Education and the Social Adjustment of the Primitive Peoples of Africa to European Culture

Africa ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bryant Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Tropical Countries ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphThe problem of the social adjustment of primitive races to European culture is one which is being and has been faced by a considerable number of officials and settlers in the various tropical countries of the world. Many of those who may read these words will have a far wider experience than the writer. To these men of experience the writer appeals for criticisms and suggestions. The article is written in the spirit of one who is anxious to learn. It is an attempt to think out the part schools should or could play in the general problem of social adjustment. It suggests how, by preserving and developing African tradition and culture in the schools, Africa may be helped to make a happy and satisfactory adjustment to her changed social environment following increasing contacts with Europe and the world. It outlines an experiment to be tried at Iringa, Tanganyika Territory.

Malangali School

Africa ◽  
1930 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bryant Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
The Social ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
Improved Methods

Opening ParagraphLast year I wrote a paper on ‘Education and the Social Adjustment of Primitive Peoples to European Culture’. It was an attempt to analyse the problem of the downfall of native races brought into contact with Europe, and to suggest an educational policy which might obviate some of the evils resulting from such contact. The educational policy suggested was based upon two principles, firstly that the school should be built on native tradition and continuous with any system of training youths which existed prior to the advent of the European, and secondly that these institutions should be developed and enriched to meet the needs of the changing environment and to train the pupils to be leaders in social and economic progress. The principles have thus a dual aspect, that of trying to ensure continuity of development from the past by basing the school on native tradition, and that of developing these traditions to meet the demands of improved standards of living and of improved methods of production.

scholarly journals A Transformation of the Approach to Evaluating a Region’s Investment Attractiveness as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Dmitriy G. Rodionov ◽  
Evgenii A. Konnikov ◽  
Magomedgusen N. Nasrutdinov
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
World Order ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Regional Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status

The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused a transformation of virtually all aspects of the world order today. Due to the introduction of the world quarantine, a considerable share of professional communications has been transformed into a format of distance interaction. As a result, the specific weight of traditional components of the investment attractiveness of a region is steadily going down, because modern business can be built without the need for territorial unity. It should be stated that now the criteria according to which investors decide if they are ready to invest in a region are dynamically transforming. The significance of the following characteristics is increasingly growing: the sustainable development of a region, qualities of the social environment, and consistency of the social infrastructure. Thus, the approaches to evaluating the region’s investment attractiveness must be transformed. Moreover, the investment process at the federal level involves the determination of target areas of regional development. Despite the universal significance of innovative development, the region can develop much more dynamically when a complex external environment is formed that complements its development model. Interregional interaction, as well as an integrated approach to innovative development, taking into account not only the momentary effect, but also the qualitative long-term transformation of the region, will significantly increase the return on investment. At the same time, the currently existing methods for assessing the investment attractiveness of the region are usually heuristic in nature and are not universal. The heuristic nature of the existing methods does not allow to completely abstract from the subjectivity of the researcher. Moreover, the existing methods do not take into account the cyclical properties of the innovative development of the region, which lead to the formation of a long-term effect from the transformation of the regional environment. This study is aimed at forming a comprehensive methodology that can be used to evaluate the investment attractiveness of a certain region and conclude about the lines of business that should be developed in it as well as to find ways to increase the region’s investment attractiveness. According to the results of the study, a comprehensive methodology was formed to evaluate the region’s investment attractiveness. It consists of three key indicators, namely, the level of the region’s investment attractiveness, the projected level of the region’s investment attractiveness, and the development vector of the region’s investment attractiveness. This methodology is based on a set of indicators that consider the status of the economic and social environment of the region, as well as the status of the innovative and ecological environment. The methodology can be used to make multi-dimensional conclusions both about the growth areas responsible for increasing the region’s innovative attractiveness and the lines of business that should be developed in the region.

scholarly journals Author Reply: Why Hate Is Unique and Requires Others for Its Maintenance

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-326
Author(s):  
Agneta H. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Author Reply ◽  
Emotion Words ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Over Time

