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Teorija i praksa rada s mladima: prilog razumijevanju rada s mladima u hrvatskom kontekstu
No full textNamjera je ovog teksta da bude prilog razumijevanju jednog dijela politika za mlade, odnosno identificiranje i analiziranje rada s mladima – karakterističnog oblika interakcije mladih i profesionalaca usmjerenog na razvoj osobnih i socijalnih kompetencija mladih osoba, kao jednog segmenta doprinosa rješavanju nekih od aktualnih socijetalnih problema. Rad s mladima, u svojoj biti, ima transformativni karakter te kao takav, ako se provodi na kvalitetan i primjeren način, može potaknuti društvenu promjenu iniciranu od strane jedne društvene skupine. Upravo iz tog razloga, prkoseći Baizermanovoj tvrdnji da je on „umijeće koje je moguće vidjeti, ali ne i opisati i analizirati“ (1996), vjerujemo da je neophodno i moguće razumjeti karakteristike, metodologiju, prednosti i nedostatke rada s mladima, ali i specifičan kontekst u kojem se on odvija. Rad s mladima tako treba sagledati u odnosu na cjelokupnu politiku za mlade, uzimajući u obzir aktere i institucionalni okvir, ali potrebno je ponuditi i praktične savjete koji će olakšati provođenje ove djelatnosti svima onima koji rade s mladima, a žele se usavršiti u radu s njima
Demokratski potencijali mladih u Hrvatskoj
No full textPolazeći od dosadašnjih znanstvenih spoznaja o suvremenom hrvatskom društvu i mladima kao njegovu integralnom dijelu, Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu i Centar za demokraciju i pravo Miko Tripalo zajednički su organizirali znanstveni skup Demokratski potencijali mladih u Hrvatskoj koji je održan 23. listopada 2014. godine u Rektoratu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Suradnja u organizaciji tog skupa zasniva se na trajnoj znanstvenoistraživačkoj orijentaciji Instituta i stručnom djelovanju Centra u posljednjih desetak godina usmjerenim na propitivanje uvjeta ekonomskog, socijalnog, kulturnog i političkog razvoja Hrvatske u suvremenom europskom i globalnom okruženju. Znanstveni skup je koncipiran kao propitivanje nekih fenomena i područja u kojima se mogu prepoznati doprinosi i/ili ograničenja u razvoju demokratskih potencijala mladih od strane domaćih znanstvenika koji se primarno ili jednim dijelom svoga rada bave izučavanjem mladih i različitih dimenzija njihova svakodnevnoga života. Ovaj zbornik sadrži 11 priloga proizašlih iz izlaganja održanih na znanstvenom skupu
Koji srednjoškolci namjeravaju studirati?: pristup visokom obrazovanju i odabir studija
No full textKnjiga Koji srednjoškolci namjeravaju studirati? – pristup visokom obrazovanju i odabir studija nastala je u okviru projekta Socijalni identiteti, pristup visokom obrazovanju i odabir studija koji je financirala Hrvatska zaklada za znanost. Osnovna je namjera knjige prikazati rezultate empirijskog istraživanja društvenih, institucijskih i individualnih aspekata odluke srednjoškolaca u Hrvatskoj o nastavku obrazovanja na visokoškolskoj razini i odabiru studija. U knjizi su predstavljeni oni rezultati istraživanja koji su se pokazali relevantnim za objašnjenje uloge društvenih, institucijskih i individualnih faktora u donošenju odluke o nastavku školovanja i odabiru studija. Istraživanje je imalo i praktični cilj – da identificiranjem barijera za nastavak obrazovanja na visokoškolskoj razini pruži javnim obrazovnim politikama analitičku osnovu za donošenje odluka i mjera u cilju smanjivanja društvenih i rodnih nejednakosti u visokom obrazovanju
Researching private supplementary tutoring: methodological lessons from diverse cultures
No full textPrivate supplementary tutoring, widely known as shadow education because of the way that it mimics mainstream schooling, has greatly expanded worldwide. It consumes considerable family resources, provides employment for tutors, occupies the time of students, and has a backwash on regular schools.
Although such tutoring has become a major industry and a daily activity for students, tutors and families, the research literature has been slow to catch up with the phenomenon. The topic is in some respects difficult to research, precisely because it is shadowy. Contours are indistinct, and the actors may hesitate to share their experiences and perspectives.
