Polytechnical Education in the U.S.S.R. Monographs on Education-III.

Overview & Synopsis

Important changes in Soviet education since the 1958 reform have been described in detail by staff and members of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Chapters include: (1) Marxist-Leninist Ideas and Polytechnical Education, (2) Soviet Experience in Polytechnical Education Before the Reform, (3) The Reorganization of General Secondary Education, (4) Creation of the Material and Technical Basis for Communism, (5) The New Curricula and Syllabuses as the Basis for Polytechnical Education, (6) The Tasks, Principles and Scope of Polytechnical Education in Soviet Schools, (7) Methods and Forms of Organization of Polytechnical Education, (8) The Role of Out-of-Class and Out-of-School Work in the Polytechnical Education of Schoolchildren, (9) The Educational Value of Polytechnical Training, (10) The Material Facilities of Polytechnical Education in Soviet Schools, and (11) The Training of Teachers for Polytechnical Education. Remaining chapters deal with polytechnical education as illustrated in the teaching of individual subjects such as the sciences, history, and engineering practice. (JK)