In this reply, I discuss some important issues raised in two commentaries. One relates to the distinction between hate and revenge, which also touches upon the more general problem of the usefulness of distinguishing between various related emotions. I argue that emotion researchers need to define specific emotions carefully in order to be able to examine such emotions without necessarily using emotion words. A second comment focusses on the factors influencing the development of hate over time. The question is whether there is an intrapersonal mechanism leading to an increase or decrease of hate over time. I think it is the social environment that is essential in the maintenance of hate.

scholarly journals SOCIAL PROBLEM AND ENVIRONMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (9SE) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ramveer Singh
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Environmental Testing ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

The social environment is changing in the sub-continent as a result of which the fundamental qualities of environmental components are changing. Environmental testing is essential for a healthy life, the need to conserve scarce and priceless resources for the use of new and untapped resources for the conduct of development has made environmental management infinitely important. 1It is also very important to make the environment aware, sensitive and aware, it is necessary to explain to the people how our environment or ecological system ensures our protection from natural disasters and protection and enhancement of the environment and human intervention on a global scale. Due to the continuous damage to the environment balance and ecology due to this, not only will the weather, climate and other types of geographical conditions have seen unprecedented changes but also the rate of natural disasters and damage to the environment are mutually mutually beneficial. All the countries of the world should try to compensate for this by establishing mutual coordination among themselves. Development is important for us, but conservation and promotion of environment is more important than that. सामाजिक पर्यावरण ;ठपव ैवबपंस म्दअपतवदउमदजद्धमें परिवर्तित हो रहा है फलस्वरूप पर्यावरण संघटों के मौलिक गुणों में परिर्वतन हो रहा है। स्वस्थ जीवन के लिए पर्यावरणीय परीक्षण आवश्यक है, विकास के संचालन के लिए नत्य व अनत्य संसाधनों को उपयोग दुर्लभ एवं अमूल्य संसाधनों के संरक्षण की आवश्यकता ने पर्यावरण प्रबन्धन को अव्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण बना दिया है। 1पर्यावरण के प्रति सचेत संवदेनशील तथा जागरूक बनाया जाना भी बेहद जरूरी है, लोगो को यह समझाया जाना आवश्यक है कि आखिर हमारा पर्यावरण या परिस्थितिक तंत्र कैसे प्राकृतिक आपदाओं से हमारी सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करता है तथा पर्यावरण का संरक्षण व सवर्द्धन तथा उसको वैश्विक स्तर पर मानवीय हस्तक्षेप के कारण जिस प्रकार पर्यावरण संतुलन तथा पारिस्थितिक को लगातार क्षति पहुचायी गयी है, उससे न सिर्फ मौसम, जलवायु तथा अन्य प्रकार की भौगोलिक परिस्थितियों में अप्रत्यशित परिवर्तन देखने को मिले बल्कि प्राकृतिक आपदाओं की दर तथा पर्यावरण को हुई क्षति के लिए परस्पर एक-दूसरे पर दोषारोपण करने के वजाय विश्व के सभी देशों को आपस में परस्पर समन्वय सम्बन्ध स्थापित करके इसकी भरपाई के लिए प्रयास करने चाहिए। हमार लिए विकास जरूरी है मगर पर्यावरण का संरक्षण तथा संवर्द्धन उससे कही अधिक जरूरी है।

scholarly journals Understanding Critical Information Literacy through Social Epistemology

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Martin I. Nord
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Social Epistemology ◽  
Epistemological Foundation ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
New Models

Critical theoretical approaches to information literacy are an important part of the growing LIS focus on the context of information. This concern for information’s social environment and the awareness of new models of interaction between learners and librarians open the possibility for using social epistemology to better understand information literacy. The concept of social epistemology—the study of the ways in which an individual’s knowledge is shaped by their interactions with the world around them—has long been part of epistemology. However, LIS theorists Margaret Egan and Jesse Shera, who coined the term, intended it to address librarianship specifically. This paper argues that social epistemology is well positioned to strengthen the critical practice of information literacy, based both on the social epistemological characteristics of critical theory and the information literacy aspects of the social epistemology stream in the field of philosophy. A review of the critical theoretical trend in LIS literature on information literacy reveals an already-present social epistemological foundation on which LIS research can build to expand the application of critical theory to information literacy. Placing this literature in conversation with itself illuminates the ways in which engagement with social epistemological concerns is already evolving. This paper then critiques the literature and highlights some concerns. Recognition of these weaknesses in otherwise valuable work alerts us to opportunities for improvement. This paper suggests that future progress will be tied to better understanding of the social context of knowledge.

