Russian Cultural Patterns: Addressing the Challenge of Raising Individual Responsibility

Dear colleagues,

Center for Socio-Cultural Research invites you to research seminar from series

«Culture Matters»

Olga Kovbasyuk

Candidate of psychology, associate professor

European Business School,

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

"Russian Cultural Patterns: Addressing the Challenge of Raising Individual Responsibility"

Seminar will be held on October 28, 2020 at 15:30

Location: Electronic platform Zoom

https://zoom.us/j/99899426865?pwd=MzJYc0pZeWZUZVZ4ZGFlZG0rbkZ2UT09

The conference ID: 9942 998 6865

Access code: 158183

Working language is English

Summary of the report

Cultural diversity in education is growing, globally. The tendency is represented in Russian education as well. It makes critical for students and teachers to understand their own cultural dimensions to be able to appreciate cultural diversity of the world. The study explores cultural diversity in Russia via the dimensions of learning framework (CDLF), including cultural varieties regarding social relationships and epistemological beliefs. We illustrate the spectrum of dimensions' variability as they might influence the way students and teachers interact in Russia and draw to historical roots of such interaction. The study addresses the challenge of raising individual responsibility of students and teachers and suggests that this challenge can be reduced by applying a meaning -centered approach, which aims at developing personal responsibility for one's own deeds and increases awareness of one's own cultural heritage.