The Unification of German Education (Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Education)

Rust, Val D.; Rust, Diane

ISBN 10: 1138544124 / ISBN 13: 9781138544123

Published by Routledge, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Unification of German Education (Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Education)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138544124
• ISBN 13: 9781138544123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1995. This study of the integration of East and West German education following the collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1989 focuses on policy formation and implementation during this period of great social and political turbulence. It is the result of a research project undertaken shortly after the unification. The authors lived in East Germany for a full year, looking carefully at individual schools, vocational training centers, teacher colleges, and universities.

The book considers questions of how education policy is successfully formulated, conditions in which that policy is implemented and the consequences of the implemented educational reform. The first chapters present the context and history of German education and the later chapters discuss the unification and the formation of the new school laws and the successes and failures. The authors' research shows that even before the unification East Germans had already opted for a system consistent with West German education law. However, the West Germans disregarded these changes and imposed their own version of reform on East Germany. The German situation at this time is of great interest to all educators, particularly students of educational policy making, as well as researchers in political science, economics, and sociology.

About the Author

Val D. Rust, Diane Rust