scholarly journals CINTA LINGKUNGAN SEBAGAI IMPLEMENTASI NILAI KARAKTER RELIGIUS: SUATU PERSPEKTIF BERDASARKAN EFESUS 5:1-21

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Dwi Indarti Hutami Dewi ◽  
Setiya Aji Sukma
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
Environmental Care ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

The world of education is increasingly confronted with various challenges that complicate and demand that education increasingly innovate in developing educational products. Research Objectives: What is the meaning of Environmental Care according to the Bible and experts? Does caring about the environment support the effectiveness of learning? What is the perspective of Ephesians 5: 1-21 regarding Environmental Care as an Implementation of Religious Character Values? The research method used is exposition and literature research. The results of the study are: (1) the meaning of caring for the environment is loving the dimensions of the space into which the learning activities take place, caring for the environment is everyone's obligation. This needs to be instilled in students to grow into a generation that can take part in preserving the natural environment and the social environment. (2) environmental care attitude (in family, school, and community) is realized through obedience in realizing environmental preservation efforts. Obedience must be based on love, because by loving, humans will automatically have a sense of caring. The environment as a container for the formation of a person's character. (3) Christ is the only example in terms of love, Christians must understand Christ for themselves, then apply the love of Christ to the environment, so as to create a healthy and loving environment in the world of Indonesian education..AbstrakDunia pendidikan semakin hari semakin dihadapkan dengan berbagai tantangan yang mempersulit dan menuntut supaya pendidikan semakin berinovasi dalam mengembangkan produk pendidikan. Tujuan penelitian: Apakah makna Cinta Lingkungan menurut Alkitab dan para ahli?  Apakah sikap Cinta lingkungan menunjang efektifitas pembelajaran? Bagaimanakah perspektif Efesus 5:1-21 mengenai Cinta Lingkungan sebagai Implementasi Nilai Karakter Religius? Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah eksposisi dan penelitian literature. Hasil penelitian adalah: (1) makna cinta lingkungan adalah mengasihi dimensi ruang yang menjadi tempat melakukan kegiatan pembelajaran, cinta lingkungan adalah kewajiban semua orang. Hal ini perlu ditanamkan kepada peserta didik agar bertumbuh menjadi generasi yang dapat ambil bagian dalam rangka melestarikan lingkungan alam maupun lingkungan pergaulan. (2) sikap cinta lingkungan (dalam keluarga, sekolah, dan masyarakat) diwujudkan melalui ketaatan dalam mewujudkan upaya pelestarian lingkungan. Ketaatan tersebut haruslah berdasarkan pada kasih, karena dengan mengasihi, manusia akan dengan otomatis memiliki rasa peduli. Lingkungan tersebut sebagai wadah pembentukan karakter seseorang. (3) Kristus adalah satu-satunya teladan dalam hal mengasihi, orang Kristen harus memahami Kristus atas diri masing-masing, lalu menerapkan kasih Kristus kepada lingkungan, agar tercipta lingkungan yang sehat dan penuh kasih di dunia pendidikan Indonesia.

scholarly journals REFERENTIAL SOCIAL SYSTEM OF MODERN PERSONALITY (CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECT)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Oksana Shmyhlyuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Social System ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Sexual Differences ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Reference Environment

