A psychological motif for the popularity of a myth about Endymion and the Ukrainian translations of the literary endymionade

Рopularity of mythological plot about Endymion is investigated. The author researches different versions of the myth to discover their dominate motifs: “BEAUTY - LOVE – IMMORTALITY”, which explain psychological peculiarities for the popularity of myth about Endymion and reflect the universal values, ideals that determine the spiritual experience of mankind in all socio-historical formations. An active creative reconsideration of a mythological material in the context of the world art is considered as basic tendencies of functioning of endymionade that means the interpretations of the ancient Greek myth about Endymion, distinguished by various forms of rethinking of the ancient material and reproduce the contemporary author's reality through the artistic prism based on sensual psychic perception of such universal values as beauty, love and immortality. The Ukrainian translations of the literature interpretations about Endymion are of particular interest. This article is believed to be the first step to investigate psychological peculiarities for the popularity of the functioning of the ancient myth about Endymion and opens the prospects for further consideration of literary endymionade like оrphism, faustiаnism, robinsonism, quixotism etc

Talking to your family about philanthropy

This guide briefly reviews why you might consider talking with family members about philanthropy and when it might be appropriate. It also looks at how to prepare for such a dialogue and what topics might be covered. As with all the guides in the Philanthropy Roadmap series, key questions provide an avenue for reflection and engagement

Individualism, Environmentalism and Social Change

Market logic encourages the idea everything can be bought and sold, and in effect creates an individualized society. This individualization affects consumption habits, environmental action, and social change. It argues that many green consumer products are not solutions to our environmental crises, but mask the larger institutional problems that have led to environmental degradation and diminished civic participation. Society needs to reframe what it means to be environmentally sustainable. In order to generate lasting sustainable social change, action needs to come from community awareness and participation to influence social forces and structures that impact the environment

The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution: From Knowledge to Wisdom,

At present the basic intellectual aim of academic inquiry is to improve knowledge. Much of the structure, the whole character, of academic inquiry, in universities all over the world, is shaped by the adoption of this as the basic intellectual aim. But, judged from the standpoint of making a contribution to human welfare, academic inquiry of this type is damagingly irrational. Three of four of the most elementary rules of rational problem-solving are violated. A revolution in the aims and methods of academic inquiry is needed so that the basic aim becomes to promote wisdom, conceived of as the capacity to realize what is of value, for oneself and others, thus including knowledge and technological know-how, but much else besides. This urgently needed revolution would affect every branch and aspect of the academic enterprise

The Co-operative College: report from the Inspectorate (FEFC inspection report; 01/97 and 69/00)

Comprises two Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) inspection reports for the periods 1996-1997 and 1999-2000

Modern Concepts of Financial and Non-Financial Motivation of Service Industries Staff

In modern conditions the questions of personnel management, including motivation, acquire new meaning. Particularly given the problems relevant to the service sector, where at the beginning of the XXI century employing more than 60% of the workforce in developed countries. These circumstances determine the need for a modern concept of material and immaterial motivation of service industries. Such factors determine the need for the development modern concept of material and immaterial motivation of service industries staff. To obtain indicated objective during research analyzed the existing concepts and paradigm of staff motivation with highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. The results obtained allowed to establish that scientific and expert community does not have the unified approach to the classification and identification of the most effective ones. Special attention is given to modern developments and approaches to the motivation problem. This fact caused the structure of follow studies, including three interlinked vectors: analysis of the essential content of the fundamental concepts in the field of staff motivation; defining features of employee motivation at the enterprises sphere of services; introduction to the key successful international practices which apply by service companies. In general, the results obtained enabled the author’s model of the modern concept of material and non-material motivation at the enterprises the service sector and the corresponding mechanism for the implementation

Teacher artistic disciplines in the discourse of pedagogical skills: teacher's guide. Section 1.6.Artistic and aesthetic worldview the structure of the pedagogical skills of teachers of artistic disciplines

У підрозділі «Художньо-естетичний світогляд у структурі педагогічної майстерності викладачів мистецьких дисциплін» С. Соломаха обґрунтувала, що специфіка педагогічної діяльності викладачів мистецьких дисциплін полягає у роботі з художнім текстом, який має потужний освітній й світоглядний потенціал. Він виявляється у пошуках смислу художнього твору, коли не лише здобуваються певні мистецькі знання і навички, а здійснюється переосмислення особистісної позиції щодо художньо-естетичних та морально-етичних цінностей, ідеалів, переконань. Шляхом пошуку смислових значень символів у текстах культури, на думку дослідниці, здійснюється розвиток культури педагога й культури студента, учня, що поєднує логіку дослідника із художньо-естетичною образністю митця.n Section " Art and the aesthetic worldview of the structure of the pedagogical skills of teachers of artistic disciplines " S. Solomacha substantiated that the specific teaching activities of teachers of artistic disciplines is the work of a literary text , which has a strong educational and ideological potential. It is manifested in search of the meaning of a work of art when not only acquired some artistic skills , and performed rethinking personal position on artistic and aesthetic , moral and ethical values, ideals and beliefs. By finding meanings of symbols in the texts of culture , according to the researcher carried out the culture of teacher and student culture , student, researcher combines logic with artistic and aesthetic imagery of the artist