Georgia Turns to the West for Ideas

Autor/in	Nemtsova, Anna
Titel	Georgia Turns to the West for Ideas
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 42, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Textbooks; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Languages; Russian; English; Language of Instruction; College Faculty; Liberal Arts; Political Influences; Crime; Ethics; Freedom; Georgia Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Language; Sprache; Russisch; English language; Englisch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Fakultät; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Ethik; Freiheit
Abstract	Georgia, along with a number of other former Soviet countries, is rapidly reforming its higher-education system. Russian is being replaced by English in classrooms and textbooks. Western-trained professors are flooding campuses with new methods of teaching and liberal-arts courses are replacing vocational training. This change is part of broader pro-Western political movements that have taken place across ex-Soviet countries east of Russia, such as Ukraine's Orange Revolution and the accession of Baltic countries into the European Union. A new government in Georgia, elected in 2004, has introduced sweeping reforms designed to increase openness and reduce corruption in a number of sectors, including higher education. Georgia's political leaders also see the reforms as a way to shake free the last vestiges of dependence on Russia and achieve Georgia's long-term goals of membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. However, not all professors are pleased to see the Westernization; those who do not appreciate the reform accuse a new generation of academics of destroying Russian language and facilities. The reforms have exacted a heavy toll on an older generation of Georgian educators, but Western influence in Georgia continues to grow. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10