Presenting methodological lessons from diverse cultures, the book contains chapters from both high-income and low-income settings in Asia, Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East. Sepa-rately and together, the chapters present valuable insights into the design and conduct of re-search. The book will assist both consumers and producers of research. Consumers will become better judges of the strengths, weaknesses and orientations of literature on the theme; and pro-ducers will gain insights for design of instruments, collection of data, and interpretation of findings
Religion
No full textReligion in the modern (post)-industrial societies is still a significant social fact that in many ways connects everyday social, political and economic activities. Area of South-east Europe (SEE), or more precisely countries like Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Romania, from the perspective of sciences that are exploring religion/religiosity are heuristically abundant. Source of misconceptions and misunderstandings of the “religious factor” in SEE largely stems from a lack of understanding of the fact that by no means is South-east Europe a homogeneous space. Exploration of these countries constantly refers to a fact that no convergence concerning religion can be observed for all of the mentioned countries, particularly if taken into account the fact that among those countries are those with high level of secularisation, for instance Slovenia, or those with high level of religiosity, for instance Croatia or Romania. Two research goals are set in this paper. The first one refers to the overall religious landscape in SEE countries. In this section the distribution of various elements of personal religiosity, on aggregate level, is presented for the purpose of understanding religious profile of SEE countries. Since religiosity is a multidimensional construct, several measurements of religiosity are chosen: indicator of religious self-assessment , indicator of belonging to a religious community, frequency of attendance at religious services as an indicator of religious practice, indicators of religious beliefs (traditional and alternative), indicator of importance of God in one´s own life, and indicator of religion as a source of comfort and strength. Beside insight into religiosity, religion` s role is explored from the perspective of social expectations. Since religion can be enrolled in various fields in public sphere, for the purpose of the analysis of religion` role in SEE, three main dimensions of public sphere have been operationalized: general social role of religion, socio-cultural role of religion and socio-political role
Socijalni status hrvatskih studenata
Get PDFPromjene u socijalnom porijeklu studenata u promatranom jedanaestogodišnjem razdoblju dogodile su se u smjeru izrazito povećanih šansi za upis na fakultete djece visokoobrazovanih roditelja i značajno smanjenih šansi potomaka niže obrazovanih roditelja. Konkretnije, 2010. godine riječ je o devet puta više djece visokoobrazovanih očeva i sedam puta više djece visokoobrazovanih majki nego što je to slučaj sa studentima niže obrazovanih roditelja. Za razliku od toga, 1999.godine su šanse za upis na fakultet djece niže i više obrazovanih roditelja bile podjednake. Štoviše, ustanovljeno je da je 2010. godine čak 62% studenata dolazilo iz obitelji u kojima su oba ili bar jedan od roditelja akademski obrazovani. Naznačene tendencije su jasni pokazatelj socijalne reprodukcije viših slojeva hrvatskog stanovništva uz smanjivanje mogućnosti za socijalnu mobilnost djece niže obrazovanih roditelja, ali istodobno ukazuju i na porast viših stupnjeva obrazovanja u generaciji roditelja današnjih studenata. Ujedno se može konstatirati kako ukupni rezultati pokazuju da je većina hrvatskih studenata privilegiranoga socijalnog porijekla
Lokalni identitet i socijalna kohezija u pograničnom području Hrvatskog zagorja
Get PDFEvolucijom teorije države, teritorija i granice iz modernog poimanja u
postmoderno, u smislu erozije suvereniteta, deteritorijalizacije i globalizacije,
pojavljuje se pojam pograničnih područja (
borderlands
). Taj se pojam odnosi na
pogranične regije unutar više država i njihovu međusobnu suradnju. Često je na
takav način u literaturi posebno naglašen prostorni koncept granice. Postojanje
lokalnog identiteta i njegovo rangiranje, ukoliko je članovima zajednice primjerice
važniji od nacionalnog, nerijetko može proizvesti društvene strukture koje su
različite od dominantnih u tom društvu, što pak može imati za posljedicu različite
gospodarske, gravitacijske pa i političke orijentacije te zajednice. Upravo zato su
pogranične zajednice specifične. Tijekom povijesti gradile su posebne društvene
odnose s državom s kojom graniče i stvarale tradiciju koja se danas često ne
podudara s nacionalnom percepcijom o toj državi. Ideja ovog rada je postaviti
okvir za istraživanje najvažnijih odrednica lokalnog identiteta, dovesti ga u vezu
s društvenom kohezijom i povezati ga sa sociopolitičkim odnosima konkretne
zajednice na području Hrvatskog zagorja.
