Abstract

The articles in this cluster explore the past and present trajectories of educational change in Russia from the 18th century to the present day. The authors focus on the multiple social actors, visions, forces, and changes that in combination brought about Russia’s modern educational realities. The emphasis in these contributions is put upon the often-decisive role of local, grassroots-level actors vis-à-vis the state and its central apparatuses in modernizing the schools.¹ We discuss the heterogeneity of modernizing projects, multi-directedness of their trajectories, and contradictory nature of their outcomes. This is why the title of our assemblage of articles refers to the involuted paths (plural) taken toward and within educational modernity. Intrinsic to our approach are comparative–historical and/or cross-national–perspectives that highlight both the distinctive nature of the Russia’s case and its similarities with developments elsewhere in the world.

摘要

该组中的文章探讨了18世纪至当今俄罗斯教育变化的过去和现在的轨迹。作者专注于多种社会行为者，愿景，力量和变化，这些因素共同带来了俄罗斯的现代教育现实。这些贡献的重点放在地方，基层行动者相对于国家及其中央机构在学校现代化中所起的决定性作用。¹我们讨论了现代化项目的异质性，项目轨迹的多向性以及项目成果的矛盾性质。这就是为什么我们的文章标题是指错开的 路径（复数）用于教育现代性和在其内部。我们的方法固有的是比较历史和/或跨国角度，既强调了俄罗斯案的独特性，又与世界其他地区的发展相似。