Between School and College: Is the Gap Getting Wider? Thoughts of a Sociology Instructor

Autor/in	Tolstova, Iu. N.
Titel	Between School and College: Is the Gap Getting Wider? Thoughts of a Sociology Instructor
Quelle	In: Russian Education and Society, 48 (2006) 6, S.7-26 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1060-9393
DOI	10.2753/RES1060-9393480601
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Sociology; Higher Education; High School Graduates; Academic Achievement; History; Mathematics; Literacy; Thinking Skills; Teaching Experience; Educational Quality; Knowledge Level; Educational Trends; Academic Discourse; Intellectual Disciplines; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziologie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Schulleistung; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Mathematik; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Denkfähigkeit; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Wissensbasis; Bildungsentwicklung; Discourse; Diskurs; Geisteswissenschaften; Russland
Abstract	This article focuses on the difficulties afflicting the system of higher education as a result of the decline in the overall level of student training and the "gap between the level of education of secondary school graduates and historically established requirements of higher education in Russia." The author has been teaching sociology majors in a number of the higher educational institutions of Moscow since 1989, the year in which higher sociological education was institutionalized in the country. With the decline in the overall training of the graduates of secondary school, the author examines secondary school graduates' knowledge in two disciplines that are of fundamental importance for future sociologists--history and mathematics. The author presents a wish list to the schools. The article further focuses on a number of the factors that account for secondary school graduates' lack of the knowledge and the ability to read and analyze texts that are necessary for success in institutions of higher learning. Drawing on his personal pedagogical experience, the author also examines a number of facts that reflect the statistical trend and presents conclusions. (Contains 5 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10