Functions of Education which Contributes to the Reproduction and Transformation of Values. Stabilizing Regional Interethnic Relations

Authors

  • Marina A. Cherkasova
  • Svetlana G. Bayurova

Abstract

With the onset of the new century the paradigm of social development of the Russian society, which in 1993 was named in the Constitution as social, has changed. Such concepts as social policy, social development, social institutions have become popular not only in journalism but also in the speeches of public authorities. Education being one of the most numerous social institutions, are developing on the basis of continuity. The need to resolve inter-ethnic relations, worsened after the collapse of the Soviet Union, highlights the problem of search of pedagogical techniques that promote the development of tolerance, liberal attitude towards religion, intercultural communication, capacity for dialogue both in each individual and in society. The low level of education, according to many scientists, is the cause of the instability of the views of young people. Namely in the youth environment the problems of interethnic conflicts get the most rigid form. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that inter-ethnic conflicts, most often, are the result of failures in education. Today the role of education is not limited only to the concept of “education itself". Its main function is the socialization of the individual. Socialization processes, developing today on the level of micro, form of common cultural norms and ideals, which are transformed into concrete rules of conduct. As a result, a particular hierarchy of values is developed. In his article, the authors have tried to highlight the most important functions of education, which contribute to the formation of this special value hierarchy.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p356

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2015-05-03

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Functions of Education which Contributes to the Reproduction and Transformation of Values. Stabilizing Regional Interethnic Relations. (2015). Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6(3 S1), 356. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/6416