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MORAL CHOICE OF CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 8 YEARS IN SITUATIONS WITH ETHNOCULTURAL CONTEXT: WHAT ARE THE MOTIVES?
Get PDFThe relevance of the presented research is due to the insufficient study of the motives underlying the moral choices made by preschool children in relation to the situations with ethnocultural context. The call to identify these motives and highlight their characteristics became the spring of decision for conducting the investigation. The purpose of the study is to identify, compare, and analyze the motives of the moral choice in children aged 6-8 in situations with ethnocultural context. The results of the study may enrich scientific ideas on the age-specific characteristics of the motives of moral choices made by preschoolers and on the possibilities of factoring the characteristics of these motives in moral upbringing and ethnocultural education. An analysis of the motives of the moral choice in 120 children aged 6-8 in situations with ethnocultural context was conducted by methods of comparison and grouping. The presence of differences in the motives for particular choices made by children aged 6-7 and 7-8 was determined using the non-parametric U Mann-Whitney criterion. The characteristics of the motives of children’s moral choices were revealed by the methods of analysis and generalization. Within the framework of research, the data was obtained on the types of motives for the moral choice in situations with an ethnocultural context in children aged 6-8, as well as on the differences in these motives at the ages 6-7 and 7-8. The features of these motives peculiar to 6–8-year-old children in general, and for each of the groups of children of 6–7 and 7–8 in particular, have been identified and described. The results of the study can serve the basis for the pedagogical regulations project development in the field of the moral choice of children based on the characteristics of this choice
PRONÓSTICO DEL CAMBIO DE DESTINO Y LA PARTICIPACIÓN DE MERCADO ENTRE LOS PRINCIPALES DESTINOS TURÍSTICOS A NIVEL MUNDIAL MEDIANTE CADENAS DE MARKOV
Get PDFEl mercado del turismo internacional es muy competitivo. En este documento, presentamos un pronóstico de la cuota de mercado y el número de turistas que visitan algunos de los principales destinos turísticos: China, España, EE.UU., Francia, Italia y México. Utilizamos los datos del número de llegadas internacionales para cada uno de estos países y, mediante el uso de las cadenas de Markov, desarrollamos tres modelos que estiman la probabilidad de que un turista visite uno de estos destinos con base a los datos de 2016 a 2017. Nuestros resultados muestran que, a largo plazo, China captará la mayor cuota de mercado, seguida de Francia, México, EE.UU., España e Italia
EL IMPACTO DE GÉNERO DE LA COVID-19 EN EL TURISMO
Get PDFLa COVID-19 es una de las peores crisis que ha tenido que afrontar el turismo. Sus consecuencias son realmente negativas para el sector, sobre todo en cuanto a la destrucción del empleo. La igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las mujeres deben estar en el centro del análisis de esta crisis, principalmente porque la fuerza laboral turística está constituida en su gran mayoría por mujeres. Ahora más que nunca se requiere de un análisis turístico consciente de los derechos de las mujeres y de las cuestiones de género en el marco del empleo turístico
ANALYSIS BASED ON THE INDUSTRY OF THE HOTEL SECTOR IN MEXICO: POSADAS CASE
Get PDFThe objective of this brief general market analysis is to determine with the VRIO framework how the Posadas group has managed to maintain itself in the Mexican lodging market. The aim is to understand how in the current panorama of tourism are the main challenges of the Posadas group. The main question that generated this analysis was: Is Grupo Posadas the current leader in the hospitality sector in Mexico? The hypothesis is that the strategies implemented by Grupo Posadas have allowed it to remain in the lodging sector; however, the current elements are not strong enough to be the market leader. So combining the analysis elements of the market and the VRIO, results were obtained that pointed to Posadas shares the leadership with IHG Hotels which begins to generate a more marked oligopolistic competition in the field of tourism
INTERPRETATION OF THE SUBJECT OF THE PASTURAL POEM IN THE TAPESTRY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION
Get PDFThe European tapestry of XI-XVII that have survived to our time are integral attributes of the interiors of that time. The combination of functionality and symbolic value provided tapestry an important place among the monuments of material culture. Living conditions that changed in the 18th century, the changes in the requirements for interiors and visual range content, led to the end of tapestry fashion lasted for several centuries. The methodological basis for the study of tapestry history and technology was the work of the Russian expert in decorative and applied art N.Yu. Biryukova, the Hungarian authors - L. Emoke, K. Kiado. Tapestry is regarded as the symbiosis of two masters - the artist of the cardboard and the weaver. A brief overview of the European tapestry plot is given, beginning with the German rugs of the XIIth century and ending with the XVIIIth, when the creative approach of the master weaver is more and more controlled by the cardboard artist. The article defines the plot depicted on the 17th century tapestry, which belongs to the private museum of the International Institute of Antiques in Kazan (Russia). On this tapestry, the images are interpreted as the scenes from the pastoral novel Honore d'Urfe (1568 - 1625) "Astrea". The novel is a vivid example of precision literature. The tapestry illustrates several scenes from the novel
UNREGISTERED MARRIED TYPOLOGY IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA
Get PDFAn unregistered marriage considered legitimate by sharia actually raises many problems which impact on the disadvantage for women. Therefore, the researchers conducted a study on unregistered marriage in the perspective of East Java ulama with a qualitative approach. In this study, marriage typology followed Weber's idea which distinguishes between four major types of social action: Zwerck rational (instrumentally rational), Wert rational (value-oriented rational), affective (affection) action, and traditional action. The informants were chosen purposively from 7 districts/municipalities of East Java consisting of Kyai of Pondok Pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) and officials of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. The findings obtained in this study are (1) the factors behind the unregistered marriages (2) East Java ulama’s perspective, and (3) the patterns of unregistered marriage in nine social action-oriented typologies
RUSSIAN CORPORATE MEDIA ON THE INTERNET: TRANSFORMATION OF THE METHODS OF WORK WITH THE AUDIENCE
Get PDFThe article describes the practice of exploration the Internet space by Russian corporate media, and transformation the methods of working with the audience. The corporate media of six organizations, representing different types of activities (education, industry, car sales), in two Russian regions (the Republic of Tatarstan and the Samara region) were investigated. Through the example of these sources, the authors of the article have revealed, that their editors try to use the Internet space, focusing on the technological component of reporting the information about the organization to each person – by creation and maintaining the official website of the organization, groups on social networks, virtual communication in messengers. Web services, aimed at working with the audience, in order to maximize the presentation of the enterprise in a modern multimedia format, were given for comparison. Using the methods of contensive and structural analysis of the resource base of studied corporate media, the authors of the article have found that each media has its own network communication platforms, but they have different methods for attraction and holding the audience’s attention. Also, the transformation of the functions of modern corporate media was revealed. Now, the most important functions are the following: management, informative, image-building, ideological, advertising and reference functions. Using the expert survey of corporate media editors, thirteen types of attraction and holding the audience’s attention on various electronic resources of organizations were identified. In addition, it was defined the presence/absence of each of them for every type of media. The main conclusion is the following: currently, there is a transformation of the functions of corporate media, which, in order to be closer to the audience and increase its number, should regularly apply the techniques, typical for mass media, with the purpose to attract and hold the attention of the audience
RUSSIAN FEDERAL CENTER AND REPUBLIC TATARSTAN: SOME ASPECTS OF RELATIONS
Get PDFThe article deals with some problems that have arisen in the relationship between the Federal center and the Republic of Tatarstan, their background. They relate to the national statehood of the Tatars, the situation with the Tatar language and national education. This is the problem associated with the denial of the sovereignty of the Republic, which means the emasculation of national statehood, as a state without sovereignty does not happen. Other problems in the relationship between the Russian center and the Republic of Tatarstan are disagreements over the conclusion of a separate agreement between the authorities of both levels and the preservation of the name "President" in the designation of the head of the Republic. Especially strongly affects the national consciousness and even the fate of the Tatar nation, the state of the Tatar language and its study in the education system: the Russian authorities have banned the translation of the Tatar language graphics from Cyrillic to Latin, the exclusion of the national-regional component from the Federal educational standard, the excessive centralization of educational policy, the lack of a Federal standard for the study of the state languages of the republics. The political elite of Tatarstan is not able to resist the pressure from the Federal center and is forced to surrender one position after another, showing external loyalty
COMMUNITY-BASED ECOTOURISM (CBE) DEVELOPMENT IN LOWER KINABATANGAN OF SABAH, MALAYSIAN BORNEO
Get PDFEcotourism related activities such as river boating, wild life viewing, jungle trekking, fire fly watching, trees planting and homestay programme have been introduced in Abai Village, Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah since 2005. Majority of the local communities are willing to participate in ecotourism activities because they believe ecotourism and homestay programmes can provide extra income for their livelihoods. Even though local communities at Abai are willing to participate in ecotourism activities, there are a few challenges faced by them in order to gain real benefits from ecotourism development. Within the context of Special Interest Tourism (SIT), this study was conducted in September until November 2014 to observe local participation in ecotourism activities. In-depth interviews were conducted with various participants such as homestay operators, forest restoration participants, head village and management of Community Abai Project (CAP). The findings have revealed that the local people manage ecotourism activities in Abai such as the Habitat Forest Restoration Project and Homestay Programme. Although the local community supports the ecotourism activities in Abai, they still encounter challenges such as (1) lack of capital resources, (2) out migration of youths, (3) lack of public facilities, (4) leadership, local capacity and communication issues, and (5) threats to wild life animals causes the local participation in ecotourism development to be uncertain
MUSLIM THEMES AND KORAN STORIES IN THE WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF TATARSTAN THE 1990'S - 2000'S.
Get PDFThe process of the most complete development and creative rethinking of various layers of the artistic heritage and ethnic culture of the region as a whole proceeds in Tatar art in the 1990-2000s. National-patriotic enthusiasm, the Turkic idea in the minds of the people and the religious factor predetermined the features and development trends of the Tatar fine art of this period. Along with the expansion of the thematic spectrum and the stylistic variety of secular (easel and monumental), there is a revival of Islamic sacred art. The process of the formation of a new national paradigm and the “Muslim renaissance”, which has long been the subject of special sociological, religious studies, and cultural studies in Tatarstan, has led to the revival of such traditional forms and genres of Muslim art as calligraphy, shamail, and ceramics. In the works of modern masters of Tatarstan, a variety of Muslim plots and legends take on a role, reflecting which painters are a great example of the interpretation of Muslim culture, the figurative heritage of the Tatar people from the standpoint of modern art standards and universally recognized standards, which gives the region’s fine art a special individuality and originality.This article discusses the reflection of Muslim motifs and Quranic images in the works of modern artists of Tatarstan from the standpoint of art criticism and philosophical reflection