People's University Research Articles

Psychological and pedagogical conditions of integration of immigrants into the German society

Among the new migration challenges of the modern world, perhaps the most acute is the issue of the integration of migrants. As a result of globalisation, events in the world are connected as communicating vessels and, the more unresolved problems in Africa or the Middle East, the stronger the desire of those in need of assistance to move to industrial countries with humane social welfare policies. In this regard, public interest in the problems of the European Union, including Germany, related to the influx of refugees through the Balkan route at the turn of 2015, is holding. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a study conducted with students of integration courses at the People's University of Frankfurt am Main (VHS Frankfurt am Main) in the period from 2017 to 2020, and to demonstrate specially created psychological and pedagogical conditions that contribute to the development of a higher and better level of ability to integrate immigrants into the cultural and linguistic environment of Germany during the acquisition of the German language.

Observing an Anniversary: The 400 Years of Inequality Project

The 400 Years of Inequality Project was launched in 2016 by five partner organizations: the University of Orange, a people's university in Orange, New Jersey;the New School and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, both in New York City;ONE DC, a Washington, DC-based organization working to advance racial and economic equity;and, Voices of a People's History, a not-for-profit organization located in Brooklyn, New York, that increases awareness of US history through public readings of historical speeches and other texts. AtTulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, faculty, students, and community representatives discussed concerns related to mass incarceration. The School of Public Health at Boston University hosted a symposium on racism in housing and education, exhibited the 400 Years of Inequality Timeline in its Activist Lab (a venue for developing innovative ways to dismantle the injustices that produce and sustain inequities), and convened storytelling sessions on the topic of inequality with artist-in-residence RhodessaJones.

Innovative-Variative Approach To The Process Of Training Of Public Education Workers As A Developing Model Of Professional Development

Innovative and variable technologies to ensure the quality and competitiveness of the education system through continuous training of teachers in the world have been introduced into the educational process. “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” adopted at the 70th anniversary session of the UN General Assembly, “United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization”, “European Higher Education Area (EHEA)” , The European Center for the Development of Vocational Education (CEDEFOP), the Center for Lifelong Learning (DIE) and the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Association of People's Universities (DVV International) ”in the concepts of“ competency-based education Systematic work is being carried out on the implementation of large-scale practical projects to improve the mechanisms of humanization and development of education through the implementation of the model "learning).

Parallel Ecology for Intelligent and Smart Cyber–Physical–Social Systems

Welcome to the last issue of IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (TCSS) this year. This is also the last time I am serving as the Editor-in-Chief of this great journal, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your great help and support during the last three and half years. A special thank must go to my “Executive Editorial Task Force”: Professor Yong Yuan of People's University of China; Drs. Rui Qin, Xiao Wang, and Xueliang Zhao of The State Key Laboratory for Management and Control of Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and Dr. Juanjuan Li of Beijing Institute of Technology, for their hardworking and dedication within my term as EiC. We have rejuvenated TCSS in a very short period and maintained its state of healthy growth, and this is a great team I must remember and will be proud of.

ADULT EDUCATION AS A STRATEGY FOR "GROWING UP" DEMOCRACY: THE EXPERIENCE OF GERMANY

The range of educational services is really wide. The main reasons and goals of people's universities are as follows: the formation of knowledge, the formation of beliefs, the formation of will, the formation of man. Its motivation is a return to rationalism in everyday life and "concern" for the irrational. The establishment of adult education centers is an opportunity to promote democracy. Such education forms an awareness of the political, social and cultural that can serve as the basis for a true revival of European values. The modern globalized world needs a democratic education that is not limited to national borders and the national idea. For a commonly desired future, there is a need for a broader, panoramic and forward-looking view of European values and the integrative content of European culture. Adult education centers work with traditional universities, non-governmental organizations, local associations to unite society, unite the community for a fairer and more stable social life. Such centers perform the functions of integration and translation of cultural values, universal values of humankind, teach people to be effective in the unity of diversity: uniting people of different talents, competencies and skills into an effective organism of social order.

