A New Generation of Russian College Students

Autor/in	Lisauskene, M.
Titel	A New Generation of Russian College Students
Quelle	In: Russian Education and Society, 48 (2006) 9, S.6-17 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1060-9393
DOI	10.2753/RES1060-9393480901
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Attitudes; Values; World Views; Student Behavior; Stereotypes; High School Graduates; College Graduates; High School Students; Postsecondary Education; Technical Education; Global Approach; Student Characteristics; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Skills; Risk; Academic Aspiration; Occupational Aspiration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Wertbegriff; World view; Weltanschauung; Student behaviour; Klischee; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Technikunterricht; Globales Denken; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kommunikationsstil; Risiko; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel
Abstract	This article reports the findings of a study examining the values, life stereotypes, and models of behavior of the so-called "next generation" of the Russian youth. The study was titled "From Secondary School Graduate to College Student to Graduate" and was carried out in seven higher educational institutions and two secondary specialized educational institutions in Irkutsk Oblast and Buriatia. The survey covered students in technicums and college students in the first through fourth years of study in social, economic, law, natural science, and technical science faculties. The study reveal the following results: (1) Under the influence of globalization, young people are changing at a rapid pace and are trading the meaning-of-life principles of the Soviet generation for consumerist guidelines. Those who "couldn't care less" and were "just out for kicks" yesterday are setting specific goals for themselves; (2) The new generation of Russian youth are now more social and communicative, more purposeful and practical, more creative and able to compete, and more individualistic; (3) About half of these youth rate their generation as a generation of intellectuals; (4) Another characteristic feature of the generation is their high level of communicativeness, their desire to engage in informal interaction and take part in gatherings; and (5) The new quality of today's young people is their urge to take risks. (Contains 4 tables.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10