Problem Analysis of Social and Cultural Partnership Implementation in Preventing Children’S Ill-Being

ISSN (Print) : 0974-6846 Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9(44), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i44/105470, November 2016 ISSN (Online) : 0974-5645 Problem Analysis of Social and Cultural Partnership Implementation in Preventing Children’s Ill-Being

Vladimir Vasilievich Afanasiev1, Oksana Anatolievna Milkevich2*, Valentina Pavlovna Sergeeva1 and Lyubov Ivanovna Ukolova1 1Moscow City Pedagogical University, Russia; [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 2Solikamsk State Pedagogical Institute (Branch) of the Perm State National Research University, Russia; [email protected]

Abstract Objectives: Method: This research presents findings of problem analysis of social and cultural partnership implementation in preventing children’s ill-being. The basic research methods include theoretical analysis, generalization of expertise in social and cultural partnership in preventingFindings: children’s ill-being, diagnostic methods (questionnaire survey) and data processing to allow for comprehensive characterization of the problem of implementation of social and cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being. The relevance of social and cultural partnership for the purpose of preventing children’s ill-being is determined by persisting negative trends towards socialization of the younger generation. The study has revealed fundamental characteristics, capabilities of preventing children’s ill-being of Improvements:social and cultural partnership, and presented questionnaire survey of education and culture professionals and key challenges in implementation of social and cultural partnership that reduce its efficiency in children’s ill-being prevention. Findings of this research may be further applied to develop new and highly efficient forms and improve socialKeywords: and cultural partnership for the purpose of the problem at issue.

Readiness for Partnership, Social and Cultural Partnership 1. Introduction the purpose of social partnership has been reframed, i.e. from settling conflicts in order to maintain stability and Theoretical analysis of scientific and reference literature, statehood as it is to satisfying needs of an individual of content analysis of thesis-driven studies of the problem social security and successful socialization. That said, of social and cultural partnership in preventing children’s commitment of social partnership to maintaining balance ill-being shows that the concept of social and cultural of public and personal interests has been retained. A cul- partnership has been well explained from the point of tural component of the partnership under consideration view of philosophy and social science. Systemic studies1-4 is not sufficiently represented in studies of researchers and that rely on work done by Thomas Hobbe, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Herbert Spencer, Alexis de Tocqueville et al. is often limited to the concept of culture. Moreover, social present a social component of the partnership that has and cultural partnership is usually considered a condition originally been considered in human relations. Gradually, for building specific traits of an individual, a condition of social partnership has been considered in the context of functionality and development of certain industry-related industrial relations, employer to employee relation, giv- institutions. Justification2,5 of the essence of social and ing rise to definition of social partnership as a special cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being and type of social and economic relations. In the meantime, determination of any causes that reduce efficiency of this