Osnivanje i djelatnost domova kulture i narodnih univerziteti u sjeveroistočnoj Bosni u prvim godinama “Nove Jugoslavije”

Cultural and educational work after the Second World War in northeastern Bosnia, in addition to cultural, educational and artistic societies, took place in various cultural institutions, where cultural centers and public universities stand out. The houses of culture, in cooperation with societies, universities and various cultural and educational sections, organized events, lectures and various cultural and educational contents. Their importance was especially pronounced in the smaller rural areas of northeastern Bosnia, where they were the center of cultural and educational work. People's universities, as cultural and educational institutions, were supposed to nurture scientific and lecturing work, and to politically enlighten the population of urban and rural areas of northeastern Bosnia through various lectures. In essence, public universities were public schools in which ideologically appropriate lectures with various topics were mostly held and they played a significant role in the creation of a socialist society. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to point out the role and importance of the establishment of these cultural and educational institutions in northeastern Bosnia, and their overall contribution to the cultural and educational awareness of the population of northeastern Bosnia.

К ИСТОКАМ МУЗЕЙНОГО ДЕЛА В АЛТАЙСКОМ ГОРОДЕ БИЙСКЕ (КОНЕЦ XIX – НАЧАЛО XX В.)

This article is devoted to the unexplored issue of the birth of museum science in the small pro-vincial town of Biysk in southern Siberia. Reliance on historical sources, many of which are intro-duced into scientific circulation for the first time, allows the authors to carry out a historical recon-struction of the sociocultural development of Biysk in the second half of 19th – early 20th century. The article reports on the increasing role of the city bourgeoisie and intellectuals in the life of Biysk, shows the charity of merchants Kotelnikov, Vasenev, Assanov, Sychev, Morozov. The authors emphasize donations of Biysk townspeople to the museums of Imperial Tomsk University. They reveal the role of G.N. Potanin who involved some residents of Biysk in studying of the southern part of Altai and Mon-golia, in collecting and descripting of natural and historical memorials. All these events are considered as the most important prerequisites for the origin of the museum science in Biysk. Then the article shows that the first idea of establishing Biysk museum was expressed in 1886. However, it was not possible to implement it. New attempts to open the museum were made in 1911. There were the funds of the merchant Kopylov, who wanted to use them for the sake of culture and education. They also failed. Only the events of the Revolution of 1917 allowed starting works on the creation of the museum. Now it is known about People's University opened in Biysk in 1918 and the museum, which was created under it. The purpose of the museum was educating of townspeople. The first head of Biysk museum was A.A. Khrebtov, a graduate of Riga Polytechnic Institute. He managed to attract knowledgeable people, who conducted expeditions and delivered collections of minerals, archaeology and ethnography to the museum. From the first days of opening rural teachers, employees of the county land (zemstvo) and others visited the museum. The museum became a center of educa-tional work in Biysk and its county. The Society of Nature Lovers was based on People's University and its museum. Members of this society turned to the study of the nature and history of Biysk district. The representative of the department of out-of-school education V.V. Belyanin planned to create a network of museums of the Biysk district. The authors point out that in the future he became a well-known Soviet writer V.V. Bianchi. The article shows that the museum funds, created in 1918–1919, were used as the basis of Biysk Soviet People's Museum. It was opened in April 1920 by section on organization of museums in Biysk district, established in the department of public education of Biysk district revolutionary committee. The authors of the article express their opinion that the preparatory period, which lasted 44 years, had finished with great success. Scientific and cultural center was created in the southern part of Altai, and it still works today as the Biysk Regional Museum named after V.V. Bianchi.

Socially engaged architecture of the 1950s and its transformations

This paper investigates the links between architecture and its social purpose and focuses specifically on the building and institution known today as the Public Open University Zagreb (Pučko otvoreno učilište Zagreb – POUZ), which was previously called Moša Pijade Workers' (and People's) University (Radničko (i narodno) sveučilište "Moša Pijade" – RANS). The paper examines the innovative and experimental nature of the architectural concept of socially engaged architecture as part of the societal modernisation of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as changes to its function up to the present post-socialist condition. The authors discuss the complex relationship between employees, beneficiaries, programmes and the architectural design and the political, economic and social context. The aim is to explore sociocultural categories and how culture, work, education and the city interacted with one another during different time periods. By using theoretical and methodological insights gleaned from cultural anthropological approaches to space and architecture, the paper demonstrates how the identity, significance and values ascribed to the production of public space were shaped, medialized and modified through time.

