scholarly journals Trust is knowing that... The subjective meanings and senses of experience-based foundations of trust of students with intellectual disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Żółkowska ◽  
Karolina Kaliszewska
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Students With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Subjective Meanings ◽  
Everyday Knowledge

Trust refers to daily life facilitating factors, to social integration, to a sense of security or quality of life. So far, there have been no studies analysing the trust of students with intellectual disabilities. The analysis of trust of young persons with intellectual disabilities was not attempted. Therefore, a question was formulated: what meanings and senses do students with these disabilities assign to their experiences of the foundations of trust? The study features qualitative research interviews (in-depth and non-structured). The theoretical and empirical assumptions apply the interpretive/constructivist paradigm and phenomenological-hermeneutic perspective based on Alfred Schütz’s social theory. The empirical material was obtained based on 11 interviews conducted with students with mild intellectual disabilities of 6th – 8th grades of special needs comprehensive school. The basis for trust is everyday knowledge manifested in: the knowledge about the essence of trust, knowledge of the study’s participants – their skills and capabilities, the cause that leads to a specific result. Knowledge as the foundation of trust is common and non-reflective, but also authentic and dynamic, revealing ways of coping with everyday life. The meanings and senses assigned to objects, humans and relationships are not a direct representation of the social world, but they constitute in fact the way of life of the subjects.

Communication in social networks of St. Petersburg as a means of adaptation of ethnocultural communities

Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 38-55
Author(s):  
Rivaa Mukhammad Salem Alsalibi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Development Prospects

The subject of this research is the specifics, forms and functions of interaction in social media groups between the representatives of ethnic communities. The goal consists in determination of the role of social networks in adaptation of ethnocultural communities of St. Petersburg. The research is based on the polling technique for acquisition of information on the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral state of a person. The survey was conducted via distribution of questionnaires among the representatives of ethnic groups. The article also employs the method of systematic scientific observation over the social media groups, topic raised therein, as well as reading and analysis of the comments. The scientific novelty of this work consists in outlining of the nature, trends and development prospects of cross-cultural communications as the channel for ethnocultural interaction.  The main conclusions, which touch upon users from various ethnic communities who do not have enough experience in organization of activity of social media groups, demonstrate that it causes the loss of the sense of security, accumulation of prejudices and escalation of interethnic conflicts, as well as preference of the with restricted access, which contributes to lock down of the group and impedes adaptation in the accepting society. Stabilization of situation can be achieved by improvement of the quality of content posted in the social media, as well as level of their administration.

On the Use of Speech Technologies to Achieve Inclusive Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities

2013 ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Ana Pérez Pérez ◽  
Zoraida Callejas Carrión ◽  
Ramón López-Cózar Delgado ◽  
David Griol Barres
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
The Social ◽  
Educational Integration ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Speech And Language Disorders

New technologies have demonstrated a great potential to improve the social, labour, and educational integration of people with special needs. That is why there is a special interest of academia and industry to develop tools to assist this people, improving their autonomy and quality of life. Usually, intellectual disabilities are linked with speech and language disorders. In this chapter, the authors present a review on the efforts directed towards designing and developing speech technologies adapted to people with intellectual disabilities. Also, they describe the work they have conducted to study how to gather speech resources, which can be used to build speech-based systems that help them to communicate more effectively.

scholarly journals The Indicators of the Soils and Their Importance upon the Entomologic Fauna in the

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iuliana ANTONIE ◽  
Petronela PAVEL ◽  
Maria TÄ‚NASE ◽  
Camelia SAND
Keyword(s):  
Entire Range ◽  
Locusta Migratoria ◽  
Main Field ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Chemical Indicators ◽  
The Social ◽  
Field Culture ◽  
Economical Development ◽  
Favorable Conditions

