The impact of Stalinism on young people: education
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- Created on: 06-05-18 14:40
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In the 1920s, education focused on ideology
- Education was seen as crucial in building a socialist society
- Free education was offered at all levels in co-educational schools
Stalin felt strongly that education policy needed to change in Russia
- An industrialising USSR needed a better-educated and skilled workforce
- The new-style education was failing to produce the skilled workers, scientists and technicians the country needed
- The Central Committee decided on a significant change in policy in the 1930s, introducing a more organised school structure and reverting to traditional methods of teaching and discipline
The new policy was heavily influenced by economic policy
- Many schools became the responsibility of the collective farms or town enterprises
- Universities were seen as…
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