Book chapter
Democratic aspects of communist and Post-communist schooling in central and eastern Europe
Logics of Socialist Education, Vol.24, pp.155-171
Springer Netherlands
2012
Abstract
An education system is democratic inasmuch as it advances and embraces key democratic values. In this chapter, I use a conceptual framework that comprises the values of equality, participation, choice and diversity to analyse schooling in eastern and central Europe during the communist and post-communist eras. Claims are often made that schooling in the region was and continues to be undemocratic. While these claims have some merit, comprehensive analysis based on a range of democratic values shows that the education systems of eastern and central Europe had and have many democratic features. Under the communist era, these education systems placed a strong emphasis on equality of opportunity. In the post-communist era, the democratic values of choice and diversity are being further advanced while retaining a commitment to equality in education. The analysis also shows that in some regards, schooling in eastern and central Europe is (and was) more democratic than schooling elsewhere.
Details
- Title
- Democratic aspects of communist and Post-communist schooling in central and eastern Europe
- Authors/Creators
- L.B. Perry (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Contributors
- T.G. Griffiths (Editor)Z. Millei (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Logics of Socialist Education, Vol.24, pp.155-171
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Dordrecht, NL
- Identifiers
- 991005542476707891
- Copyright
- 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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