scholarly journals The Role of English in the Acquisition of Intercultural Competence by Russian Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1 (3)) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Valentina Golysheva

The article illustrates the interaction of the language and social behavior which has acquired special significance in the 21st century, conditioned by the development of various cultural links. Underlining the obstacles connected with the differences in the cultures and mentality of different nations in understanding the language, the author attaches importance to the investigation of the core values and ethics of the given nation. In case of England, the relevance of politeness in various forms of request and command becomes a priority.The article aims to introduce some of the mechanisms of polite command and request to Russian students of English. However, the focus of the investigation is on euphemism as an important element of polite speech.

Author(s):  
Rohit Mehta ◽  
Edwin Creely ◽  
Danah Henriksen

In this chapter, the authors take a multifaceted critical approach to understanding and deconstructing the term 21st century skills, especially in regard to technology and the role of corporations in the discourses about education. They also consider a range of cultural and political influences in our exploration of the social and academic meanings of the term, including its history and politics. The application of the term in present-day educational contexts is considered as well as possible futures implied through the term. The goal in this chapter is to counter ideas that might diminish a humanized educational practice. Specifically, the authors offer a critique of neoliberal discourses in education, particularly the neoliberal and corporate narrative around 21st century teaching and learning. They raise concerns about what an undue emphasis on industry-oriented educational systems can mean for the core purposes of education.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Guthrie ◽  
Lee D. Parker ◽  
John Dumay ◽  
Markus J. Milne

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the focus and changing nature of measuring academic accounting research quality. The paper addresses contemporary changes in academic publishing, metrics for determining research quality and the possible impacts on accounting scholars. These are considered in relation to the core values of interdisciplinary accounting research ‒ that is, the pursuit of novel, rigorous, significant and authentic research motivated by a passion for scholarship, curiosity and solving wicked problems. The impact of changing journal rankings and research citation metrics on the traditional and highly valued role of the accounting academic is further considered. In this setting, the paper also provides a summary of the journal’s activities for 2018, and in the future. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on contemporary data sets, the paper illustrates the increasingly diverse and confusing array of “evidence” brought to bear on the question of the relative quality of accounting research. Commercial products used to rate and rank journals, and judge the academic impact of individual scholars and their papers not only offer insight and visibility, but also have the potential to misinform scholars and their assessors. Findings In the move from simple journal ranking lists to big data and citations, and increasingly to concerns with impact and engagement, the authors identify several challenges facing academics and administrators alike. The individual academic and his or her contribution to scholarship are increasingly marginalised in the name of discipline, faculty and institutional performance. A growing university performance management culture within, for example, the UK and Australasia, has reached a stage in the past decade where publication and citation metrics are driving allocations of travel grants, research grants, promotions and appointments. With an expanded range of available metrics and products to judge their worth, or have it judged for them, scholars need to be increasingly informed of the nuanced or not-so-nuanced uses to which these measurement systems will be put. Narrow, restricted and opaque peer-based sources such as journal ranking lists are now being challenged by more transparent citation-based sources. Practical implications The issues addressed in this commentary offer a critical understanding of contemporary metrics and measurement in determining the quality of interdisciplinary accounting research. Scholars are urged to reflect upon the challenges they face in a rapidly moving context. Individuals are increasingly under pressure to seek out preferred publication outlets, developing and curating a personal citation profile. Yet such extrinsic outcomes may come at the cost of the core values that motivate the interdisciplinary scholar and research. Originality/value This paper provides a forward-looking focus on the critical role of academics in interdisciplinary accounting research.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iona Heath ◽  
Anna Stavdal ◽  
Johann Agust Sigurdsson

As doctors, we see every working day the pervasive effects of different forms of structural violence and discrimination that undermine the hopes and aspirations of those on the losing side. This leads to powerlessness, fear and anger. Anger is not only forward facing but also directed toward, systems, institutions, governments—rather than individuals. At its best it is a protest against the status quo. We point out that leadership is one of the core values of our professionalism. In the light of what we see and hear, we have a responsibility to use the anger that this engenders within us to speak truth to power: this speaking is leadership. Our message is: feel the fear and the anger, use it to change the world, and enfold leadership in hope and the pursuit of justice.


