Soviet education.
By: Foreword by George S. Counts. Contributors: H. G. Friese [and others]
Series: Studies of the Research Program on the U. S. S. R.,; v. 18
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1957
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Education -- Soviet Union
Description: Nine first-hand reports by former Soviet teachers and students provide a unique source of insight into the day-to-day functioning of the Soviet educational system from the 1920s to the 1940s. The function of political and para-military organizations in student life, the role of 'socially useful activities', the place of anti-religious propaganda and agitation are fully discussed.