1 / 9

Education in Russia

Education in Russia. Jillian Vinciguerra AP English February 18, 2013. Early Education. First Education systems: Focused on technical subjects Directly related to war Prosecution of war Buildings of a navy Running the government Education=prerequisite for advancement

nakia
Download Presentation

Education in Russia

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Education in Russia Jillian Vinciguerra AP English February 18, 2013

  2. Early Education • First Education systems: • Focused on technical subjects • Directly related to war • Prosecution of war • Buildings of a navy • Running the government • Education=prerequisite for advancement • Western Ways of Life-> Upper class • 1760’s- Demand for Western art. And cultural works

  3. Major Reform • Government- restrictions on universities (1866) • Zemstra- To establish uniform curriculum • 1897- literate people = 28.4% of population • Literate women = 13% • After Bolshevik Revolution: • Attention shifted to political propaganda • Forbidding religious teachings

  4. Major Reform (Cont.) • October 1918- Schools came under Commissariat for Education • Designated by the name uniform labor school • System developed

  5. System • Divided into 2 standards • Children from 8-13 • Children from 14-17 • Destruction of economy= drop in enrolled students • 1914- 91% of children enrolled in school • 1918- 62% of children enrolled in school • 1920- 24.9% of children enrolled in school • Illiteracy grew rapidly

  6. System (Cont.) • Since 1918- all schools were co-educational • 1943- Urban schools split into boys and girls • 1954- mixed- sex education restored • 1950- M.O.E. began to promote specialty schools • 1960-1980- number of children enrolled increased • By 1970 99.7% of people were literate

  7. Organization • System organized into 3 levels • Elementary: beginning level (3-4 classes) • Secondary: incomplete secondary (7-8 classes) • Complete: 10-11 classes to complete secondary • Higher: degree level facilities; universities, institutes & military academies

  8. Summary • Early Education: focused on battle strategy, preparing for war • Reform: introduced many changes, more government involvement, Western Ways • Post-Revolution: Systems established; 2 standards • Destruction of Economy • System organized into 3 levels: Elementary, Secondary and Higher

  9. Summary (Cont.) • Education organized by Government-run systems • Foundation depends on fields of: • Engineering • Natural sciences • Life sciences • Social sciences

More Related