The Origins of Modern Russian Education

The Origins of Modern Russian Education
Author: Cynthia H. Whittaker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Education and state
ISBN: 9780875809847

As minister of education and president of the Academy of Sciences, Count Sergei Uvarov was one of the most important statesmen in nineteenth-century Russia. But, because he has often been labeled as a reactionary and sycophant, his ideas and policies have tended to be dismissed as examples of the bankruptcy of the Russian "cold regime." Whittaker's intellectual biography, based on research in Russia and Finland, offers a striking reinterpretation of Uvarov's career and of the quality of Russian intellectual life in his age and in assuring his country's place in the mainstream of European educational development. With its wealth of new insights, The Origins of Modern Russian Education will be of interest to readers, specialists and nonspecialists alike who are concerned with nineteenth-century Russia and with the history of education in general.

Russian and Soviet Education 1731-1989

Russian and Soviet Education 1731-1989
Author: John T. Zepper
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 642
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135838259

Volume 9 in the series of Reference Books in International Education. This bibliography is intended to provide a reference aid to mature Russian-Soviet scholars, to those beginning a life-long study of this field, and to students in Russian-Soviet Studies and allied fields. This title provides a resource to scholars, students, and professionals seeking to understand the role played by education in various societies or regions of the world.

Russian and West European Women, 1860-1939

Russian and West European Women, 1860-1939
Author: Marcelline J. Hutton
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2001
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780742510449

This ambitious study provides a sweeping overview of the position of women in England, France, Germany, and Russia/USSR from 1860-1939. The book illustrates their struggles to realize their dreams and their resourcefulness in coping with often dreary, hard, even horrifying lives. Deftly combining statistical data to underscore collective experiences and belles lettres to highlight the texture of individual women's lives, the book assesses the significance of gender, class, nationality, and religion. This richly researched work traces common patterns and unique experiences in women's lives by showing how they defined themselves, coped with daily life, and confronted disaster with courage and resourcefulness.

Small Comrades

Small Comrades
Author: Lisa A. Kirschenbaum
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135723389

Small Comrades is a fascinating examination of Soviet conceptions of childhood and the resulting policies directed toward children. Working on the assumption that cultural representations and self-representations are not entirely separable, this book probes how the Soviet regime's representations structured teachers' observations of their pupils and often adults' recollections of their childhood. The book draws on work that has been done on Soviet schooling, and focuses specifically on the development of curricula and institutions, but it also examines the wider context of the relationship between the family and the state, and to the Bolshevik vision of the "children of October"

Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Russian City Teachers, 1860–1914

Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Russian City Teachers, 1860–1914
Author: Christine Ruane
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2010-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822977176

Christine Ruane examines the issues of gender and class in the teaching profession of late imperial Russia, at a time when the vocation was becoming increasingly feminized in a zealously patriarchal society. Teaching was the first profession open to women in the 1870s, and by the end of the century almost half of all Russian teachers were female. Yet the notion that mothers had a natural affinity for teaching was paradoxically matched by formal and informal bans against married women in the classroom. Ruane reveals not only the patriarchal rationale but also how women teachers viewed their public roles and worked to reverse the marriage ban.Ruane's research and insightful analysis broadens our knowledge of an emerging professional class, especially newly educated and emancipated women, during Russia's transition to a more modern society.

Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia

Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia
Author: Mary Zirin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2898
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317451961

This is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and multilingual bibliography on "Women and Gender in East Central Europe and the Balkans (Vol. 1)" and "The Lands of the Former Soviet Union (Vol. 2)" over the past millennium. The coverage encompasses the relevant territories of the Russian, Hapsburg, and Ottoman empires, Germany and Greece, and the Jewish and Roma diasporas. Topics range from legal status and marital customs to economic participation and gender roles, plus unparalleled documentation of women writers and artists, and autobiographical works of all kinds. The volumes include approximately 30,000 bibliographic entries on works published through the end of 2000, as well as web sites and unpublished dissertations. Many of the individual entries are annotated with brief descriptions of major works and the tables of contents for collections and anthologies. The entries are cross-referenced and each volume includes indexes.

Comparative Education Reader

Comparative Education Reader
Author: Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780415930376

'The Comparative Education Reader' brings together leading scholars to provide a collection of writings on the rapidly expanding discipline of comparative education.

Contemporary Perspectives in Comparative Education

Contemporary Perspectives in Comparative Education
Author: Robin Burns
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 135100512X

Originally published in 1992. This work provides insight into comparative and international education work in Australia and New Zealand, where an emerging local style may be developing into a full blown national approach. The 14 essays address issues such as education in third-world Asia, sexism, and culture and power. There is recurring focus on ethics in research, education development, the role of international agencies, inequality, legitimacy and the link between comparative education and education practice. This a great reflection on the field as a whole, with contributions mostly from one area of the world but with a complete international spread of consideration.