professional education…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Professional Education, Labor, Labor Market
Panachin, F. G. – Soviet Education, 1977
This issue concentrates on an entire book which traces the historical development of teacher education in the USSR after the Revolution. The formation of teaching cadres, organization and development of teacher education institutions, and current trends in the self-education of teachers are discussed. An appendix is included. (JK)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Comparative Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Leatt, Desmond J.; Schmuck, Richard A. – 1988
School districts have attempted to integrate their efforts at school improvement with concepts and techniques of organization development. Some of them have approached the problem of continuous change with the help of an internal cadre of peers who offer organization development services to their school districts. The following school districts…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Consultants, Educational Policy
Iagofarova, D. S. – Soviet Education, 1990
Considers qualities required of rural teachers in the USSR and implications for teacher education. Reports survey results of 430 rural teachers in the Tatar region concerning what a rural teacher must know and problems specific to rural teaching. Concludes that rural teachers must coordinate teaching with social work and face housing and material…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Retallick, John; And Others – Education in Rural Australia, 1995
Through a combination of workshops and distance education, rural Australian middle-school teachers learned outcome-based programming, teaching, and assessment designed to improve outcomes of students experiencing educational disadvantage related to rural isolation, poverty, or aboriginality. Workplace learning, supported by in-school collegial…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged