This study attempts to reject the stereotype that competition is not a
desired personal characteristic and a specific motivational factor. We have
investigated and revealed positive dimensions and ...statistically significant
correlations between the self-concept and motivation to learn. The new model
of self-concept, based on different kinds of competition and motivation to
learn, has been postulated. Some arguments have been provided to assume that
this model differs from culture to culture. For this reason, the participants
from three countries took part in the study. Countries were chosen on the
basis of political and cultural indicators in Eastern/Southern versus
Western/Southern European characteristics: Slovenia, Serbia and Spain. The
study comprised of 225 Slovenian, 99 Serbian and 140 Spanish participants.
There are two particular goals of the research. The first is to find out
whether there are any differences in self-concept, motivation to learn and
competition among participants from different countries. According to the
second goal, the investigation of the correlations between self-concept,
motivation to learn and competition within each national group is underlined.
Some quantitative methods of social sciences have been used to achieve these
goals. We found out that the cultural indicator has a significant impact on
self-concept, motivation to learn and competition. Further to this, we argue
that the ?Southern? disposition predominates over Eastern as well as Western
dimensions, which means that Slovenians are among the more competitive
participants.
U ovom radu pokusavamo da odbacimo stereotip da kompetitivnost nije pozeljna
licna osobina i specifican motivacioni faktor. Istrazivali smo i otkrili
pozitivne dimenzije i statisticki znacajne korelacije izmedju pojma o sebi i
motivacije za ucenje. Postulira se novi model pojma o sebi, zasnovan na
razlicitim vrstama kompetitivnosti i motivacije za ucenje. Navode se
argumenti u prilog cinjenici da se ovaj model razlikuje od kulture do
kulture. To je razlog sto su u istrazivanju ucestvovali studenti iz tri
drzave. Drzave su odabrane na osnovu politickih i kulturnih indikatora u
istocnim/juznim naspram zapadnim/juznim evropskim karakteristikama:
Slovenija, Srbija i Spanija. Istrazivanje je obuhvatilo 225 ucesnika iz
Slovenije, 99 iz Srbije i 140 iz Spanije. Postoje dva cilja istrazivanja.
Prvi cilj je da se otkrije da li postoje razlike u pojmu o sebi, motivaciji
za ucenje i kompetitivnosti medju ucesnicima iz razlicitih zemalja. U skladu
sa drugim ciljem, naglasava se istrazivanje korelacija izmedju pojma o sebi,
motivacije za ucenje i kompetitivnosti u okviru svake nacionalne grupe. Za
postizanje ovih ciljeva, koriscene su kvantitativne metode iz drustvenih
nauka. Ustanovili smo da kulturni indikator ima vazan uticaj na pojam o sebi,
motivaciju za ucenje i kompetitivnost. Dodatno, tvrdi se da ?juznjacka?
dispozicija preovladjuje nad istocnom kao i zapadnom dimenzijom, sto znaci da
su Slovenci medju kompetitivnijim ucesnicima.
Research to date into the political culture of Slovenia has shown that traditional patterns of political action dominate, and that the norms of political culture are still mainly objectively ...determined. Continuing to retain such traditional forms of social and political action and communication, which strongly influence the social and political decision-making process, can crucially influence the most important political decisions that will need to be taken on the national level. The results of the three dimensions of political culture (subjective, social and objective) show that social complexity has been increasing rapidly, particularly during the transition period. This contributes to the on-going increase of instability in the political system and, as such, represents an objective obstacle to its consolidation and democratisation. The specific role and importance of subjective factors of political culture could only increase on the basis of the consolidation of the political system. Finally, some significant features of rationalisation and modernisation of the political system, which have been revealed in my analysis, could be developed even more if they were not obstructed by the existing competitive pattern of conflict resolution, the increasing role of social and political violence, the antagonism between the interests of capital and the interests of labour, the very low legitimacy of democracy, and inexperienced and insufficiently active voters. To date, there have not been sufficient indications of an independent and autonomous political public in Slovenia. Adapted from the source document.