Enfield Voices: The Birth of the People's Universities. TomBourner and TonyCrilly (Eds.)., Published by tom.bourner@ntlworld.com and tonycrilly42@gmail.com, 2018. 363 pp. ISBN: 978‐1717559715. £10.20 (paperback).

Enfield Voices: The Birth of the People's Universities. TomBourner and TonyCrilly (Eds.)., Published by tom.bourner@ntlworld.com and tonycrilly42@gmail.com, 2018. 363 pp. ISBN: 978‐1717559715. £10.20 (paperback).

NEW TRENDS IN ARCHITECTURE AND EDUCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY: “MAKUSHIN’S HOUSE OF SCIENCE” IN TOMSK

The paper considers the tendencies in architecture and education appeared in Europe late in the 19 th and early 20 th centuries and reflected in the constriction of people's universities. The first people's university in Siberia Makushin House of Science is discussed herein. The contribution of Peter I. Makushin, a merchant, to Siberian education, the formation of people's university in Tomsk is shown. Special attention is devoted to the first regional architectural competition on constructing people's university which was held in Tomsk in 1910. A detailed description is given to projects of architects Andrey D. Kryachkov (1 prize) and Vikenty F. Orzheshko (2 prize). The paper presents new materials published for the first time.

Study of Association of C-Reactive Protein with Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis in Premature Rupture of Membranes Deliveries: A Diagnostic Dilemma.

Introduction:Term prelabor rupture of membranes and preterm premature rupture of membranes (PROM), both pose significant risk to the mother and the fetus. Early identification of sepsis is essential as the mother has risk of chorioamnionitis and neonate is at the risk of early-onset sepsis.Aim:To evaluate the diagnostic value of positive maternal C-reactive protein (CRP) in association with maternal clinical chorioamnionitis and early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) in PROM deliveries after 28 weeks of gestation.Methodology:The study was conducted at People's College of Medical Science and Research Centre, Bhopal, from June 1, 2017, to May 31, 2018. Maternal serum CRP test was correlated to the signs of maternal chorioamnionitis and signs of EONS within 72 h of life.Results:The maternal CRP test was compared to clinical signs of chorioamnionitis. Sensitivity of CRP for diagnosing maternal chorioamnionitis was 48% (95% confidence interval [CI] −35.99–61.12), specificity was 81 (95% CI 71.55%–88.98%), and odds ratio of maternal chorioamnionitis was 4.1176 (95% CI 1.99–8.51) with P < 0.0001. Sensitivity of positive maternal CRP in diagnosing EONS was 56.67% (95% CI 43.24%–69.41%), specificity was 84.78% (95% CI 75.79%–91.42%), and odds ratio of neonatal sepsis in maternal CRP positive was 7.28 (95%CI 3.39–15.64) with P < 0.0001.Conclusion:Our study suggests that in PROM deliveries, if maternal CRP test is positive, then it indicates early delivery and neonate screening for EONS.

