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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soviet Union is totally committed to education, said Herold C. Hunt, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, speaking on "Education in the USSR" in the Thursday afternoon Lecture Series...

Author: By Stephen B. Farber, | Title: Hunt Probes Soviet Drive In Learning | 8/7/1958 | See Source »

...member of the official ten-man delegation recently sent to Russia to study educational methods, Hunt visited "schools of every kind," including institutions in three cities previously closed to tourists...

Author: By Stephen B. Farber, | Title: Hunt Probes Soviet Drive In Learning | 8/7/1958 | See Source »

Discussing the University of Moscow, a "monument of faith and conviction of the Russian people in education," Hunt called the facilities there "among the finest I have ever seen--like a private club...

Author: By Stephen B. Farber, | Title: Hunt Probes Soviet Drive In Learning | 8/7/1958 | See Source »

...Hunt described several important concepts which underlie Soviet education. Competitive motivation, for example, is typified in production posters which urge, "Take and overtake America...

Author: By Stephen B. Farber, | Title: Hunt Probes Soviet Drive In Learning | 8/7/1958 | See Source »

Another significant principle is regimentation. In illustration, Hunt stated that no Russian children may write left-handed. "The educational process is largely regurgitative," he added, "for there are no controversial issuse...

Author: By Stephen B. Farber, | Title: Hunt Probes Soviet Drive In Learning | 8/7/1958 | See Source »

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