Author(s):  
Julia Putnam ◽  
Amanda Rosman ◽  
Marisol Teachworth

The James and Grace Lee Boggs School is a community-based public charter school on the east side of Detroit. It employs a placed-based model of learning, which is rooted in the local. This means that it stems from history, geography, community members, businesses, and the challenges and possibilities in the community. The core values of the school are: high levels of critical thought; creativity and learning; excellence in teaching; authentic and trusting relationships; community empowerment; and equity within both human relationships and the natural world. The core purpose is: to provide the tools to achieve ambitious goals and live lives of meaning, to nurture a sense of place and develop a commitment to a better Detroit, and to grow our souls by developing a connection with ourselves, each other, and the earth. This interview chapter is with Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman, and Marisol Teachworth: the three co-founders of the school. They were influenced by the philosophies of Grace and Jimmy Boggs and the school was born out of many conversations about the role of education in a city like Detroit.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-60
Author(s):  
Marije Hristova ◽  
Monika Żychlińska

Between 2012 and 2017, at the Ł-section of Warsaw’s Powązki Military Cemetery, or ‘Łączka’, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance exhumed a mass grave containing the remains of post-war anti-communist resistance fighters. Being referred to as the ‘cursed soldiers’, these fighters have become key figures in post-2015 Polish memory politics. In this article we focus on the role of the volunteers at these exhumations in the production of the ‘cursed soldiers’ memory. Following the idea of community archaeology as a civil society-building practice, the observed processes of sacralisation and militarisation show how the exhumations create a community of memory that promotes the core values of the currently governing national-conservative PiS party. We found that tropes related to forensic research and typically identified with cosmopolitan memory paradigms are used within a generally nationalist and antagonistic memory framework.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adel Ali Yassin Alzyoud ◽  
Habil Slade Ogalo

The present article aims to underline the role and importance of health and safety in the workplace particularly in the construction sector. The article is posed to shed light and hence, educate professionals working in the construction sector on one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. The paper outline outline how the sector operates, and the importance of health and safety of employees is in this sector. The paper outlines the various types of hazardous and the acts that could cause health and safety issues for the workers in the construction sector. Following to this, the paper outlines the significant role of human resource department and HR professionals in the sector in this regard. The paper provides an insightful information on some of the core aspects that personnel management professionals in this sector could work on to help avoid any unintended consequences.


