scholarly journals Psycho-Social Benefits of an Afterschool Program in Romania: Qualitative Analysis of Parental Perceptions

Educatia 21 ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Alexandra Gherasim ◽  
◽  
Alina S. Rusu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Community Collaboration ◽  
Afterschool Programs ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Group Approach ◽  
Afterschool Program ◽  
Cognitive Levels ◽  
Psychosocial Benefits ◽  
The Eu

This study investigates in a qualitative manner the psychosocial benefits perceived by the parents of children enrolled in a private Aftershool (AS) program in Romania. The theoretical background includes aspects of school-family-community collaboration and characteristics and legislative frames supporting Afterschool programs in Romania and in the EU space. By using an online focus group approach, the objective was to identify the dimensions of the children-related benefits of the Afterschool program perceived by the parents (6 participants) at social, emotional and cognitive levels, as well as to identify their needs and suggestions regarding the compassion-based educational activities that the AS program might offer to their children. The results indicate a general satisfaction with the AS program, as well as the readiness of the parents to get involved in activities oriented towards community together with their children and the personnel of the AS program.

scholarly journals Den Stier das Tanzen lehren?

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (168) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Fisahn
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
The European Union ◽  
German Government ◽  
Capital Movements ◽  
Authoritarian State ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Eu

The crisis of the European Union cannot be solved by austerity programs. Therefore a closer look at the reasons of the crisis seems to be reasonable, which includes a description of the development of the EU from 1951 to present times. The Union started as a tariff union and evolved through different steps to an order of competitive states. The main fields of competition between the states are taxes and social costs, which leads to tax dumping and a race to the bottom in social benefits. Starting in 1990 the EU achieved the status of an open financial market, with the duty of deregulation of capital movements being stipulated in Treaties. In the end the problem is not a debt crisis but a crisis of the structure of the European Union. The solution – which especially the German government prefers – may be the first step on the way to an authoritarian state.

scholarly journals Export Competitiveness Analysis of Creative Industries in the European Union

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Deimantė Krisiukėnienė ◽  
Vaida Pilinkienė
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Revealed Comparative Advantage ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Trade Competitiveness ◽  
The Eu

AbstractResearch purpose. The research purpose is to assess and compare the competitiveness of the EU creative industries’ export.Design/Methodology/Approach. The article is organised as follows: Section 1 presents a short theoretical conception of creative industries; Section 2 presents the theoretical background of trade competitiveness indices; Section 3 introduces the research data set, method and variables; Section 4 discusses the results of the revealed comparative advantage index analysis; and the final section presents the conclusions of the research. It should be noted that the research does not cover all possible factors underlying the differences in the external sector performance and thus may need to be complemented with country-specific analysis as warranted. Methods of the research include theoretical review and analysis, evaluation of comparative advantage indices and clustering.Findings. The analysis revealed that the EU countries may gain competitiveness because of the globalisation effects and the development of creative industries. The increase in the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index during the period 2004–2017 shows rising EU international trade specialisation in creative industries. According to dynamic RCA index results, France, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain has competitive advantage in creative industries sectors and could be specified as ‘rising stars’ according to dynamic of their export.Originality/Value/Practical implications. A creative industries analysis is becoming increasingly relevant in scientific research. Fast globalisation growth affects the processes in which closed economies together with their specific sectors are no longer competitive in the market because productivity of countries as well as particular economic sectors depends on international trade liberalisation, technology and innovation. Scientific literature, nevertheless, contains a gap in the area of international trade competitiveness research in creative industries sector.

Anthropocene Geopolitics and Foreign Policy: Exploring the Link in the EU Case

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-101
Author(s):  
Filippos Proedrou
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Change Concerns ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Eu

Scholarly literature has recently developed the notions of Anthropocene geopolitics and planetary security. How these relate to and whether they inform states’ foreign policy, however, remains a largely underdeveloped issue. This article goes some way toward addressing this gap both theoretically and empirically. Theoretically, it unpacks how traditional and Anthropocene geopolitics diverge in their approach toward the security repercussions of climate change and teases out the emanating foreign policy implications. These revolve around different levels of climate ambition, divergent approaches to fossil energy geopolitics, and differing weighting of planetary security versus mainstream geopolitical threats. Against this theoretical background, this article empirically zooms in on the EU case to explore which geopolitical mindset guides EU’s pursuit of climate change concerns and their incorporation in the EU foreign policy design. The analysis finds that, despite its comprehensive foreign climate policy initiatives, the EU remains fixed to a traditional geopolitical mindset and a foreign policy that underappreciates planetary security threats. This article subsequently operationalizes a foreign policy design informed by the Anthropocene geopolitics approach and sketches what it would entail.

scholarly journals Identification and Analysis of Structural Fund Support Mitigating the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the EU—A Case Study of Health Unit Funding

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 4976
Author(s):  
Karina Bedrunka ◽  
Łukasz Mach ◽  
Anna Kuczuk ◽  
Anna Bohdan
Keyword(s):  
Research Process ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Structural Fund ◽  
Public Intervention ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The research carried out describes the provision of COVID-19 funding in individual EU Member States under the ongoing operational programmes of the EU financial perspective in the period 2014–2020. This was followed by identification of the most important areas of support and the amounts allocated to them for Poland and its sixteen voivodeships under the available EU funds from the 2014–2020 perspective. Types and forms of support for health services from the funds of the Regional Operational Programme for the Opolskie Voivodeship 2014–2020 (ROP WO) were analysed in detail. The obtained results showed that Italy, Spain, and Poland provided the largest values of support under the available operational programmes from 2014–2020 to combat the effects of COVID-19. In Poland, funding was mainly provided by the European Regional Development Fund, with the dominant support allocated to entrepreneurship and health care. In the Opolskie voivodeship, which is the case study, the additional financing in the health area concerns: personal protective equipment, equipment, construction works, oxygen installations, and waste water management. In this article, a literature analysis of the issue was conducted prior to the research process, which included theories of post-2007 crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is on the theoretical background and research showing the impact of crises from the point of view of social, economic, and ecological dimensions, i.e., from the point of view of sustainable development. It also presents planned and implemented public intervention to offset the negative effects of COVID-19 in 2020 from structural funds in EU countries, including Poland and its 16 voivodeships.