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type of partnership as a technology of social and cultural educational establishment, cultural and business center) and social and pedagogic activity. aged from 20 to 51 participated in the study. For this questionnaire we assumed that characteristics, 2. Concept Headings such as age, educational background, field of work (education or culture), satisfaction with professional This research aims at outlining findings of problem activity, and location of the establishment of such analysis of implementation of social and cultural partner- professional may affect professional’s readiness for imple- ship in preventing children’s ill-being. While recognizing mentation of social and cultural partnership in preventing the value and perspective of a preventive component in children’s ill-being. In quantitative terms, the following solving the problem of children’s ill-being, we consider groups of respondents were selected: social and cultural partnership a mechanism of preventing By Age: children’s ill-being. We assume that insufficient efficiency 20-25 years old – 36 people/8.6%; of the existing social and cultural partnership practice is 26-30 years old – 39 people/9.35%; determined by immature professionals of educational, 31-35 years old – 42 people/10%; cultural and such other establishment not being ready to 36-40 years old – 57 people/13.6% implement such interactions. 41-45 years old – 78 people/18.7% 46-50 years old – 86 people/20.6%; and above 51 years old – 77 people/18.4%. 3. Method By Educational Background: Key methods to study this problem are: Secondary-level vocational training – 194 people/ 46.5%; and • Theoretical analysis of provisions found in scientific higher-level vocational training – 223 people/53.5%. literature; By Field of Work: • Generalization of expertise in social and cultural Professionals of cultural establishments – 142 partnership in preventing children’s ill-being that is people/34%; and presented in the literature, and expertise of social and professionals of educational establishments – 275 cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being people/66%. gained by cultural, educational and social protection By Location of Professional’s Place of Work establishments of the Kizel, Alexandrovsk, Solikamsk, (Establishment): Cherdyn, Krasnovishersk, Usolye municipal dis- Establishment is located in a rural area – 246 tricts, Alexandrovsk, Cherdyn, Krasnovishersk and people/58.9%; and Solikamsk cities of the Perm Krai; establishment is located in a city – 171 people/41.1%. • Diagnostic methods (questionnaire survey); and By Satisfaction with Professional Activity: • Data processing (quantitative and qualitative analysis). Fully satisfied – 161 people/38.6% It should be mentioned that a self-developed questionnaire rather satisfied than not – 163 people/39.1% and to study readiness of practicing professionals for imple- not satisfied – 93 people/22.3%. mentation of social and cultural partnership in preventing The degree of affection such characteristics of respondents have on their readiness for implementation of social and children’s ill-being was a tool used for the questionnaire cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being is survey. This questionnaire comprises necessary and not the subject matter of this research. However, these sufficient sections to provide an objective insight to characteristics should be considered for further deep and readiness of practicing professionals for the partnership, detailed investigation of the content of training of profes- in particular, general details, components of readiness: sionals in partnership in preventing children’s ill-being. cognitive, motivational, personal, and technological. In total 417 practicing professionals of educational and cultural establishments (a kindergarten, school, museum, library, Palace of culture/cultural center, supplementary

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4. Results As it was mentioned earlier, partnership may serve as a key paradigm of evolution of relations of various estab- 4.1 Basic Theoretical Provisions and lishments and organizations in resolving certain issues. Conclusions While comparing concepts of interaction and partnership, one should point out that interaction is of predominantly Children’s ill-being is a relevant scientific and socially person-oriented nature and implies a direct spacial con- significant problem that must be solved from the point of tact, personal co-participation in various types of activity. view of latest social practice, as well as possible negative Partnership is intended to solve socially significant tasks, effects as certain groups of children get older. Seppianen while partners have a certain social and/or legal status, T.P. describes children’s ill-being in her research as a state are driven by certain motives and values and make use of partial or complete limited possibility of getting essen- of a set of available assets. One may assume that partner- tials (the right to grow up and be raised in a family, in a ship is a much highly organized level of relations that secure and healthy environment, the right to well-being, has a socially-oriented focus, and implies regulation of education, health care, legal protection and exercise of relations and formal structuring. According to4 ‘social prohibition on negligence and violence)3. partnership is a tool for regulating interaction between With view to the available expertise of interaction of large social groups’; social partnership is understood to be an efficient mechanism of achieving full cooperation various establishments in resolving childhood’s problems between all parties. As shown in these provisions, part- (S.T. Shatskii, A.S. Makarenko, V.D. Semenov and others), nership and interaction are close concepts that describe developments6 of scientists in establishing cooperation of certain systems of relations at various levels and between cultural, educational and social protection establishments certain parties; at the same time, each of these concepts in enabling successful development and social function- has its specifics. ing of a child and the family, we7-8 consider social and cultural partnership to be a mechanism of preventing 4.2 Review of Social and Cultural children’s ill-being. A number of provisions can be made, which are Partnership Experience Described in significant for the purpose of our research, follow- Scientific Studies ing review of work done by1 Ye.N. Abuziarova, N.A. Let us use the experience of social and cultural Laptinskaya2. partnership gained by educational, cultural and leisure Social and cultural partnership means structured establishments. 1,2,4,10,11 relations between cultural and social establishments and Having studied works of and other scholars, their team aiming at solving socially significantproblems. one may claim that objectives of social and cultural part- Social and cultural partnership may be distinguished nership are usually reduced to the following: preservation and translation of certain values, practices and traditions by the following: at the level of a certain living environment of the society, a set of partner establishments or interaction of various • Partnership is a historical form of relations between sectors of the society – the government, business society, members of a society, between the public and gov- public; development of connections between social and ernmental authorities, social structures etc. making cultural establishments, vertically (federal, regional and solution of complicated social and personal tasks pos- local levels) and horizontally (interaction between the sible. establishments); exploitation of the potential of educa- • Partnership is a certain type of activity of each of tional and cultural establishments of solving educational its parties, all committed to the common goal, and tasks; distribution of functions and re-distribution of described by a set of values, practices, and motives of areas of responsibility between various establishments in the activity. solving socially significant tasks9. • Social and cultural partnership may be described as a The most known forms of social and cultural certain culture of relations, a condition of translating a partnership of educational, cultural and social protection certain set of cultural practices and values9. establishments in resolving childhood’s problems are joint

