scholarly journals Changes in parental thinking regarding the number of children in the transition period (1998-2009)

2010 ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nada Polovina
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Data ◽  
Postponed Parenthood ◽  
Transition Stages

Theoretical background in our work is systemic approach (connection between processes of change in macro systemic/state and micro systemic/individual sphere of functioning), in particular the model developed by Stewart & Healy (1989), emphasizing the importance of linking the stage of individual development and social history. Based on these theoretical frames we conducted two isomorphous studies, implemented on two occasions (in 1998 and 2009) which marked two different transition stages in Serbia. Studies focused on the ways the parents (who already had at least one child under age 7) thought about family enlargement. The parents (N = 80 in the first study, N = 24 in the second one) belonged to the same generation (exposed to same socio-historical events), but became parents at different stages of the transition. Both studies used the same questionnaire (created for the first study) which included information such as: subjects' general data; family background (number of siblings, relationships between the siblings); personal/intimate aspects of actual parenthood; plans, wishes and obstacles to having more children. The results indicated that that the group of subjects who became parents at the end of the social crisis - postponed parenthood (avoiding the worst crisis) - had more children than the other one (1.71 compared to 1.65), and was more consistent in repeating the model of their own family of origin, and had a smaller gap between fertility wishes and planning of future parenting. .

scholarly journals Perilaku Sosialisasi Anak Ditinjau dari Latar Belakang Keluarga

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
Rida Sinaga
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Child Socialization ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Making Friends

The article entitled "The Behavior of Children Socializing Viewed by Family’s Background" focuses on the social behavior of children carried out in Integrated Bina Kasih Kindergarten in Rumah Sumbul Village, Sibolangit. The research method used a descriptive qualitative method. Data collection through observation and interviews with parents. Observation using observation sheets. Child socialization behavior observed in children based on family background, namely adjusting the place, making friends, sympathy and empathy, cooperative, and manners. While the family background is focused on parental education, employment, income, parental integrity, and a number of children. This study found that children with a good family background were found to have a tendency towards good socialization behavior and children who had a poor family background tended to have poor socialization behavior. This shows that family background has a strong relationship in the development of children's socialization behavior. The existence of parents really determines the way they treat children and that too is then embedded and developed in children.AbstrakArtikel yang berjudul ”Perilaku Sosialisasi Anak Ditanjau Dari Latar Belakang Keluarga”  fokus pada perilaku sosial anak  yang dilakukan di Taman Kanak-Kanak Bina Kasih Terpadu di Desa Rumah Sumbul, Sibolangit. Metode penelitian yang dilakukan adalah dengan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Pengumpulan data melalui pengamatan dan wawancara kepada orang tua. Pengamatan menggunakan lembar observasi. Perilaku sosialisasi anak yang diamati dalam diri anak berdasarkan latar belakang keluarga, yaitu penyesuaian tempat, berteman, simpati dan empati, kooperatif, dan sopan santun.  Sedangkan latar belakang keluarga difokuskan pada pendidikan orang tua, pekerjaan, penghasilan, keutuhan orang tua, dan jumlah anak. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa anak dengan latar belakang keluarga yang baik didapati memiliki kecenderungan perilaku sosialisasi baik dan anak yang latar belakang keluarga kurang baik cenderung memiliki perilaku sosialisasi yang kurang baik. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa latar belakang keluarga memiliki hubungan yang kuat dalam perkembangan perilaku sosialisasi anak. Keberadaan orang tua sangat menentukan cara mereka memperlakukan anak dan hal itu pula yang kemudian tertanam dan berkembang dalam diri anak.

‘Radical’ and ‘respectable’ traditions in Scottish adult education: The divergent pathways of John Maclean (1879–1923) and William Boyd (1874–1962)

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Walter Humes
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Social History ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Social ◽  
Folk Hero ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
Political Left

This paper uses the personal histories of two men, born in the same decade and both involved in the field of adult education in Scotland, to illustrate contrasting responses to the social and political changes taking place in the early 20th century. In methodological terms, it draws on recent writing on the relationship between biography and history. Both men came from working class backgrounds, attended Glasgow University and considered becoming church ministers. But both retreated from a religious vocation, one retaining his faith, the other rejecting it completely and replacing it with political ideology. Their very different types of involvement in adult education are described and analysed, noting in particular their opposing views on the Workers’ Educational Association. Possible reasons for their divergent pathways are explored in the final section. How much can be attributed to family background, individual psychology, networks of associates, attitudes to existing institutions, and a desire to promote greater social justice? How successful were their efforts to encourage community development (in one case) and class consciousness (in the other)? Why has one become a folk hero of the political left while the other, notwithstanding a strong public profile during his lifetime and a distinguished academic career which gained him international recognition, has been consigned to historical footnotes? While no definitive conclusions can be drawn, the analysis serves to illustrate the complex connections between personal biography and social history.

