Making of the Soviet Citizen - Character Formation and Civic Training in Soviet Education

The Making of the Soviet Citizen (1987) examines the distinctive feature of Soviet education - the crucial importance it gives to the formation of a new type of person, the model socialist citizen. It brings together the results of research devoted to character formation and civic training in Soviet education.

List of contents

1. The New Soviet Child: Moral Education in Soviet Schools James Muckle 2. Recent Developments in Political Education in the Soviet Union John Morison 3. Atheistic Education in the USSR John Dunstan 4. Forming Socialist Attitudes Towards Work Among Soviet Schoolchildren Felicity O’Dell 5. Gender and Soviet Pedagogy Lynne Attwood 6. The Role of Youth Organisations in Communist Upbringing in the Soviet School Jim Riordan 7. Peace Education in the Soviet Union Wendy Rosslyn 8. Multicultural Education in the USSR Nigel Grant 9. Student Response to Communist Upbringing in Soviet Higher Education George Avis

About the author

George Avis was at time of writing Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies at the University of Bradford.

Summary

The Making of the Soviet Citizen (1987) examines the distinctive feature of Soviet education – the crucial importance it gives to the formation of a new type of person, the model socialist citizen. It brings together the results of research devoted to character formation and civic training in Soviet education.

Product details

• Authors: George Avis
• Assisted by: George Avis (Editor), Avis George (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032878997
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287899-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, c 1500 onwards to present day, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural history, Educational strategies & policy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, The Cold War, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Marxism & Communism, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Educational strategies and policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era