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cultural and educational events, contest programs hosted actions are important, which allows for ensuring gradual by cultural and educational institutions; establishment accumulation of a positive social and cultural experience of counseling centers for children and families; hosting by the individual, reinforcement of such experience and competitions of social projects, social ads; occupation fixation in the form of social attitudes and further in the of leisure time of children (including time of vacations); form of social values. Various systems of relations (atti- round tables, joint scientific and training conferences. tude towards the world of organic and inorganic nature, 12,13Describe forms of governmental and private partner- attitude to the world of people, attitude of the individual ships that allow for resolving essential social problems. towards themselves) refracted in individual’s behavior 2Distinguishes between such models of social and cultural are the result of systematic and consistent formation of partnership as sponsorship and charity. social and cultural experience of the individual or group Unfortunately, nevertheless those forms of partnership of people. The social and cultural partnership experience that are truly implemented look attractive to the public, that is described in the literature is indicative of neither negative trends in functionality of the family as a social sufficient consistency nor systematicity of events held by institution and socialization of the younger generation educational and cultural establishments. are still there. Fulfillment of the project management function Our problem analysis relies on functions of social implies enabling implementation of joint projects of estab- and cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being lishments of varying departmental affiliation in children’s (promotional, educational, value-oriented and regulative, ill-being prevention. According to some researches16-17, project management) that were defined by us and with professionals must have such integral trait as readiness. consideration of projects presented in scientific literature. Readiness for social and cultural partnership in prevent- Fulfillment of the promotional function of social and ing children’s ill-being may be described as a new integral, cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being systemic, integrative formation, a result that determines is overloaded with a number of difficulties, which, we personal readiness of professionals for such activity. believe affects its efficiency. Open lectures for various pub- Insufficient formation of such trait and the necessity for lic groups, meetings with artists (actors, writers, cultural formation of such trait as a part of training profession- figures and sportsmen) etc. theme film shows, exhibitions als for the social industry are pointed out in studies of of children’s art or theme meetings in libraries that are various authors18. held on the basis of cultural and educational institutions cover a limited part of the public that is known for its 4.3 Empirical Study rather high social activity. From the point of prevention of children’s ill-being, the question of involving socially The following assumptions were made for the empirical deprived families and their children in various interaction study: an initial possibility of social and cultural part- forms is still open. At the same time, each establishment nership for the purpose of the discussed social problem that joined such partnership has a socially valuable goal must be available; social and cultural partnership that is and the objective of the establishment itself. There are fulfilled at different levels depends on characteristics of some difficulties associated with management of social professionals themselves, as well as characteristics of the and cultural partnership as a defined system14-15. system of activity of the very establishments of a certain Fulfillment of the educational and value-oriented and field, and the empirical study was arranged logically, regulative functions relies on a sophisticated psychological based on these assumptions. and pedagogic mechanism of forming a value-conscious The following statements were made possible, accord- attitude, which implies the following: involvement of ing to the questionnaire survey of practicing professionals: an individual or group of people in activity of a certain • In quantitative terms, professionals’ readiness for type, emotional enrichment and positive emotional back- social and cultural partnership in preventing chil- ground of such activity, emotions felt by the individuals dren’s ill-being can be described in the following way: being close to their social and cultural experience and – ready for social and cultural partnership in social attitudes. From the point of the described mecha- preventing children’s ill-being – 196 people/47%, i.e. they nism, building and cultivation of traditions in activity of exhibit formed cognitive, motivational, personal and educational and cultural establishments and their inter- technological readiness components;

