Description

Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia provides an essential reference resource to education development and key education issues in the region. Academics and researchers working in the field cover education and educational development in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Israel. Each chapter provides an overview of the particular country, focusing on contemporary education policies and the challenges of implementing educational reform. The book includes an analysis of the social and political issues which impact on the education system and governments' responses to recent local, regional and global events. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.