How far did the soviet union achieve its educationial aims in the years 1917-1985?
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- How far did the soviet union achieve its educational aims 1917-85?
- Ideological aims
- Tests abolished under Lenin and children have a say in what they learn - abolish teacher authority
- Reversed by Stalin who re-established a school tests and teacher authority
- 1958 education reform to make education closer to life and to ensure that those who become academic do not feel as through they are too good for lesser jobs
- reform dropped by Brezhnev and a return to 1947 teaching was implemented
- Education grew to have elitist elements
- Tests abolished under Lenin and children have a say in what they learn - abolish teacher authority
- Indoctrination
- Under Stalin- there was a Leninist Theory Exam = maintain socialist thinking
- prepare for War mentality - WW2 boys learn military training and girls learn nursing
- Youth groups - 10 million in 1940 to 40 mill by 1982 = indoctrinate the youth who in tern pass on the communist message
- Needed to be part of the Komosoral to entre the party
- End illitaracy
- 1917 Compulsory education programme (7-17) years and 1919 Liquidation illiteracy campaighn (8-50) years
- By 1926 a child attended school 2.8 years
- Under Stalin 4 years primary/ 3 years incomplete secondary and 2 years optional additional
- From 65% illiterate pre 1917 to nearly 99% by 1959
- By 1926 a child attended school 2.8 years
- Lay the foundations for industrial develoment
- 1931 Polytechnic education (first introduced in 1918) was abolished but re-introduced by Khrushchev in 1956 for light industry
- Access to higher education became a new focus:
- Attempted under Stalin - 1929 70% quota for acceptance but this was ineffective as there was also a 70% university drop out rate so abolished in 1935
- 1980 1/3 of population in some form of higher education
- 1964 - 1/2 mill studying in higher education part time
- 1917 Compulsory education programme (7-17) years and 1919 Liquidation illiteracy campaighn (8-50) years
- Ideological aims
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