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– can be described as ready for social and cultural Formed motivational component of readiness for social partnership in preventing children’s ill-being enough – and cultural partnership of professionals includes the 132 people/31.65%, i.e. they exhibit formed individual following: awareness of the importance of social and constituents of cognitive, motivational, personal and cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being, technological readiness components; and understanding the importance of sharing such experi- – not ready for social and cultural partnership ence, active participation in various lines of cooperation in preventing children’s ill-being – 21.34%, i.e. most with establishments from other industries to work constituents of cognitive, motivational, personal and tech- with the family and children, self-development and nological readiness components are not formed in them. use in their professional activity forms and methods of Formedness of components of professionals’ readiness cooperation with establishments from other industries for social and cultural partnership in preventing children’s to work with the family and children, active dem- ill-being is presented in quantitative terms in Table 1. onstration of their personal experience with other establishments by speaking at meetings of pedagogic • Most professionals exhibit formed cognitive component councils, holding master classes, making publications of readiness for social and cultural partnership in pre- in professional journals and research and training venting children’s ill-being (367 people/88%), i.e. they conference information packages, participation in cor- recognize the childhood being a special social group responding professional contests, commitment to any in need of special social and legal protection, have challenges associated with gaps in knowledge or certain an idea of the essence of social and cultural partner- immature skills of implementing social and cultural ship between educational, cultural, social and other partnership in preventing children’s ill-being, active establishments in resolving childhood’s issues, are self-development, eager to learn more than offered by aware of the content and possible ways of social and continuing education or re-training programs. cultural partnership (family education; cultivation of • Quantitative indicators of formed personal component psychological and pedagogic culture of the parents; of professionals’ readiness for social and cultural part- arrangement of activities for children; creation of nership in preventing children’s ill-being are similar social and cultural environment of a certain territory), (341 people/81.7%). Formed personal component of and principles of social and cultural partnership in pre- readiness for social and cultural partnership of profes- venting children’s ill-being. This may be explained by sionals includes the following: capability of establishing all respondents having professional training (second- constructive interaction with professionals of adjacent ary-level vocational training – 194 people/46.5%; and professions working at other establishments, team higher-level vocational training – 223 people/53.5%) working, coordination of activities with other parties, and experience with social and cultural partnership in awareness of personal and professional responsibility preventing children’s ill-being (joint projects of educa- for professional performance, commitment to coop- tional and cultural establishments, hosting events) for eration with other establishments and organizations, 274 people/65.7%. recognition of their capabilities of establishing social • Most respondents (338 people/81%) showed formed and cultural partnership in preventing children’s motivational component of readiness for social and ill-being. cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being. • Most respondents (298 people/71.46%) are in the age group from 36 years old. According to studies in labor Table 1. Formedness of components of the specialist’s readiness for social and cultural partnership for preventing psychology, motivation of professional activity changes children’s ill-being gradually after 35 years of age, and so called social motives prevail, which can affect positively the readi- Components Degree of manifestation ness of professionals from cultural and educational of readiness formed adequately formed not formed establishments for social partnership in resolving the cognitive 256 people/ 61.4% 111 people / 26.6% 60 people/ 14.39% issue. The fact is confirmed by highly formed moti- motivational 240 people/ 57.5% 98 people/ 23.5% 79 people/ 18.9% vational and personal components in professionals personal 250 people/59.9% 91 people/21.8% 76 people/18.2% from 41 years old (197 people and 203 people accord- technological 113 people/27.1% 96 people/23% 128 people/30.7% ingly out of this group comprising 241 people). As