Vācbaltiešu un latviešu attiecību attēlojums Rūdolfa Blaumaņa daiļradē

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Pauls Daija
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Prose Fiction ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Everyday Reality ◽  
History Of Literature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

The article explores the relationship between Baltic Germans and Latvians in the works of Rūdolfs Blaumanis by turning attention towards the interpretation of this topic within the context of the social history of literature. An insight into previous evaluations by literary historians has been provided. In the first part of the article, two works with central Baltic German characters – novella “Andriksons” (1899) and play “Ugunī” (In the Fire, 1906, written in 1904) – have been analyzed. In these works, German landowners have been depicted demonstrating the social and national conflicts of the age in their relationship with subordinated Latvians. The characters of landowners are ambiguous and indecisive, and they are distanced from everyday reality and living in the past. Their communication with Latvians is characterized by complications and obstacles. Hence, these characters can be viewed as a wider generalization about the crisis of the Baltic German community by the turn of the 20th century. In the second part of the article, episodic characters of Baltic Germans in prose fiction have been explored along with the overview of satirical poetry by Blaumanis in which the relationship between Baltic Germans and Latvians mostly in the period after the revolution of 1905 has been addressed. It has been concluded in the article that in the representations of the relationship between Baltic Germans and Latvians, Blaumanis depicts the instability of the transition period and avoids disclosing his own views. This corresponds to his concept of the depiction of social problems in literary works. Satirical poetry, which is less neutral but also less literary successful, remains an exception. Baltic German characters in works of Blaumanis are mostly episodic, and besides neutral background characters and politically charged characters in satirical poetry, the most interesting both literary and historically are the characters in which the contradictions of the period have been represented.

Early Cinema in Scotland

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Early Cinema ◽  
Popular Song ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Production History ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Audience

This collection of essays, drawn from a three-year AHRC research project, provides a detailed context for the history of early cinema in Scotland from its inception in 1896 till the arrival of sound in the early 1930s. It details the movement from travelling fairground shows to the establishment of permanent cinemas, and from variety and live entertainment to the dominance of the feature film. It addresses the promotion of cinema as a socially ‘useful’ entertainment, and, distinctively, it considers the early development of cinema in small towns as well as in larger cities. Using local newspapers and other archive sources, it details the evolution and the diversity of the social experience of cinema, both for picture goers and for cinema staff. In production, it examines the early attempts to establish a feature film production sector, with a detailed production history of Rob Roy (United Films, 1911), and it records the importance, both for exhibition and for social history, of ‘local topicals’. It considers the popularity of Scotland as an imaginary location for European and American films, drawing their popularity from the international audience for writers such as Walter Scott and J.M. Barrie and the ubiquity of Scottish popular song. The book concludes with a consideration of the arrival of sound in Scittish cinemas. As an afterpiece, it offers an annotated filmography of Scottish-themed feature films from 1896 to 1927, drawing evidence from synopses and reviews in contemporary trade journals.

Editor's Notes

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-7
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

In this opening issue of volume 31 we are presented with both nuanced and bold entry into several long enduring issues and topics stitching together the interdisciplinary fabric comprising ethnic studies. The authors of these articles bring to our attention social, cultural and economic issues shaping lively discourse in ethnic studies. They also bring to our attention interpretations of the meaning and significance of ethnic cultural contributions to the social history of this nation - past and present.

