Czechoslovakia (and its succession states) had a tradition of academic and scholarly endeavor in the mainstream of European thought and a history of higher education dating from the Middle Ages.
Education was compulsory between the ages of six and sixteen from 1984 (ie.
Charter 77 protested discrimination in educational admissions based on parents' political activity; there was some indication by the late 1970s that, if parental sins could still be visited on the children, at least questions concerning their parents' past and present political affiliations would be less blatant.
Czechoslovakia (Československo in Czech and in Slovak) was a country in Central Europe, in existence from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period).
Czechoslovakia arose in October 1918 as one of the succession states of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I.
After World War II, the pre-war Czechoslovakia was reestablished, the Germans were expelled from the country and Ruthenia was given to the Soviet Union.
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Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak : Československo) former country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period).
After World War II the pre-war Czechoslovakia was reestablished the were expelled from the country and Ruthenia was occupied by (officially "given to") Soviet Union.
The Czechoslovakia national football team was a performer in the international scene with 8 in the FIFA World Cup Finals finishing in second-place in 1934 and 1962.
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Breakup of Czechoslovakia High School students from Mississippi present a report on the twentieth century history of the Central European state and its dissolution.
Conditions for Jews in Nazi Era Czechoslovakia Briefly describes the political situation in Central Europe that ended Czechoslovakia's independence and the Jewish losses that were suffered.
Czechoslovakia Simon Wiesenthal Center Study a history of the regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia during World War II and explore an extensive photograph gallery.
The basic (or pre-graduate) journalistic education in Czechoslovakia before 1989 was provided by the Faculty of Journalism within the framework of Charles University, Prague, and Comenius University, Bratislava, both state universities.
The university journalistic education was concentrated on the 'role of the socialistic journalist' as a disseminator of the will of the ruling party and its ideology.
Nowadays, the non-existing research on media and journalism in the country is one of the main weaknesses of the journalistic education.
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The macro-level events, that is the restructuring the school system into different configurations of elementary and secondary school options and leaving certificates, are merely the stage for micro-level daily activities of the principal actors, teachers and student in the classroom, who are at the core of the learning process.
In fact, education overall was not necessarily a priority and emphasis on education diminished dramatically throughout the 1980s (Adamski, 1994, p.
Educators who cold be described as using learner-centered methods, such as John Dewey, Maria Montessori, or Rudolf Steiner, who had left their mark on schools in the West, were certainly known in the East.
A review of higher education was undertaken in the former Czechoslovakia in conjunction with the OECD, and six recommendations for the development and renewal of higher education were made.
The Government of the Slovak Republic and its Ministry of Education are continuing the process of transformation in order to achieve a compatibility of Slovak education (in particular, higher education) with education in developed countries.
It should be emphasised that education itself is free of charge; the effects of the recent recession have impacted negatively on the State’s resources however and the budget for higher education has declined by 40-50% in 1993-1994 compared to 1989.
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Ake, Joseph B. "The Economic Policy of the All-National Coalition in Czechoslovakia, 1922-1926." PhD diss, University of North Carolina, 1974.
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The Comparative Education Review is deeply indebted to Paul Hsu, graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, and to the CER journal office staff for assistance in conducting lengthy computer searches.
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This comparative history of the higher education systems in Poland, East Germany, and the Czech lands reveals an unexpected diversity within East European stalinism.
In East Germany, by contrast, universities remained true to the state to the end, and students were notably absent from the revolution of 1989.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Higher education and state Germany (East)Higher education and state Poland, Higher education and state Czechoslovakia, Communist education Germany (East)Communist education Poland, Communist educationCzechoslovakia
Educational Theory and Practice, which was in continuous publication from 1972-85.
Proceedings of The International Conference on Comenius Heritage and Education, (Prague, Czechoslovakia: Charles University Press, Spring 1993, Section 1, pp.
Education," Proceedings of the Southwest Philosophy of Education Society, Vol.34, Curtis Dalton, Ed., (University of Oklahoma Press, Spring 1984, pp.141-152).
Professor Snapper is on the Editorial Board of a number of publications, including the Publications of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies (PAANS), the Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies (CJNS) and De Nederlandse Taal.
Among national and international offices he has held are the presidency of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies, membership on the executive board of the International Association for Netherlandics (IVN), and the chair of the Netherlands International Commission on Higher Education for Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Rumania.
He is also the organizer of eight international conferences on Dutch linguistics and literature and the founder of the Netherlands-America University League.
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