Pedagogika. Ucenoe posobie dlja studentov pedagogiceskih institutov (Education. Manual for Students of Teacher-Training Institutes).

Overview & Synopsis

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a manual for student teachers covering three main areas--(1) general bases of the science of education; (2) the theory of education and instruction; and (3) the theory of character education. The reasons for certain educational phenomena are discussed. Soviet educational science is based on the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of Communist education. The methodology of education with all its subtle consequences is discussed on many levels of interest. The links between education and other sciences are demonstrated. The social and genetic factors influencing education are taken into account. The aims and tasks of Communist education are defined and discussed. The second section deals with a wide range of questions of the theory of education and instruction as it is practiced in the Soviet education system. Character education is considered of paramount importance in the Soviet Union, and extensive use is made of allied disciplines in arriving at conclusions in this realm--philosophy, psychology, sociology, and the physiology of the higher nervous system. The manual devotes a great deal of attention to questions of moral education. (Author/GDB)