Promoting students' participation in the multinational environment of Latvian institutions of higher education
2012
Jurgena, I., Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia) | Mikainis, Z., Rezekne Higher Education Institution (Latvia)
At the beginning of the 21st century, there has developed a new situation in Latvia as a result of political, economic, and social transformations. Along with the consolidation of basic human rights, the declaration of civic society, equal rights for all individuals, and respect for different values, the factor of participation is also brought to the foreground as a precondition for successful process of integration. The purpose of the article is to summarise and analyse the results of various studies concerning the content of student participation and the forms of its implementation. The theoretical approach is the analysis of literature and documents. The empirical approach – surveys. There have been carried out both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the data. The studies concerning student civic participation in Latvia reveal several factors promoting the enrichment of student participation in various social integration processes. It is concluded in the article that in order to promote students‘ civic participation it is necessary to pay attention not only to macro-level participation, i.e. participation in political and social activities, the involvement of young people in political decision-making at the national and municipal level, but also to develop institutions of higher education as models for the society, thus promoting the development of the experience of participation both among students and the academic staff in the actual integration process in the multinational academic environment.
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