Belarus, Russia and Ukraine: Development of National Education in the Context of Globalization and Europeanization^*

Abstract

This chapter offers a survey of education transformations in the East Slavic countries, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, in the context of globalization and Europeanization. It gives first an overview of the common USSR background, followed by a description of education developments in these countries after gaining independence in 1991. It states that the present development of the national education systems is under the influence of powerful globalization and Europeanization trends. The national features of education systems in these countries are described. Global and European benchmarks for the development of education influencing educational reforms in these countries have also been identified. The author concludes that the development of education in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine combines national priorities and the countries’ need for integration into the European and global spaces. The research would be of interest worldwide in the aspect of the East Slavic region’s education transformations under common challenges.

Citation

Lokshyna, O. (2022), "Belarus, Russia and Ukraine: Development of National Education in the Context of Globalization and Europeanization^*", Wolhuter, C.C. and Wiseman, A.W. (Ed.) World Education Patterns in the Global South: The Ebb of Global Forces and the Flow of Contextual Imperatives (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 43B), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-36792022000043B001