Alexander Sergeyevich Lisetskiy – to the 100th anniversary of the birth

Biographical information and brief information on the scientific activities of Alexander Sergeyevich Lisetskiy (1919–1991), one of the leading zoologists at Kharkov University, are provided. The study of student A.S.Lisetskiy at the Faculty of Biology of Kharkov University was interrupted by the years of the World War II, which he passed in tank division. Only in 1948 he graduated from the Department of Vertebrate Zoology and then worked here until the end of his life. Alexander Sergeevich Lisetskiy was the author of scientific works on ornithology, theriology and nature conservation; created an outstanding collection of Lepidoptera; he is the author of significant scientific collections of birds and mammals, which are preserved in the University’s Museum of Nature. The entire scientific legacy of the scientist is considered together with the details of his scientific biography, the history of research, inseparable from the history of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology. Over 45 years of work at Kharkov University, A.S.Lisetskiy took part in all the expeditions of the department under the direction of I.B.Volchanetsky in the framework of the research topics of the department. In 1948–50 he took part in the study of the fauna of Lake Elton. In 1950–52, at the experimental reclamation station of the Institute of Hydrotechnics and Land Reclamation of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, he participated in the study of the effect of irrigation and field-protective breeding on the fauna. Together with the expedition, under the guidance of Professor I.B.Volchanetsky, he studied birds of deciduous forests of northeastern Ukraine – as a source of enrichment of the created protective forest belts with useful fauna. In 1965 he defended his thesis on mammals of artificial irrigation fields (supervised by professor I.B.Volchanetsky). In 1960–80 A.S.Lisetskiy did a lot to study the fauna of the Kharkov region – for the first time published a fundamental summary of the avifauna of the Izyum forests; studied the avifauna of Kharkov, participated in the creation of the first project of the national park "Gomolshansky." Alexander Sergeyevich did a lot as a popularizer of science – he lectured at the People's University "Nature", published interesting popular articles in periodicals. A.S.Lisetskiy left a noticeable mark on the scientific fate of many students of the Department of Zoology of Kharkov University, transferring the skills of a real field researcher – conscientious, hardworking, infinitely in love with his job.

ВНЕСОК А. П. АЛЕКСАНДРОВА У ВИВЧЕННЯ ДНІПРОВИХ ПОРОГІВ

ВНЕСОК А. П. АЛЕКСАНДРОВА У ВИВЧЕННЯ ДНІПРОВИХ ПОРОГІВ

IVAN STESHENKO'S CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINIAN NATIONAL SCHOOL

This article deals with Steshenko's practical activity as General Secretary of Education. In developing the concept of the Ukrainian school, I. Steshenko took into account the state of education and those priority tasks that were put on the agenda by the advanced Ukrainian community, educational and student groups. The researcher notes that during the development of the concept of the Ukrainian school, I. Steşhenko took into account the state of education and those priority tasks that were put on the agenda by the advanced Ukrainian community, educational and student groups, the immediate Ukrainianization of education, the creation, especially in villages, of the Ukrainian Ukrainian schools of all types, about the earliest possible introduction of compulsory general education, the release of Ukrainian-Ukrainian teachers from the military service. In accordance with the educational developments of I.Stešenko, supported by the pedagogical community and the government, already in the 1917–1918 academic year, obligatory subjects were introduced in all schools – Ukrainian language and literature, history and geography of Ukraine. According to the results of the research, the author notes that in all schools the study of subjects of Ukrainian studies in the Ukrainian language was introduced and concurrently there should be organized circles for extracurricular study of literature and history of Ukraine, and the libraries of Ukrainian literature were created. Taking into account the influence of the theater on the consciousness of youth, it was proposed to arrange Ukrainian performances regularly at schools, involving students, to hold literary and musical evenings devoted to Ukrainian writers. According to the results of the research, the scholar presents factual materials on the contribution of I. Stešenko to the development of educational institutions. With the participation of I. Steshenko in September 1917, the Ukrainian Gymnasium of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood was opened. In the autumn of 1917, 53 secondary schools were opened by the population, including 3 Ukrainian high schools in Kyiv. These were new educational institutions, as the resistance of the Ukrainianization of existing schools on the ground was so significant that it was easier to organize a new one. In October 1917, the Ukrainian People's University, which consisted of historic-philological, physical-mathematical and legal faculties, was opened in Kiev to meet the needs of the Ukrainian people in higher education in Kyiv. The total number of students is 1,400. In November of the same year, the second higher educational institution - Pedagogical Courses was established, which later grew into the Pedagogical Academy. The new secondary school in Ukraine appearead in Ukraine thanks to his activity. The school of that period survied different intentnces cjnnectet with hetman's rule of Seoropatskiy and Rada of Peoples Commissars and in spite of hard political period, thanks to I. M. Steshenko the school of Ukraine passed the period of formation.

