The Crisis in Upbringing

Autor/in	Vul'fson, B. L.
Titel	The Crisis in Upbringing
Quelle	In: Russian Education and Society, 49 (2007) 6, S.52-65 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1060-9393
DOI	10.2753/RES1060-9393490605
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Parent Child Relationship; Child Development; Antisocial Behavior; Social Values; Moral Values; Social Attitudes; Social Problems; Family (Sociological Unit); Foreign Countries; Moral Development; Parent Role; Parent Influence; Teacher Influence; Child Rearing; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kindesentwicklung; Sozialer Wert; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Familie; Ausland; Moralische Entwicklung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Kindererziehung; Russland
Abstract	What is man? How do people differ in terms of their biological and psychological characteristics? What determines their thoughts, desires, and actions? These eternal questions, which have confronted thinkers and scientists since antiquity, relate directly to problems of upbringing. Under current conditions, it is increasingly obvious that to eradicate situations of crisis all over the world regarding the development of the individual, what is essential is not the transformation of public structures in whatever form they may take, whether by revolution or evolution, but something that is much more difficult: profound changes in mentality and behavior, changes that will ennoble people's inner world, confer new content upon their strivings, their social and esthetic ideals, and their understanding of good and evil. The task is to pursue, through better upbringing, the shaping of the humanistic consciousness of the individual, the group, society, and all of humanity. Genuinely humanistic upbringing encounters complex problems: it cannot be achieved automatically; it demands a great deal of effort on the part of teachers and upbringers as well as substantial changes in the system of upbringing itself, and a rethinking of certain fundamental propositions that seemed axiomatic not long ago. The task is not to create or reinstate the practice of ideological censorship in order to protect the self-serving interests of the political establishment. But it is essential to implement a well-thought-out state policy that is capable of safeguarding citizens, first and foremost young people, against encroachments against the moral foundations of a civilized society. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10