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compared with the data presented, personal and moti- of scheduling and implementing preventive and vational components are highly formed just in a small rehabilitation measures for the discussed category of number of professionals who are 20 to 40 years old (43 children. people and 47 people, accordingly). One may assume • Limited network of educational, cultural, leisure, and that the age of professionals can be the very factor to social protection establishments; settlements scattered determine their readiness for implementing various over a large territory. forms of social and cultural partnership in preventing • Limited number of professionals to deal directly with children’s ill-being (speaking of junior professionals, socially deprived children, and families of minor as well as highly experienced professionals). children. • Similar quantitative demonstration of formed motiva- • Unclear management, arrangement and monitoring tional and personal components of readiness for social system of social and cultural partnership in preventing and cultural partnership in preventing children’s children’s ill-being. ill-being of professionals may be attributed to the essence of such components being familiar to the respondents 5. Conclusion and their satisfaction with their professional activity. Let us point out that 3/4 of the respondents said they According to our findings, the existence of objective are fully satisfied (161 people/38.6%), rather satisfied problems of implementation of social and cultural part- than not (163 people/39.1%). nership in preventing children’s ill-being, and problems of • Formed technological component of readiness for staffing support of this kind of partnership manifested in social and cultural partnership of professionals was insufficiently formed readiness of professionals (techno- discovered in 209 people (50%), i.e. rather success- logical component of readiness is not sufficiently formed ful mastering of ways and techniques of cooperation against cognitive, personal and motivational compo- with other professionals, establishments and organi- nents that are sufficiently formed) may be acknowledged. zations; capability of selecting content of social and Professionals’ readiness for social and cultural partnership cultural partnership from the point of view of educa- in preventing children’s ill-being has not been investigated tional and value-oriented elements comprised in such before. Presented findings of the empirical study prove partnership; readiness and capability of designing theoretical concussions and allow for determination of social and cultural activity of various kinds; capability track and content of professional training in social and of initiating, designing forms of social and cultural cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being at partnership; considering specifics and traditions of the stage of obtaining a professional degree, as well as interacting establishments and organizations, when professional re-training, continuing education and self- designing social and cultural partnership of various education. Differentiation of the content of professional kinds; and capability of arranging performance evalu- training considering their age and field of work is made ation of implemented forms of social and cultural possible. Further research aims at developing a tech- partnership. nique of comprehensive evaluation of social and cultural partnership in preventing children’s ill-being, technol- The following problems may be stated, based on our study ogy and forms of social and cultural partnership for this of activity of cultural, educational and social protection purpose. Determination of fundamental characteristics, establishments (settlements of the Kizel, Alexandrovsk, capabilities of preventing children’s ill-being of social and Solikamsk, Cherdyn, Krasnovishersk, Usolye municipal cultural partnership is crucial for developing the theory districts, Alexandrovsk, Cherdyn, Krasnovishersk and of social and cultural and social and pedagogic activity. Solikamsk cities) as main parties in resolving issues of children’s ill-being: 6. References • Lack of systemic management of work with children 1. YeN A. Chelyabinsk: Social and cultural partnership as a of socially deprived categories, which determines factor of image formation of a supplementary children’s scattered efforts of professionals of different ser- educational institution: PhD Thesis in Pedagogic Sciences. vices, disagreement of their activities, bureaucracy 2009.

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