S obzirom da je promjena koncepta geopolitičkog pojma granice u
postmodernom svijetu nastupila u okviru trokuta odnosa prostor – moć –
stanovništvo, jedino je interdisciplinarnim istraživanjem moguće istražiti ovaj
fenomen u njegovu ukupnom obujmu. Ovaj rad analizira mogućnosti i modalitete
istraživanja društvenih identiteta i istražuje socijalnu koheziju u pograničnom
dijelu Hrvatskog zagorja, s hrvatske strane hrvatsko-slovenske granice.
Kombinacijom kvalitativnih i kvantitativnih istraživačkih metoda, u radu će biti
argumentirano kako istraživano geografsko područje posjeduje socijalnu koheziju
i razinu identiteta koja ga čini pograničnom zajednicom. (IN ENGLISH: The evolution of modern concepts of the state based on territory and
borders into postmodern theories centring on the erosion of sovereignty, de-
territorialisation and globalization has produced the concept of “borderlands”.
The concept refers to border regions between states and their cooperation. In
academic literature, the emphasis is often on the spatial concept of borders. Local
identities and how they are ranked by the members of those communities in
comparison with national identities frequently lead to the production of social
structures that differ from those dominant in the society. They can even lead to
different economic tendencies and political orientations within that community.
This is precisely why borderland communities are specific. In the course of history
they have built particular social relations with the states on whose borders they are situated and have created traditions that often no longer coincide with the
state’s national perception of itself today. The aim of this article is to set a frame
for the investigation of the most prominent elements of local identity, connect
them with the question of social cohesion and with the socio-political relations of
a specific community in the region of Croatian Zagorje. Taking into account the
postmodern shift in the concept of the geopolitical idea of borders into a triangle
of relations: space – power – population, the sole way to study this phenomenon
in its entire scope is through an interdisciplinary approach. The study analyses
the prospects and methods of exploring social identities and investigates social
cohesion in the borderland area of Croatian Zagorje from the Croatian side of
the Croatian-Slovenian border. By drawing on a combination of quantitative and
qualitative research methods, the article intends to show how social cohesion and
various levels of identity characterize the studied geographical area as a borderland
community.
Gender stereotypes of personality: universal and accurate?
No full textNumerous studies have documented subtle but consistent sex differences in self-reports and observer-ratings of five-factor personality traits, and such effects were found to show well-defined developmental trajectories and remarkable similarity across nations. In contrast, very little is known about perceived gender differences in five-factor traits in spite of their potential implications for gender biases at the interpersonal and societal level. In particular, it is not clear how perceived gender differences in five-factor personality vary across age groups and national contexts and to what extent they accurately reflect assessed sex differences in personality. To address these questions, we analyzed responses from 3,323 individuals across 26 nations (mean age = 22.3 years, 31% male) who were asked to rate the five-factor personality traits of typical men or women in three age groups (adolescent, adult, and older adult) in their respective nations. Raters perceived women as slightly higher in openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness as well as some aspects of extraversion and neuroticism. Perceived gender differences were fairly consistent across nations and target age groups and mapped closely onto assessed sex differences in self- and observer-rated personality. Associations between the average size of perceived gender differences and national variations in sociodemographic characteristics, value systems, or gender equality did not reach statistical significance. Findings contribute to our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of gender stereotypes of personality and suggest that perceptions of actual sex differences may play a more important role than culturally based gender roles and socialization processes
Sustainability on the semi-periphery: an impossible topic in a non-existent place
Get PDFThe article surveys the material and social developmental constraints in the 21st century, with special emphasis on the development attainment and environmental impact of the countries of European semi-periphery. We survey the common global constraints on development practices, and position a selection of European countries by their development and environmental impact indices. The article provides a common framing for further theoretical and empirical contributions in the edited volume