Based on the history of the oldest Siberian institution of higher education, the Tomsk Medical Institute, the article analyzes changes in medical schools in the context of the general reforms of Soviet society in the 1920s and 30s. Authorities often created unviable institutions by splitting...

Discussed are specific traits of the evaluation of schools and students education achievements, as well as the specifics of the recruitment of teachers in Finland. Those are considered as factors improving the education quality.

The paper is based on the data of a questionnaire poll that was conducted by the Center of Education Sociology of the Russian Academy of Education in 2003. Attention is given mainly to the study of the motivation to obtain a higher education, specifics of the students' attitude to the quality of...

The article presents a comprehensive view on current problems in the professional development of teachers, estimates the potential in this sphere, and describes the principal directions in the reforming of the professional development system.

The article presents information on the number of education institutions that prepare teachers, on the number of education students in the posthigh- school institutions, and on their enrollment and graduation. Information about the professional development of teachers at vocational training...

(Introducing the voucher system in supplementary training of teachers in Kyrghyz Republic: a case study)A system of supplementary training of teachers was formed in Kyrghyzstan during the Soviet period. It was designed to solve specific problems under a planned economy and an authoritarian...

Professional development of and methodological support for working educators are considered as one of the key tasks in the computerization of schools. Hundreds of thousands of teachers have learned about the possibilities offered by computers and the Internet. However, there have been no...

The article briefly reviews the problems related to the teaching of informatics in Russian schools. Recognizing the importance of basic problems, such as providing schools with computers and determining the number of academic hours that should be dedicated to informatics, the article focuses on...

A Round Table "Computerization of Schools Today and Tomorrow: Problems and Possible Solutions" was held on October 14, 2005. It was organized on the initiative of the editorial board of Problems of Education. The following questions were discussed: - What are the results of the twenty-year-long...