Author(s):  
Iyad Muhammad Eid ◽  
Rohaiza Rokis

This paper addresses the perceptions and practices of doctorate candidates at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) toward its vision of devoting educational efforts for restoring the dynamic role of the Muslim Ummah in all fields of knowledge and intellectual discourse. It investigates to what extent they possess competent research skills and foster core values such as cooperation and trust. It utilizes the qualitative research approach, using thematic analysis of data collected by semi-structured interviews. The sample is composed of ten Ph.D candidates, coming from the Middle East and Asian countries who currently study at IIUM. They are all Muslims; four females and six males. Eight candidates are the international students and two are Malaysians. Purposive sampling was implemented to select the candidates who were still pursuing their Ph.D degree at the time of conducting the study. They all came from five different kulliyyah (faculties), with two from each kulliyyah. The study showed that the Ph.D candidates’ practices did not reflect the vision of IIUM. They lacked of competent research knowledge and skills as well as the core values represented by cooperation and mutual trust, which were clearly manifested in the IIUM’s vision. The implication of this current qualitative study may bring into the realization of the existing critical situation of the Muslim Ummah. The Maqasid al-Shariah may be seen as the practical formula for IIUM to restore the core educational system for Islamic revivalism and glory. Keywords: Doctorate Students (Ph.D), Research Knowledge and Skills, IIUM Vision, Cooperation, Mutual Trust, Maqasid al-Sharia. Abstrak Makalah ini membahas persepsi dan amalan calon pelajar kedoktoran di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) terhadap visinya untuk menumpukan usaha pendidikan bagi mengembalikan peranan dinamis umat Islam dalam semua bidang pengetahuan dan wacana intelektual. Ia mengkaji sejauh mana mereka mempunyai kemahiran penyelidikan dan keupayaan memupuk nilai-nilai teras seperti kerjasama dan kepercayaan. Makalah ini menggunakan pendekatan penyelidikan kualitatif, melalui analisis bertema dari data temu ramah separa berstruktur. Sampel terdiri daripada sepuluh calon Ph.D, yang berasal dari Timur Tengah dan negara Asia yang belajar di UIAM. Mereka semua beragama Islam; empat perempuan dan enam lelaki. Lapan calon merupakan pelajar antarabangsa dan dua daripadanya adalah pelajar Malaysia. Persampelan bertujuan untuk memilih calon yang masih dalam pengajian dalam peringkat Ph.D, ketika kajian dijalankan. Mereka semua berasal dari lima kulliyyah yang berbeza, di mana dua sampel dipilih dari kulliyyah yang sama. Kajian menunjukkan bahawa amalan calon Ph.D tidak mencerminkan visi UIAM. Adalah didapati bahawa mereka kurang mempunyai pengetahuan dan kemahiran penyelidikan yang kompeten serta kurang mepunyai nilai teras seperti kerjasama dan saling mempercayai. Implikasi kajian kualitatif ini dapat mewujudkan kesedaran keadaan kritikal umat Islam masakini. Maqasid al-Sharia mungkin merupakan formula praktikal yang boleh UIAM gunapakai untuk mengembalikan sistem pendidikan teras demi kebangkitan dan kegemilangan Islam. Kata kunci: Calon kedoktoran (Ph.D), Pengetahuan dan Kemahiran Penyelidikan, Visi UIAM, Kerjasama, Saling Mempercayai, Maqasid al-Sharia.


2002 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 283-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc J. Blecher

Workers' protests in the 1980s and 1990s, numerous and widely distributed though they may be, remain spasmodic, spontaneous and unco-ordinated. While the reasons are numerous, this article focuses on the role of workers' hegemonic acceptance of the core values of the market and the state. Data from interviews in Tianjin from 1995 to 1999 are used to explicate the existence of this hegemony. Several of its sources, some general, some specific to China, are then discussed. The findings are situated within recent scholarship on labour politics in China, and the prospects are discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Elisabeta Kafia ◽  
Silva Ibrahimi ◽  
Ervin Ibrahimi

Today, in the 21st century, an increasing number of children and youth are facing disorders, problems and challenges regarding the nature of learning, psycho-emotional, social behavior, and further on. Today, the educational system faces not only a number of students with difficulties, but also the multitude of severity and complexity of the difficulties themselves. To successfully cope with these difficulties, immediate needs have arisen to redefine the role of the teacher as a leader in the school both in terms of teaching and in the form of reforming the roles and services that day-to-day access to students, parents and the wider community. The focus of this article is to present a broader and supportive view of the teacher leadership and its psychological and social training towards qualitative changes and ever-increasing demand for education-based training as a significant pre-requisite for EU integration.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fauzi