Exploring Foreign Language Communication Apprehension among the English Language University Students in the English Language Classroom Setting

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Draženka Molnar ◽  
Gabrijela Crnjak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
General View ◽  
Total Level ◽  
Foreign Language Acquisition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Language Communication

Abstract Over the past few decades the interest in communication apprehension has increased among researchers and teachers in the field of second/foreign language acquisition (SLA/FLA).The present paper is set between the macro perspective of the social-psychological period - by giving a general view of communication apprehension (CA) - and the situation-specific period - by taking into consideration the immediate educational context.The paper focuses on the phenomenon of communication apprehension among the Croatian university level students in a foreign language classroom setting.In particular, it investigates if there is a difference in the total level of communication apprehension between undergraduate and graduate students of English Language and Literature.Furthermore, it explores whether there is a relationship between different aspects of communication apprehension and the total level of communication apprehension and which background factor is the best predictor of communication apprehension among the students.The first part of the paper brings a theoretical background of the main concepts in this research, whereas the second part of the paper reports on the research itself.Two sets of instruments, questionnaires completed by the students and in-depth interviews conducted among the teachers, were used for the purpose of this study.The results show that the year of study is not a significant predictor of the communication apprehension level which students experience.Among all variables included in the analysis, the only significant predictors of communication apprehension are evaluations.

Youth Culture Features in the Light of Preferred Role Models and Life Styles

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Amel Alić ◽  
Haris Cerić ◽  
Sedin Habibović
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
General Data ◽  
The University

Abstract The aim of this research was to determine to what extent different variables describe the style and way of life present within the student population in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this sense, in addition to general data on examinees, gender differences were identified, the assessment of parental dimensions of control and emotion, overall family circumstances, level of empathy, intercultural sensitivity, role models, preferences of lifestyles, everyday habits and resistance and (or) tendencies to depressive, anxiety states and stress. The survey included a sample of 457 examinees, students of undergraduate studies at the University of Zenica and the University of Sarajevo, with a total of 9 faculties and 10 departments covering technical, natural, social sciences and humanities. The obtained data give a broad picture of the everyday life of youth and confirm some previously theoretically and empirically justified theses about the connection of the family background of students, everyday habits, with the level of empathy, intercultural sensitivity and preferences of the role models and lifestyles of the examinees.

The Paradox of Poverty: Socio-Economic Aspects of Population Growth.— By T. Scarlett Epstein and Darrell Jackson. The Macmillan of India Limited Delhi, 1975. pp.127.

1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-382
Author(s):  
M. Javed Akbar Zaki
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Fertility Decision ◽  
The Social

To many social theoreticians, the population explosion, particularly in the developing nations presents a crippling threat to their developmental pro¬cesses. Their argument's validity rests mainly on the assumption that expected economic progress is swallowed up by unbalanced rise of numbers in the population. The book being reviewed deals mainly with this subject matter and is divided into two parts, each containing three articles contributed by various researchers. Part one, 'The Social context of Fertility Decision' is focused on analyzing the role of factors affecting fertility at the micro-level decision making process. The first article 'Fertility decision in rural India' by Vinod Jainath, examines the applicability to rural India of various models of the process of fertility decision making and finds most of these wanting with respect to the Indian social situation. While analyzing the fertility patterns of Rural India, he points out the positive need for larger families among the poor small farmers mainly due to labour supply considerations. The author argues that unemployment and under¬employment actually motivate the poor to have more children as it better ensures their economic security in their old age. As the chances of gaining employ¬ment for their offspring diminish, they are induced to increase the total number of children in order that atleast one will be able to support them. Thus a vicious circle of poverty arises in large families because of each of the parents wanting to increase their children's chances of employment by ultimately reducing the overall employment opportunities even further and exacerbating their poverty.

“Sou Inglesa! Sou Inglesa!”: Memórias de uma Menina Anglo-Portuguesa (1907-1930)

2017 ◽  
pp. 141-155
Author(s):  
Miguel Alarcão
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social History ◽  
Travel Literature ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Cultural Encounter ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Times

Textualizing the memory(ies) of physical and cultural encounter(s) between Self and Other, travel literature/writing often combines subjectivity with documental information which may prove relevant to better assess mentalities, everyday life and the social history of any given ‘timeplace’. That is the case with Growing up English. Memories of Portugal 1907-1930, by D. J. Baylis (née Bucknall), prefaced by Peter Mollet as “(…) a remarkably vivid and well written observation of the times expressed with humour and not little ‘carinho’. In all they make excellent reading especially for those of us interested in the recent past.” (Baylis: 2)

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