The People's Free University: Alternative to the Corporate Campus and Model for Emancipatory Learning

Our article describes how the People's Free University (PFU) emerged directly from a series of seminars at the University of Saskatchewan in the Fall of 2001 that addressed critical concerns about a discernible tendency on campus towards the adoption of a business corporate style of governance steered increasingly by marketplace priorities. The seminars, open to the public as well as students, staff and faculty, turned to a discussion on the significance of a "people's university" envisioned for the University of Saskatchewan by its first President, Walter Murray. Invoking Murray's vision opened the way to the remarkable beginning and subsequent creative program development of a free university. Examples of community-based adult education initiatives from which PFU drew are identified, situating it historically within an on-going critical legacy that has become even more relevant in the face of neo-liberal imperatives. The emancipatory pedagogy entailed is informed substantially through the theory and practice of Paulo Freire, Thomas Hodgskin and Alfred North Whitehead. Essential learning processes and guiding principles which characterize PFU pedagogy are illuminated under the rubric of "everyone can teach, everyone can learn." In drawing a connection between the PFU experience and resistance to attacks on academic freedom at the University of Saskatchewan, we align the enlightened aims of community-based popular education embodied in PFU against profit driven encroachments of corporate business interests.

Care and the Influence of Student-Adult Stakeholder Interactions on Young Black Men's College Aspirations

Students' college aspirations precede any decision they may make to apply and enroll in college. College aspirations broadly refer to the formal development of specific plans made by a young person to position themselves to enroll in a four-year college or university after high school. Regular, ongoing interaction with college-educated adults is one important approach for transmitting messages that positively influence young people's college aspirations. This article is an examination of young Black men's descriptions of their interactions with adult stakeholders (e.g., administrators, teachers, professional support staff, etc.), and the influence of those interactions on shaping these young men's ambitions to attend college. Data sources for this phenomenological study include one semi-structured in-depth interview with ten college-aged young Black men from a large midwestern city. Findings reveal the significance of care in adult stakeholder-student interactions, and specific messages about college, for sparking these young Black men's aspirations to attend a four-year college or university. The implications of interactions with youth of color that translate culturally responsive versions of care are discussed.

Университет имени А. Л. Шанявского в эпицентре революционного движения конца XIX – начала XX в.

The article is devoted to the history of revolutionary unrest among students at the turn of the 20th century. Activities of informal student associations that conducted a broad agitation campaign within the walls of the A. L. Shanyavskii University in the early 20th century serve as an example. Unlike many other higher educational institutions, the Moscow City People's University became a hotbed of revolutionary outbreaks, fueled both by teachers and students of the university. University professors N. N. Polyansky, M. D. Zagryatskov, V. V. Krasnokutsky, A. V. Gorbunov, P. P. Gensen, P. N. Sakulin, A. A. Kizevetter called for democratic reforms in their lectures and criticized the foundations of the monarchy. Among other politicized communities of the University, the Latvian Social-Democratic group, which included M. I. Latsis and I. V. Tsivtsivadze, was especially prominent. Many students united around Social Democrat Ts. Zelikson-Bobrovskaya and Bolshevik A. A. Znamensky. The students of Shanyavskii University equipped a printing house and printed leaflets of revolutionary content. On the account of frequent cases of political agitation in the student environment, university lectures were attended by the police. Nevertheless, despite the police surveillance, the atmosphere at the university was quite liberal, and the revolutionary-minded associations continued to thrive there. The revolutionary events that were prepared with such energy (among others) by students of the A. L. Shanyavskii University and liberal-minded part of their professors, eventually led to greater collapse of the ideals of accessible higher education that A.L. Shanyavskii preached. The Bolsheviks, having received the reins of government in 1917, could not establish a working system of administration or even approximate the however well established pre-revolutionary order, and thereupon in 1920 the University of A.L. Shanyavskii ceased to exist. Several documents found in the State Archive of the Russian Federation allow to recreate the historical picture of the revolutionary movement within the walls of the Moscow City People's University.

