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The article presents the results of the document analysis since the late 1940s to early 1970s devoted to the development of students' research activities in pedagogic institutes. The author studied documents of three levels – the level of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the level of relevant ministries and state organisations of a pedagogic orientation, the level of an institute. The documents were analysed in terms of the use of words in describing the process of formation and development of students' research activities in pedagogic institutes, the frequency of these terms use at different time stages, their meaning and context of use. The author identifies several main categories of lexical units used: "person," "student activity/result", "form of presentation of the student activity result," "activity aimed at the student," "association," "characteristic of scientific work," "abstract concepts used to describe science." Analysis of each selected term category has been carried out. Based on the analysis, conclusions were drawn on the reflection of the peculiarities of each stage, allocated within the framework of internal periodisation, in the use of lexical units. In terms of words, a parallel is drawn with the modern meaning of the lexical unit, the features of the development of the object or the course of the process in the studied chronological period and nowadays are compared.

There has been continuous debate concerning policies and practices regarding intercultural education in the multicultural Europe and intercultural competence has become one of the crucial issues today. There is an urgent need to educate students about the limitations of using their own cultural frame to interpret and evaluate people belonging to a different cultural background. For quite long intercultural communication courses were typically offered for students in Education, International Relations, Business, and a like programs, while this subject was out of scope until the last few years in other disciplines. However, recent social and political changes are forcing program developers to work on a general intercultural preparation of professionals from all backgrounds. There is an educational need to focus on how to prepare interculturally competent students, to act in a drastically changing society as true global citizens, who have a motivation for civic engagement and contribute to their community. More than that, according to the new framework by the Council of Europe, there is a political need for the new generation of young people to get involved with the democratic society in an active way (Council of Europe, 2016). This paper presents two similar structures for a long-term intercultural program, where civic mindedness receives an important scope (Guntersdorfer and Golubeva, 2017). These programs can be offered to students from all disciplines in higher education. Both educational efforts aim to broaden knowledge of the meaning of culture by providing students with theories from linguistics, psychology, sociology, ethnology, and political science. Although pedagogical set-up slightly differ, there is a strong motivation for cooperation. The following article provides a description of the theoretical and pedagogical concepts of these two programs, draws on research plans and assessment methods, and lays down the groundwork for a collaboration. ; Didėjančios skurdo ir karų sukeltos globalaus pasaulio problemos pagilino pabėgėlių krizę, į kurią reikia skubiai reaguoti. Tačiau atrodo, kad Europos visuomenės nėra pasirengusios spręsti šios krizės. Dabartinė situacija yra sudėtinga. Tokios šalys kaip Vokietija ir Vengrija, kurioms įtakos turi didėjantis atvykstančių pabėgėlių skaičius, susiduria su sunkumais politiniame, ekonominiame ir socialiniame lygmenyje. Straipsnio autorės yra įsitikinusios, kad tarpkultūrinis ugdymas yra vienas iš veiksmingiausių būdų, galinčių padėti sukurti iš tiesų daugiakultūrę Europą. Todėl pagrindinis šio straipsnio tikslas buvo pagrįsti, pristatyti ir palyginti dvi konceptualiai naujas tarpkultūrinio ugdymo programas. Remiantis dviejų programų – Miuncheno Ludwigo Maximiliano universiteto Tarpkultūrinės komunikacijos pažymėjimą suteikiančia programa ir Pannonia universiteto Tarpkultūrinės komunikacijos tarptautiniam mobilumui programa – ir jų bendradarbiavimo pavyzdžiais pademonstruoti, kaip galima rengti tarpkultūrinę kompetenciją turinčius studentus, sugebančius veikti greitai besikeičiančioje visuomenėje kaip tikrieji pasaulio piliečiai, kurie gyvena aktyvų pilietinį gyvenimą ir gali prisidėti prie bendruomenės.

This volume examines how foreign language learners and teachers think about citizenship and interculturality. It presents a new theory of intercultural citizenship and demonstrates how it can be fostered in practice. It describes how teachers in schools and universities can work together across continents to develop new curricula and pedagogy

A number of researches in recent years have been aimed at revealing the factors that influenced the iconographic program in the apses of the basilicas in Rome as well as at a new, deeper understanding of the semantics of the depicted themes. The paper is focused on the mosaic compositions in Roman apses; it is intended to demonstrate three typical aspects (liturgical, stylistic and political) of the visual papal strategies that are reflected in the encrypted "messages" of the pontiffs in different times. Both iconographic models and inscriptions within the composition – liturgical texts, quotations from scripture – are studied in the connection with the liturgics. In the context of the stylistic analysis, the author considers the pictorial tools used by the Roman artists, thus trying to reveal their appeal to the heritage of the past. A manifestation of such a reference was reflected, particularly, in the widespread adoption of paleochristian models and schemes, which succeeded the reform of the Church, proclaimed by Gregory VII, and also were connected with the concept of Ecclesia primitiva. The political aspect of visual communication is represented in the selection of images of the Roman Church that appeared in the apse. The author seeks to understand the causality associated with the chosen iconographical program and the historical and political situation.