A Student's Bibliography of Current, Accessible, English Language Materials on Polish Education.

Overview & Synopsis

This bibliography was developed for use by non-Polish speaking persons who are interested in Polish education. The bibliography identifies and indexes materials available in translated form from the U.S. Department of Commerce. (The translation facilitates working with otherwise inaccessible materials and provides opportunities for insights into the content process of Polish education.) The bibliography begins with a listing of fourteen books which includes English language references on Polish education as well as English language material from non-Polish sources. Some representative titles are "The Educational System of Poland,""Area Handbook for Poland,""Perspectives on World Education," and "World Survey of Education: Handbook of Educational Organization and Statistics." The remainder of the bibliography lists 128 articles from English language Polish periodicals, translated articles from Polish language journals and newspapers, and some articles from non-Polish sources. These articles are grouped into the following content areas: context, youth, general comments on schools, industrial and urban education and education in the economy, agricultural and rural education, curricula and methods, military training, all levels of schooling, secondary education, higher and adult education, party schools and education, Polish Academy of Sciences, textbooks, teachers and teacher education, students, religion, and libraries. (EM)