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LEARNING FROM THE PAST PERESTROIKA BRINGS DRAMATIC REFORMS TO SOVIET PRESCHOOLS
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MOSCOW - Some day, perhaps, 3-year-old Sasha will praise
the happenstance of having been born during perestroika. For now,
though, he is oblivious to the enormous effect it is having on his
young life.
While the difficulties of perestroika's economic restructuring
are what Americans read about most frequently, educational reforms
in the Soviet Union have been equally dramatic. Fortunately for
preschoolers such as Sasha, their impact is immediate and almost
always positive.
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Paul as a Child: Children and Childhood in the Letters of the Apostle
Journal of Biblical Literature
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Mother-Child Reminiscing and Children's Understanding of Mind
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