Regional Differences in Soviet Secondary Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2237833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikk Titma (Stanford University), Ellu Saar (0000-0002-9682-448X, Institute of the Estonian Language) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-58 |
| Publication date | 1995-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7215 • E-ISSN: 1468-2672 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a036348 |
| OpenAlex | W2306270721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
In this paper the process of educational tracking after completion of the 8th grade in the former Soviet Union is presented. The Soviet secondary school system was divided into three separate tracks: to general secondary school, to specialized secondary school, and to vocational school. The selection into these three types of secondary education has a crucial influence on future progress and on selection for further education. This selection was ubiquitous in the socialist educational system. The analysis in this paper is based on the longitudinal survey Life Paths of a Generation. The first survey, carried out in 1983–5, included 60 000 seniors from general secondary schools, vocational schools, and specialized secondary schools. Regions were selected to represent the diversity of cultures in the former Soviet Union, and in each of the selected regions a representative sample of the three forms of secondary school was chosen. We conclude that a real equalization of educational opportunity has been achieved in the Soviet Union, but that strong regional differences remain, not only in the availability of secondary education, but more importantly in the types of secondary schools which exist. The tracking process beyond 8th grade varies by region, depending on the relative proportion of the different types of secondary school in the region and on the specific demands of the local labour market. The variation is so wide that the same factors can have opposite influences in different regions
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Physics · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Secondary education · Sociology · Soviet union · Vocational education · Computer Science · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |