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Babintsev, Valentin P.; Ushamirskaya, Galina F.; Melnikova, Raisa I.; Sapryka, Victor A.; Pastyuk, Alexandr V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The paper considers key risks of cultural and civilizational integration of the Russian-Ukrainian border region. Proceeding from the sociological surveys conducted, the following typical cultural and civilizational identities of the population of border regions of Russia and Ukraine are singled out: Russian, Ukrainian, Slavic, European, mondialist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Correlation, Self Concept
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Sedova, N. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Survey data show that Russians relegate free time and leisure activity to secondary status compared to work, and free time faces the threat of becoming devalued and losing its importance as a life value. At the same time, in the structure of Russians' leisure activities there is an ongoing tendency for leisure to become simpler, for active types…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Foreign Countries, Recreational Activities, Life Style
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Cherednichenko, G. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2009
Knowing a foreign language is of crucial importance in ensuring the effectiveness of an education abroad. Essentially, the practice of teaching and mastering a foreign language serves as a means of intercultural communication, a conduit of interaction in a new sociocultural environment, and a mediator through which to assimilate new norms and…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Intercultural Communication, Second Languages, Second Language Learning
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Lisovskii, Vladimir Timofeevich – Russian Education and Society, 2004
This article reports the findings of a study examining how young people in Russia rate themselves and their parents' generation. The sociological survey was carried out in 1999 and 2001 in a number of big and small towns of Russia. The focus of the study was on three generations: the "generation of the 1960s" (children of the thaw);…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Mass Media, Cultural Influences
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Iudin, A. A.; And Others – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Asserts that during periods of rapid social change, the political consciousness of the population also changes dramatically. Reports on a survey of 1,800 students and 1,270 instructors in Russian higher education institutions. Finds that changes in social consciousness are not proceeding along lines of rational interpretation of facts and ideas.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Ideology, Marxism
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Kuznetsova, Tatiana Iurevna – Russian Education and Society, 2005
The rise in the numbers of social orphans in Russia is due to a number of causes, such as the drastic decline in the standard of living of the larger portion of the population, the lack of a clear and well-thought-out program of support for mothers and children, the decline in the value of the family and family relations, and so on. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stereotypes, Social Bias, Social Services