When we speak of education, we usually think about international activities, which try to develop the abilities (competences) of an individual, which then lead to the some kind of social action. This ...starting point has the foundation in the following results of researching the problem of education. The notion of education as a social activity is founded on the premises, which have come about from the social-historical circumstances and from the theoretical reflection about the human being as a social entity as well as from the theory of social change. The need to clarify the notion of education and what could be expected from education comes from taking a second look at how the relationship between human beings and society can be conceptualised. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
When we speak of education, we usually think about international activities, which try to develop the abilities (competences) of an individual, which then lead to the some kind of social action. This ...starting point has the foundation in the following results of researching the problem of education. The notion of education as a social activity is founded on the premises, which have come about from the social-historical circumstances and from the theoretical reflection about the human being as a social entity as well as from the theory of social change. The need to clarify the notion of education and what could be expected from education comes from taking a second look at how the relationship between human beings and society can be conceptualised. Adapted from the source document.
The article is dealing with the critics of the framework of the programme of social & economics reforms which has proposed by Slovene government in year 2005. Critical analysis revealed a series of ...inconsistencies, contradictories, & disagreements in the text of the proposal of reforms. The article is especially referred to the question of the quality of the reform proposal & the question of political democracy & political culture in Slovenia. Author reveal a lot of corrections between reform proposal & the condition of political culture in Slovenia claiming, that political culture in Slovenia is fragmentary & so is divided on several subcultures. Author finds important correlation between reform proposal division of political culture on mass & elite one, from where proceeds the conclusion that Slovenian electoral body in specific social & historical circumstances could decided for dictatorship or democracy. Reforms of economic & political system in Slovenia are urgent, however not that kind as presented by Slovenian government. References. Adapted from the source document.
Among the various studies on cross-cultural aspects of self-concept there is a huge lack on relation of self-concept to competition. In our study, we try to reject a stereotype, that competition is ...not a desired personal characteristic. The principal hypothesis is, therefore, that if competition is investigated in a context of self-concept, positive dimensions as well as correlations with self-concept areas can appear. As a consequence, a new model of self-concept, based on different kinds of competition, could be postulated. It could also be assumed that this model might differ from culture to culture. There were, accordingly, participants from three countries taking part in the study. Countries were chosen on the basis of political and cultural indicators in Eastern/Southern versus Western/Southern European transitions: Slovenia, Serbia and Spain. There are two particular aims to the research. The first one is to find out if there are any differences in self-concept and competition among participants from different countries. In accordance with the second aim, the investigation of the correlations between self-concept and competition within each national cultural group is underlined. The study comprised 169 Slovene, 99 Serbian and 140 Spanish participants. We found that the cultural indicator has a significant impact on self-concept and competition. What is more, it could be assumed that "Southern" disposition predominates over Eastern as well as Western dimensions, which means that Slovenes could be among the more competitive participants, but have lower self-concept areas than their Southern peers. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
The results of all three dimensions of political culture (subjective, social & objective) show that social complexity, especially in the transitional period, is increasing rapidly. This contributes ...to the advancing increase of the instability of the political system & as such represents as objective obstacle for its consolidation & democratization. The specific role & the importance of subjective factors of political culture could increase only on the basis of consolidation of the political system. Consequently, only the efficient functioning of agents of political socialization could reduce the established increase of complexity of the social system to its reasonable control. This process could make way to different forms of modernization & rationalisation of society. Only then, when the modern forms of social & political action prevail in social life, is it possible to expect the development of more rational ways of thinking & acting. Only in this way can patterns of democratic, civic & participatory political culture be developed. Increasing social & political changes, which are mostly initiated from "the top" can accelerate processes typical of the transitional period & at the same time consolidate & reduce the dispersed effects of influential objective factors of political culture. But on the other hand, they can contribute to the fact that the process of "democratic political socialization of citizens" is much slower than it could be, if the occurring changes were coordinated at lower levels of the social system. In fact, a long-term foresight shows to us that the same process of changes can have also completely contradictory results, which can have an especially negative influence on the activity of subjective & social factors of political culture, especially on those which influence only implicitly form values & standards of political culture (for example families, peer groups, kindergartens, mass media, schools, trade unions & enterprises). 4 Tables, 1 Appendix, 38 References. Adapted from the source document.
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