Adult Education in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Autor/inn/en	Wells, Rita L.; Goetz, Douglas N.
Titel	Adult Education in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Quelle	(1987), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Educational Environment; Educational Objectives; Educational Practices; Foreign Countries; Industrial Training; Inplant Programs; Nonformal Education; Open Education; Open Universities; Postsecondary Education; School Role; Sociocultural Patterns; USSR + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Offene Universität; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Soziokulturelle Theorie
Abstract	The Soviet government has consistently relied upon the country's educational system, including adult education, to advance its ideological, social, and economic goals. In the Soviet Union, education has been used to promote Soviet identity, minimize the impact of religion, advance the status of women, and help increase worker productivity. Adult education programs have many different purposes, including eliminating illiteracy, raising occupational skill levels, attaining a 100-percent secondary school completion rate, raising ideological and political levels, and encouraging cultural enrichment and constructive use of leisure time. All of the country's adult education programs are regulated by the government. They are completely government financed and are free to adult learners. Virtually all adult education takes place on the students' own time. Both formal and nonformal programs make up the country's adult education system. The formal school programs for adults integrate adult education courses into the existing framework of secondary, vocational, or higher education. The curricula of evening, correspondence, and day classes are largely the same. Approximately 13 million Soviet citizens are enrolled in over 47,000 people's universities. These universities combine features of formal and nonformal education. Although they have definite curricula and academic programs, they do not purport to provide a standardized body of knowledge. Many students attend them to prepare for exams given at work or through other schools; in and of themselves, certificates of completion from people's universities do not give individuals any additional rights or status. Museums, libraries, clubs, theaters, and cultural centers are other providers of nonformal, nonschool programs for adults. Trade unions play a large role in workplace educational programs, which are primarily intended to improve worker productivity. (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC