{"title":"The Importance of Support of Newly Independent State at an Early Stage and Development of Strategic Partnership between the U.S. and Georgia","authors":"Lela Vanishvili","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.394","url":null,"abstract":"The following paper aims to examine the U.S foreign policy to Georgia carried out by the Democrat Presidents – Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Foreign Policy of the United States was changeable across the decades and due to different presidents, sometimes the interest and cooperations’ rank was low, and sometimes was on the high level. At present the cooperation between two countries is developing in various direction and at different levels, including mutual security and counterterrorism interests which aims to provide Georgia with bilateral security assistance. Preliminary studies of the US assistance to Georgia which aimed to promote the democracy in the country carried out during the Democrat presidents have revealed some alterations. The finances invested education and restructuring of state institutions helped Georgia to make rapid advancement in building democracy in the country.Keywords: Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, contribution to NATO missions, Georgian presidents, International Republican Institute, NDI in Georgia, Sovereignty of Georgia, strategic partnership, support of Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, The Open Society Georgia Foundation, USAID operating in Georgia","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interdisciplinary Character of Contemporary Literary Theory and Poststructuralist Understanding of Literary Text and Literary Meaning","authors":"Nino Tevdoradze","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.393","url":null,"abstract":"The present article aims to introduce major convictions of poststructualism about literary text and literary meaning; to discuss the theoretical complications that arise from poststucturalist beliefs; to show the necessity of including into the interdisciplinary field of research pragmatics and analytical aesthetics; and to argue in defence for alteranative conception of text and textual meaning – recently introduced by a Swedish scholar, Anders PetterssonKeywords: Contemporary literary criticism, interdisciplinary, literary semiotics, literary text, literary meaning, post-structuralism","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"215 S703","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender Inequality in Higher Education","authors":"Teona Talikadze","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.392","url":null,"abstract":"The paper deals with issues concerning to gender inequality. The article demonstrates problems of equity in American social life and higher education system. Women are underrepresented in American colleges and universities. They are practically excluded from the STEM fields due to lots of barriers or biases existing in American society. Women employment and pay gap clearly reveal unequal treatments of people. The problem is a global challenge so lots of international organizations are involved to eliminate the problem and advance more women. Universities are also actively working to create inclusive environment on their campus, through division of students on the basis of gender is a fact. \u0000Keywords: Equality, gender segregation, gender gap","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"5 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Level of Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Ogun State Secondary Schools, Nigeria","authors":"J. Adetayo","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.385","url":null,"abstract":"The study determined the level of job satisfaction among Secondary school teachers in Ogun State. Four research questions were raised to guide the study. The descriptive survey research method was used. Four hundred teachers were randomly selected to participate in the study from Ijebu-North and Ijebu-Ode Local Government Areas respectively. The researcher designed and validated Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TEJOSQ) was the only instrument used for data collection. The descriptive statistics, t-test of significance, analysis of variance and post-hoc analysis were used to analyze the data collected for the study. The outcomes of the study revealed that majority of the teachers are presently satisfied with their teaching job and that the teachers differed significantly by gender, age group and qualification in their levels of job satisfaction. Hence, there is need for continuous effort by the government to ensure that policy that will promote better maintenance and improvement of satisfaction of teachers are put in place at all times in the state.Keywords: Job satisfaction, Secondary school, Teachers","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"128 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Subuola C. Abosede, O. Akintola, Tolulope Esther Sobande
{"title":"Contributions of Critical Thinking Skills and Self-Regulation to the Professional Competence of Business Studies Teachers in Ogun State, Nigeria","authors":"Subuola C. Abosede, O. Akintola, Tolulope Esther Sobande","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.384","url":null,"abstract":"The advancement in the world has made typical business schools to focus in shifting courses designed to impact a large dose of quantitative management skills and techniques to specific softer skills (behavioural and societal) involving the ability to work with others, to communicate effectively, to display multicultural awareness and to exhibit some entrepreneurial and leadership skills. In fact, there is growing emphasis in education, business, government, employer organizations, and alumni and even student for graduate to possess competencies for employability. Hence, the study examined critical thinking skills and self-regulation as determinants of professional competence of business teachers. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this the study. Thirty-two (32) respondents that constituted the population of the Business Studies Teachers in Secondary Schools within Ijebu-North Local government Area of Ogun State were sampled to participate in study. Adopted and validated scales were used for data collection and statistically analysed using multiple regression at 0.05 alpha levels. The result revealed that there was a significant relationship between critical thinking, self-regulation and professional competency among business studies teachers. Based on the result of this study, the researchers recommend strategies for sustaining professional competence among the business studies teachers, using critical thinking and self-regulation.Keywords: Critical Thinking Skills, Professional Competence & Business Studies Teachers, Self-Regulation","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"88 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intercultural Communicative Competence","authors":"Maia Kutateladze","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.389","url":null,"abstract":"Communication worldwide implies communication with other cultures, provision of certain customs and knowledge of peculiarities and norms of local culture that is the foundation of successful relation. Communication for business purposes needs more caution, so being competent for intercultural communication for business purposes is not easy. A lot of scientists tried to figure out main components of international communication competence (ICC). Understanding of the components will enable people in business and in general to sound decent, passable and adequate and be understood sufficiently. The article discusses development of concept of ICC and provides the latest approaches towards the issue.Keywords: Communication, competence, intercultural","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"79 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141225020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mariam Kereselidze’s Life Twists and Turns (According to Mariam Kereselidze’s Epistles)","authors":"Mariam Marjanishvili","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.390","url":null,"abstract":"It is scientifically proved that genetic heritance, irrespective of a person’s wish or will, is passed down from parents, which connects him/her with their predecessors’ world.The same can be said about constitution, nervous system, temperament, character – they are all inherited. From this point of view, Mariam Kereselidze was a copy of her father, general Leo Kereselidze. She was determined, self-sacrificing and daring like her father. The love of Georgian gene and origins, the striving towards freedom were inspired by her father from her very childhood. Mariam was the only child so her father brought her up in a manly manner, tried to develop the features which she would use in difficult situations. The general wished his daughter to continue his political course.Brought up in her father’s political surrounding, all Mariam’s actions were directed to restore Georgia’s statehood.During the World War II, at the age of 19, Mariam Kereselidze helped the Germans to bomb English bases in Gibraltar for three years, according to KGB. On her “achievements” list, there was also a revelation of secret negotiations between American and Portuguese ambassadors. That was why she was hunted by: Soviet KGB, English Intelligence, French police and even German Nazis… In the World War II, Mariam Kereselidze fought among anti-Soviet group, on the Germans’ side for others’ interests, formally, but in reality, she fought for Georgia.After the war she moved to South America and while living in Peru, in 1960, she wrote a play “Maita” in Spanish, her second Add Contributorplay was “Roots of Stars” which was staged by Rosa Wonder’s cast of Peru Theatre. Due to hard life conditions in Peru, Mariam Kereselidze started her activity in Communist Party.Keywords: Kereselidze, lost, Peru","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"74 s318","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141225027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pivot States and Great Powers - the U.S. Foreign Policy Strategy towards Georgia as a “Pivot State“","authors":"Eka Beraia","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.387","url":null,"abstract":"Great powers are believed to play a crucial role in global politics. Their keen interests in politics, military capabilities and economic strength mean that their actions have a great influence on the international security environment. The powers maintain dominant positions in alliances and in waging wars, and prove their diplomatic and political weight in international affairs. This difference in power distribution and reputation leads to so called “a set of rights and rules“, governing interactions among states. Pivot states generally possess military, economic or ideational strategic assets and are coveted by great powers. They are caught in the middle of overlapping spheres of influence of multiple great powers as measured by associations that consist of ties that bind military and economic agreements as well as cultural affinities.Keywords: Brinksmanship, cooperation, deployment, global politics, great actors, initiative, pivot states","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"180 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is New Cold War Started? Possible Military Confrontation between USA and Russia on the Examples of Comparing the Military Potentials of Two Powers and Withdrawal from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by Both Countries","authors":"Nika Chitadze","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.388","url":null,"abstract":"The paper explores the analysis of the main reasons of the restarting the confrontation between USA and Russia, review the military potential of two powers on the example of the structure of land forces, air forces, military fleet, nuclear potential etc.Second part of the research is dedicated to the observation the possible consequences of the abolishment Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which was signed in 1987 between USA and USSR, particularly, what type of threats can be emerged for the International Community on the examples of the considering the missile potential of two countries and security environment in the Baltic and Black Sea Regions as a potential frontier lines between USA and Russia Federation.Keywords: Armed Forces, Cold War, Missile Systems, Russia, USA","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"160 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"American University Campus – Reflection of Globalization Process","authors":"Irina Bakhtadze","doi":"10.31578/hum.v8i1.386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31578/hum.v8i1.386","url":null,"abstract":"Globalization of higher education is a process which has been on for more than a century. Changes it brings is connected with education, teaching-learning, research, practice, engagement and services. It requires new ways of thinking organizationally about knowledge and learning – how to grow and share it. One of the most pressing problems in the process of globalization is how to stay unique and keep identity. Global campus should offer to its customers most updated and high-quality knowledge which will help them promote personally and develop their career on international level. Globalization offers educational programs to a wide population and establishes common moral values. World market demands, technological advancement and English as a global language supported creation of international educational institutions and global campuses. IBSU one of the best international universities in Georgia has been involved in the process of globalization of higher education since its foundation. Personal interviews have been conducted with four IBSU staff members to identify the reasons and results of globalization experienced by the university.Keywords: Distant education, Georgian students-U.S. university alumni, global campus, higher education, International Black Sea University, interviews regarding IBSU globalization, morality as cooperation, multicultural campus, university education globalization, U.S. universities","PeriodicalId":493003,"journal":{"name":"Journal in Humanities","volume":"48 3‐4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141224878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}