Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the Ministry of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic has included a few social science disciplines in the list of the Educational State Standards, though the content of these subjects and teaching methodologies are still weak. One of the problems, which I constantly face in Kyrgyzstan when developing a new…

The Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences was founded in 1969. Its founding was stimulated by the rapid development and growing importance of the social sciences in the Soviet Union and throughout the world. The Institute has been assigned to be the Soviet center of an integrated scientific…

The search for a conceptually integrated study of society during the 1860's did not produce a system of sociological thought. It did provide a basis upon which most of Russian sociology was built during the following decades. (Author)

A directive for improving the certification process of teachers in higher education designed to improve the skills of teachers by imposing stiffer degree requirements, and by instituting comprehensive examinations for hiring purposes. Procedures for implementation are given. (CB)

For 40 years the primary objectives of U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf have been to assure access by the industrialized nations to the region's oil and to prevent those resources from falling under the control of the Soviet Union or any other hostile power. The recent events in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War and its aftermath, the maneuvering of a…

Reviews socio-political, economic, and other non-technological training for engineering students in the Soviet Union. (SL)

Discusses organization in the USSR; the system of information publications; the holdings of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION), together with their acquisition and use; technical processes employed by INION and the integral automated information system; international relations; and conclusions and proposals. (VT)

Details the aims and efforts of contemporary social science research in the Soviet Union. Includes an extensive list of recent Russian-language social science research monographs and books. (JDH)

The report is of the progress to 1969 and plans for 1970 in educational methodology. The theme of the report is the education of the Soviet citizen for the new man" concept to be commemorated in the centenary of Lenin's birth. (CB)

Research on problems relating to the economic education of pupils is the first step in the creation of the didactics of the social sciences. (JB)

A plea is made for teaching social studies through the inquiry method in order to develop a solid foundation for Communist ideology. Rote memorization of Communist principles is discouraged. Instead the social sciences are seen as the way to instilling in the student an inclination to analyze societal problems toward the end of moving the…

Significant developments of the last decade in the field of social and political education in the Soviet Union are discussed. Curriculum revision efforts which increase emphasis on social science education are described. (SM)

Explains how social sciences are integrated into the curriculum of students in universities in the USSR. Information is presented on principal concepts, teaching methods, faculty and staff characteristics and responsibilities, and objectives. (DB)

Discusses "perestroika" (restructuring), a process in the USSR aimed at speeding up social and economic development and negating undesirable aspects of Soviet society such as stagnation, dogmatism, and obstructiveness. States that the social sciences will play a leading role in ensuring that socialist society becomes an expression of all…

Paper presented at the Fifteenth Duke University Conference on Teaching the Social Studies