Abstract:The role of pesantren education, since several centuries ago has contributed greatly to social reality. This view is inseparable from the role of pesantren as the last moral bastion of all models of Islamic education, even seen as the oldest Islamic education in Indonesia. From the sociological persperctive, the portrait of the presence of pesantren gave birth to the values of local wisdom as a subculture of pesantren which is believed to be the core belief and core values towards the implementation of Islamic education in the midst of intense liberalism and fundamentalism. Therefore, to provide a holistic understanding of this study, the author uses the social constructiontheory betweendialectics i.e., externalization, objectivation and internalization. According to the theoritical perspective, the process of creating the value system above is part of the externalization which is believed as objectivation by society as the internalized value systemwithin pesantren. Such value internalizationbecomes a social capital of pesantren to developa moderate-inclusive pesantren education, as a consequence of liberalism and fundamantalism. Because essentially, the dynamics of pesantren education is always in contact with the its surrounding social reality (historical determinism and practical realism) this view gives birth to two models of education namely; pesantren is seen as cultural enlightenment, and the dynamics of pesantren education can be influenced by social reality, including the birth of liberalism and fundamentalism which contributed to colour pesantren education portrait;more significantly pesantren education emphasized on the principle of togetherness (ijtima'iyyah), justice  and tolerance (tasamuh) to social liberation (taharrur). الملخص: الدور  تربية المعهد الاسلامي، منذ عدة قرون مضت إلى حد كبير في الواقع الاجتماعي، لا يمكن فصلها وجهة نظر من مشية الصعود كما معقل الأخلاقي الماضي من كافة طرازات التربية الإسلامية، حتى يعتبر أقدم التربية الإسلامية في إندونيسيا. اجتماعيًا، وجود المعهد الاسلامي توليد القيم الحكمة المحلية، وثقافة فرعية داخلية التي يعتقد أن تكون قيمة خط الأساس,  لتنفيذ خضم التربية الإسلامية المتنامية الليبرالية والأصولية. لذلك، لتوفير فهم شامل لهذا البحث، يستخدم الباحث نظرية البناء الاجتماعي بين الديالكتيك (الخارجية, الداخلية, والموضوعية)  في نظرية وعملية خلق القيمة في النظام المذكور أعلاه، وهي جزء من نظرة الخارجية يعتقد أن الموضوعية من قبل الجمهور كنظام معدل الاستيعاب في المعهد, قيم استيعاب أعلاه، رأس المال الاجتماعي لبناء تربية المعهد الاسلامي معتدلة شاملة لنتيجة الليبرالية,و في الوقعية، ارتباط بين تربية  معهد الإسلامية هي مع الواقع , الحتمية التاريخية مع الواقعية العملية. أعطى هذا الرأي ولادة إلى نموذجين، وهي التعليم؛ المعهدالاسلامي ينظر إليها على أنها التنوير الثقافية, والتعليمية من المعهد الإسلامي يمكن أن تتأثر بالواقع الاجتماعي، بما في ذلك ولادة الليبرالية والأصولية التي تأخذ تربية المعاهد الإسلامية, مزيد من التركيز بشكل كبير على مبادئ العمل الجماعي والعدالة والتسامح لتحرير  الاجتماعي. Abstrak: Peran pendidikan pesantren, sejak beberapa abad yang lalu telah memberikan kontribusi besar terhadap realitas sosial, pandangan tersebut tidak lepas dari kiprah pesantren sebagai benteng moral terakhir dari segala model pendidikan Islam, bahkan dipandang sebagai pendidikan Islam tertua di Indonesia. Secara sosiologis, potret kehadiran pesantren melahirkan nilai-nilai kearifan lokal (local wisdom) sebagai subkultur pesantren yang diyakini menjadi nilai dasar (core belief and core values) terhadap penyelenggaraan pendidikan Islam di tengah gencarnya liberalisme dan fundamentalisme. Karena itu, untuk memberikan pemahaman holistik terhadap kajian ini, penulis menggunakan teori (social construction) antara dialektika (ekternalisasi, objektivasi dan internalisasi). Dalam perspektif teori, proses terciptanya sistem nilai di atas merupakan bagian dari ekternalisasi diyakini sebagai objektivasi oleh masyarakat sebagai sistem nilai internalisasi dalam pesantren. Internalisasi nilai-nilai di atas menjadi modal sosial (social capital) pesantren untuk membangun pendidikan pesantren moderat-inklusif, sebagai dampak dari liberalime dan fundamantalisme. Karena pada hakikatnya, dinamisasi pendidikan pesantren selalu bersentuhan dengan realitas sosial yang mengitarinya antara (determinisme historis dengan realisme praktis). Pandangan ini melahirkan dua model pendidikan, yaitu pesantren dipandang sebagai pencerahan kultural, dan dinamika pendidikan pesantren dapat pengaruhi oleh realitas sosial, termasuk lahirnya liberalisme dan fundamentalisme yang turut ikut mewarnai potret pendidikan pesantren, secara signifikan pendidikan pesantren lebih menekankan pada prinsip kebersamaan (ijtima’iyyah), keadilan (adalah) dan toleransi (tasamuh) menuju pembebasan (taharrur) sosial.


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