scholarly journals The concept of mind-mindedness: The main principles and perspectives

2019 ◽  
pp. 537-550
Author(s):  
Dejan Kantar ◽  
Jelica Petrovic
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Development ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
The Other ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Social Emotional Development ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Transgenerational Transmission ◽  
Psychological Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social

The concept of mind-mindedness is an important contribution to understanding mother-child interactions in the light of attachment. It is created to explain the influence of sensitive parenting on the formation of a secure attachment. Although research on this concept has been carried out over the past twenty years, in our psychological literature dedicated to the social-emotional development, it is only mentioned by reference, as one of the factors that influence the development of secure attachment, or as a mechanism by which transgenerational transmission of attachment patterns can be explained. Therefore, because of its significance and actuality, in this paper the concept of mind-mindedness will be presented in more detail. First of all, attention will be paid to the origin and development of the idea itself, then the methods of assessment will be described, and then the results of the research important for shedding light on the theoretical background of this phenomenon will be presented. In addition, we will describe the correlation of mind-mindedness and the other concepts created in an attempt to understand how parents experience their own child.

scholarly journals Surprisingly small: effects of “generous” social benefits on re-employment of (quasi-) jobless households

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-91
Author(s):  
René Lehwess-Litzmann ◽  
Ides Nicaise
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Work Intensity ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Job Offers ◽  
One Year ◽  
Disincentive Effect ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThis article analyses whether the extent of public welfare provision influences the speed at which (quasi-)jobless households get (back) into employment. (Quasi-)joblessness is one of the key criteria defining the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU. Moreover, the perceived tension between the main functions of social benefits (protecting households from poverty and incentivising job search) is most acute among these households. Based on EU-SILC data, we examine changes of household work intensity during one year after benefit receipt. We observe that “more-generous” social benefits have a slightly negative impact. This can potentially be due to a disincentive effect of social benefits, but it can also mean that the additional financial leeway is used by job seekers to wait for more adequate job offers or engage in further training. Even though statistically significant, the estimated negative effects are very small.

Concepts and Challenges of Afterschool Program Quality in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-210
Author(s):  
Fuyuko Kanefuji
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Afterschool Programs ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Afterschool Program ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Sports Science

This study examines concepts surrounding the quality of afterschool programs in Japan and related challenges using qualitative and quantitative methods. A content analysis of government guidelines for afterschool programs provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is conducted, and the differences in the concepts of afterschool program quality (APQ) between them are explored. Second, using government statistics, the author looks at the current situation and systems of instructional features meant to improve quality. Third, the characteristics of the human resource development system of MEXT and MHLW for APQ are clarified using the social capital theory.

Service Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 84-104
Author(s):  
Ana Martins ◽  
Orlando Petiz Pereira ◽  
Isabel Martins
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Community Collaboration ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Social Commitment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Model

The chapter highlights the endogenous strengths that humans have of exposing society to sustainable change. At birth, humans bring with them a triptych code including, the social, emotional and spiritual, that needs to be further developed. Those non-cognitive skills that schooling should instill are possible via service learning education. Through education, individual citizens are enthused with harmonious cognitive and non-cognitive skills which are positive, inclusive, humane, in harmony with life and circumstances. In the current complex and uncertain economy, this education model is directed at social responsibility, social innovation, citizenship, personal and social commitment. Being holistic, multi-focused and dynamic, it brings together learning, service and the economy. This learning- teaching model aligns with an intellectual and humanized society; entails two simultaneous objectives, pedagogical and community collaboration; focuses on real circumstances, deals with community-identified needs, solidarity, cooperation, harmony and commitment.

Stakeholders’ perceptions of book piracy’s benefits to society in Lithuania

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincas Grigas ◽  
Arūnas Gudinavičius
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Address Book ◽  
The Social ◽  
Access To Books

Purpose Book piracy represents a threat to the publishing industry, while for the society, book piracy provides some benefits. The purpose of this study is to examine views of readers, authors and publishers in Lithuania on book piracy’s benefits to society. Design/methodology/approach This study uses phenomenography to examine readers’, authors’ and publishers’ reflections on book piracy’s potential social benefits. The authors collected research data via semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with 10 participants from each group (readers, authors and publishers – a total of 30 interviews). Findings Six qualitatively different categories of attitudes were revealed, namely, that book piracy provides easier and more convenient access to books, helps readers save money, pushes readers to read more, helps for authors to gain more popularity, provides wider access to books and provides consumers with moral satisfaction. The similarities between readers’, authors’ and publishers’ views on benefits of book piracy outweigh the differences. Practical implications Theoretical background indicates that stakeholders’ explicitly stated attitudes towards book piracy contribute to their book piracy intentions. This study hopes to help publishers in Lithuania confront the challenge of book piracy and develop effective strategies to attenuate a normative framework with four actionable recommendations to help professionals in the publishing industry to better address book piracy. Originality/value Book piracy continues to perplex publishers, in part because they lack a clear understanding of the social and psychological underpinnings of book piracy. This study aims to develop such an understanding by filling gap in the literature on book piracy: the lack of work on readers’, authors’ and publishers’ perceptions of book piracy’s individual and social benefits.

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