The article deals with the study of the reference social environment peculiarities of modern personality. It is known that the personality develops and forms in the process of entering the social environment under the influence of micro-, meso- , macro- and mega-factors. According to the transformational processes that take place in the world and particularly in Ukraine, the issues concerning modern social system peculiarities of the personality acquire relevance and practical significance. In order to investigate the reference environment peculiarities of representatives of Ukrainian and Polish ethnic groups and the significance of their influence on these groups, the Demographic Questionnaire by B. Pietrulewicz and J. Tivendell was used. It was modified and adapted by L. Zhuravlyova and O. Shmyglyuk in Ukraine by the agreement of the authors. The existence of ethnic and sexual differences in the reference social environment of the testees is studied empirically. It is stated that the interest of the contemporary Poles and Ukrainians in the reference environment with ethnocultural issues is at an average level. The presence of ethnic and sexual differences in the reference of microcommunity has been proved empirically. The representatives of the female sample differ in their assessment of the interest of the social environment in ethnocultural issues. Ukrainian women show a higher level of the interest in family, compared to the Poles who consider that friends are more important. Ukrainians are believed to be the most interested in the ethnocultural issues of friends, and Poles – teachers and employers. The sexual and ethnic differences in the reference point of the social environment are specified. Mass media are the most significant for Ukrainian men, parents’ opinion is significant for Ukrainian women. The Polish men make an emphasis on the "referencing friends", and Polish women give a great prominence to the opinion of teachers and employers.

Performing Power in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abimbola A. Adelakun
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Social Milieu ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Power

For decades, Pentecostalism has been one of the most powerful socio-cultural and socio-political movements in Africa. The Pentecostal modes of constructing the world by using their performative agencies to embed their rites in social processes have imbued them with immense cultural power to contour the character of their societies. Performing Power in Nigeria explores how Nigerian Pentecostals mark their self-distinction as a people of power within a social milieu that affirmed and contested their desires for being. Their faith, and the various performances that inform it, imbue the social matrix with saliences that also facilitate their identity of power. Using extensive archival material, interviews and fieldwork, Abimbola A. Adelakun questions the histories, desires, knowledge, tools, and innate divergences of this form of identity, and its interactions with the other ideological elements that make up the society. Analysing the important developments in contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism, she demonstrates how the social environment is being transformed by the Pentecostal performance of their identity as the people of power.

Hikikomori, is it a Culture-Reactive or Culture-Bound Syndrome? Nidotherapy and a Clinical Vignette from Oman

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriyuki Sakamoto ◽  
Rodger G. Martin ◽  
Hiroaki Kumano ◽  
Tomifusa Kuboki ◽  
Samir Al-Adawi
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Clinical Vignette ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Hikikomori, a form of acute social withdrawal, is becoming a silent epidemic in Japan. As it has not been reported from other parts of the world, hikikomori fulfills the criteria for “a culture-bound syndrome.” We report a case from Oman, in the southern part of Arabia, with all the essential features of hikikomori. We speculate that the social environment of Japanese and Omani society could reinforce behavior akin to hikikomori although this condition may also transcend geography and ethnicity.

The Social Problems of Africa

Africa ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Thurnwald
Keyword(s):  
Technical Progress ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Technical Development ◽  
European American ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
Short Time

Opening ParagraphOf the 1.75 milliard people in the world to-day, about 550 million, that is roughly a third, belong to the white races. About 450 million of these live in Europe. Thus two-thirds of the whole of mankind are made up of members of the various other races, which are under the economic and cultural influence of different white nations, to a great extent even under their political influence as well. As a result of technical inventions and improvements distances are daily growing smaller, and the different sections of mankind are perceptibly being brought closer together. Moreover, through the wide-spread network of commerce our relationships with all the peoples outside the European-American zone of culture have become more numerous and intimate, leading to grave social and intellectual upheavals among the foreign nations. These occurrences and phenomena are the result of the enormous expansion caused by technical invention in Europe. It would be mistaken to regard them as having been deliberately and maliciously planned by the European nations, for technical progress manifested in inventions is a phenomenon less within the range of man's control than is generally imagined. These consequences of technical development have to be reckoned with, whether we will or no. As Mussolini said a short time ago in the course of a statement on the population question: ‘A statesman has to think at least fifty years ahead of his age.’

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