The concept of quality of the soil takes within its content the entire range of the necessary factors for the development of the plants. This proves that the soil represents a complex in an everlasting interpenetration. In this respect there exists the interest and the obligation as well of offering the soil favorable conditions in order to give it properties that can afford, as a feed-back to assure the social and economical development of the community. The observations and the collecting of samples were done during March - April 2012. There were analyzed the physical indicators as the granulometry and the chemical indicators: pH, the content of nutritive elements (pH, N, K,) and the organic carbon and humus. Among the biologic indicators the attention was focused to the agricultural entomologic fauna, the diversity of species and the vigor of plants. There was emphasized the content of heavy metals in Axente Sever-Copșa Mică area, knowing that these have serious implications upon the vegetation, animals and humans. The object of our research is the corn culture because this represents the main field culture in Romania, with surfaces all over the country, including the Sibiu County. In the corn field in Axente Sever - Copșa Mică there were identified 2 species of pest with a significant economical importance: Tanymecus dilaticollis (corn weevil) and Locusta migratoria , species that cause great damages in production and even compromising the culture. The obtained results from the chemical and agricultural chemical analysis make the object of the present work.

scholarly journals Social aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the education system

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 03006
Author(s):  
I.Sh. Mukhametzyanov
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Digital Development

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the life of modern society forever. Not only the economy has changed, but also the person himself and his way of life, his communications. The education system and its role in society have also changed. Analysis of public reviews of recent years, as well as national and international programs aimed at compensation of the social consequences of distance learning. The existing stratification of society is changing from an economic to a digital paradigm because of the pandemic and it is impossible to overcome it within the framework of only separate education system. But the simultaneous digital development of the largest possible group of people – students and their parents, their upbringing and development are only possible within the framework of this system. All the social consequences of distance learning during the 2020 pandemic can best be understood in retrospect. There is no doubt that the decline in the quality of education will lead to significant difficulties in offsetting it. Now we can note a significant increase in the inequality among the population in the new area, the area of access to digital technologies and the digital state.

scholarly journals THE EXPERIENCE OF INFERTILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN UNDERGOING THE IVF PROCESS – A STUDY IN SERBIA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Opsenica Kostic ◽  
◽  
Milica Mitrovic ◽  
Damjana Panic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Subscale ◽  
The Impact

"Studies have shown that women facing infertility and undergoing the IVF process generally belong to the mentally healthy group of the population. However, their stress level and emotional reactions vary significantly. Besides, there are women who report higher anxiety and/or depression levels up to six months after an (unsuccessful) IVF process. The aim of this study is to determine the perception of the infertility experience and the functioning of domains particularly affected by overcoming infertility through IVF. Fourteen women were excluded from the study sample due to their secondary infertility: 9 women had already had a child conceived though IVF and 5 had conceived naturally – these respondents have a successful experience of overcoming infertility, as they do not face the possibility of remaining involuntarily childless. The final sample was comprised of 149 women, 23 to 45 years of age (M=35,50, SD=4,48). For 83,9% of the women, the ongoing IVF procedure was the first (38,3), the second (25,5) or the third (20,1) attempt, while the rest of respondents were going though IVF for the fourth to the eighth time. Infertility is considered the worst experience of their life by 67,8% of the respondents. 95,3% of the respondents in the study want psychological counseling, which is not an integral part of the IVF process in Serbia and thus not covered by the national health insurance. The “Fertility quality of Life” (FertiQoL; Boivin, Takefman and Braverman, 2011) Questionnaire was used for the assessment of quality of life. A one sample t-test shows statistically significant differences in experiencing difficulties in the observed domains. The respondents have the lowest scores on the Emotional subscale, meaning that the most pronounced feature is the impact of negative emotions (e.g., jealousy and resentment, sadness, depression) on quality of life. The score on the Social subscale is highest, which means that social interactions have not significantly been affected by fertility problems. In conclusion, the infertility experience is highly stressful for a significant number of women and they are in need of psychological support, especially for overcoming negative emotions. This can be done by defining a new way of life filled with contentment, one that is in accordance with their value systems, despite their experience of infertility."

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