Digital Library: The Future Role Of Public Library System In Assam: Problem And Prospects

Public Library is treated as People's University in terms of its multifaceted users of the total Society. Discussed the basic concepts and need of Public Libraries. Discussed the need of modernization of public libraries. It is high time to have digital libraries in addition to traditional libraries. Highlighted the impact of ICT in public libraries of 21st century. Discussed the states of public libraries in Assam. Computerisation is the first steps while digitization is the next step to follow also describe the aspects of modernization and need of modernization of public libraries in the states of Assam.

СУСПІЛЬНО-ПОЛІТИЧНІ ПОГЛЯДИ Й НАПРЯМИ НАУКОВОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ОЛЕКСАНДРА ЧЕРНЯХІВСЬКОГО

In the article, the formation of national beliefs of the well-known Ukrainian public and political figure Oleksandr Cherniakhivsky at the end of the XIX-th century has been analyzed. The significance and influence of the Ukrainian Hromada and its most famous representatives, V. Antonovych, O. Konyskyi, on the development of young O. Cherniakhivsky’s outlook and the formation of his attitude towards the ways of solving the Ukrainian issue in the Russian Empire have been considered. Also, the article analyzes the participation of O. Cherniakhivsky in various cultural, educational and scientific projects in which the scientist had an opportunity to realize that the destructive national policy of the Russian Empire hindered the development of the Ukrainian nation as well as other peoples of the state. On the basis of archival materials and unpublished sources it has been revealed that O. Cherniakhivsky perceived his membership in the "Brotherhood of Tarasivtsy", the participation in the Kyiv Old Hromada, and the organizational work at the Ukrainian Scientific Society in Kyiv as a personal contribution to the development of domestic science and, generally, as an opportunity for the Ukrainian people to prove their right to exist as a whole nation in spite of resistance from the Russian power. Furthemore, the social and political convictions of O. Cherniakhivsky and their continuous evolution during the revolutionary period of 1917-1918 and the struggle for independence in 1918-1921 have been investigated. It has been revealed that at that time he gave up the method of revolutionary struggle. Instead, he chose the evolutionary preparation of compatriots to the formation of their own statehood through the establishment of major public institutions such as the Ukrainian People's University, the Medical Faculty, and the Association of Ukrainian Doctors, etc. Moreover, O. Cherniakhivsky considered an established system of scientific knowledge and terminology to be a necessary ingredient of the development of the Ukrainian nation. Therefore, throughout all his life he was engaged in the improvement of scientific dictionaries, terminology and popularization of the Ukrainian scientific language.

Relationship Between ApoE Gene Polymorphism and Cerebrovascular Disease in Qinghai Tibetan Population

To investigate the correlation between ApoE gene polymorphism and cerebral infarction (CI) and cerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in Tibetan patients with cerebrovascular disease, and the distribution of ApoE genotype in Tibetan nationality. We collected 94 patients as the experimental group, which hospitalized in Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Guoluozhou People's Hospital and Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, including 48 cases of cerebral infarction (mean age 61.39 ± 10.48 years); 46 cases of cerebral hemorrhage (mean age 63.17 ± 10.92 years), and 96 healthy Tibetan residents from the physical examination center of Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital as control group. The results showed that in In the Tibetan population, the CI group was the most common in the e3 alleles, with 48.0%, followed by e2 (37.5%) alleles, the rarest of which was e4 (14.6%). The most common one in ICH group were e2 (43.5%), e3 (45.7%) alleles, and the rarest one was e4 (10.9%). e3 was the most common allele in patients with Tibetan cerebrovascular disease. In the normal control group, e2 (49.0%) was the most common alleles, followed by e4 (33.3%), and e3 (17.7%). e3 allele may be a predisposing factor for cerebrovascular disease in Tibetan population. In Tibetan population, the majority alleles of ApoE were heterozygous E2/E3 and E2/E4, suggesting that hypoxia environment may be beneficial. The TG values in Tibetan populations varied among different alleles, suggesting that different alleles may influence lipid metabolism.