Abstract
The article deals with the comparison of the basic values of modern students (Russian and foreign). The authors examine and compare basic values held by modern students (Russian and foreign). The study is based on the typology of basic values of Russians (research project "Tomskaya initsiativa", 2001) and the list of values from the S. Schwartz Value Survey. The respondents are asked to choose 10 key values out of 40 basic values and assess them using the S. Schwartz scale. The surveys performed by the authors at the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute and Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University are used as the materials for the study.
Highlights
At the heart of any culture is its inherent system of values that are every person's ideological attitudes and guiding principles
The subject of this article is the comparison of the basic values of modern students (Russian and foreign)
We examine the basic values of modern students (Russian and foreign) from this point of view
Summary
At the heart of any culture is its inherent system of values that are every person's ideological attitudes and guiding principles. According to N.I. Lapin and L.A. Belyaeva (1996), basic values are formed at the stage of primary socialization by the age of 18–20 and after that are quite stable, these values may undergo some changes during crisis periods in the person's life and their social environment. Its development in cultural and material terms completely depend on the preferences of today's youth, the question of the values of modern student youth is becoming increasingly important (Tsennostnye orientatsii rossiiskoi molodezhi i realizatsiya gosudarstvennoi molodezhnoi politiki: rezultaty issledovaniya, n.d.). Basic values express the most important ideals, goals and meanings of people's lives These are "the most stable universal human values that are relevant for both traditional and modern society" The survey was taken by 100 Russian students and 75 foreign students (30 Vietnamese and 45 Chinese students)
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