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A Study on the Normalization of Biology Education in Russia after the Period of Lysenko's Monopoly

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K16271
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Sociology/History of science and technology
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Saito Hirofumi  東京工業大学, 国際教育推進機構, 特任准教授 (30573050)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords科学史 / 生物学 / 遺伝学 / ロシア / ソ連 / 歴史学 / 教育 / ルィセンコ / ソ連史
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study tackled to the problem of normalization of biology education in Russia after the downfall of T.D. Lysenko in 1965. Since Lysenko established his monopoly over Soviet biology in August 1948, research and education in biological fields had been circumscribed in Russia. Above all, genetics was excluded from the curriculum of universities and secondary schools. Thus, after 1965, leading biologists and pedagogues soon had to take on the difficult roles of reconstructing biology education to restore it to contemporary levels. This study elucidated the process of the reform of biology education in the post-Lysenko period through two tasks. The First, we appraised the restoration of Mendel-Morgan genetics courses into Russian universities, especially provincial ones, where it was almost unknown compared with central universities such as Moscow State University. Second, we investigated the backstage discussions for creation of the new biology curriculum for the secondary education.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ヴァヴィーロフ名称自然科学史・技術史研究所/サマーラ国立社会教育大学(ロシア連邦)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Early Movement for Normalizing Biology Education in Russia after Lysenko’s Downfall in 19652016

    • Author(s)
      Hirofumi SAITO
    • Journal Title

      Historia Scientiarum

      Volume: 26 Pages: 3-14

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Lysenko Period as seen by Russia's Biology Teachers: Another Hard Time and Another History of Russian Biology2017

    • Author(s)
      Hirofumi Saito
    • Organizer
      25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ロシアの教育者集団からみたルィセンコ時代―もう一つの苦難、もう一つの歴史―2016

    • Author(s)
      齋藤宏文
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会第63回年会
    • Place of Presentation
      工学院大学新宿キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Normalization of Biology Education in Russia after the Lysenko Era2015

    • Author(s)
      齋藤宏文
    • Organizer
      第9回国際中欧・東欧研究協議会 幕張世界大会
    • Place of Presentation
      神田外語大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2022-07-19  

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