2. Contents Civil society, social change, and a new popular education
Values in Russian education
Educational strategies of the affluent and of the poor
The social and personal benefits of literacy and learning
Professional education, training, and privatization
Youth at risk: do sport and physical recreation help?
Social capital and the survival of rural Russia
Religion, the state, and civil society
Migration, ethnicity, and Russian nationhood

3. The preferences of Russians: %
Attitude to changes
I like changes and live in a changing society 52
All the changes are for the worse 47
Attitude to initiative
The main thing is initiative, enterprise, searching for a new way 56
The main thing is submission to established customs, traditions 44
Attitude to responsibility
My life is determined to a great extent by my own efforts 54
My life is determined to a great extent by external circumstances 46
Attitude to freedom
Freedom is the opportunity to be your own master 57
Human freedom is realized in existing rights and freedoms 42

4. Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by age, %

5. Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by education, %

6. Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by economic conditions , %

7. Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by type of settlement , %

8. Two Russias – Different attitudes to responsibility

9. What do Russians need to learn ?
Know our social and labour rights
Formulate our opinion
Convince, not insult our opponents
Interact, not conflict
Achieve multicultural literacy
Develop the capacity of neighborhood and local communities
Be active to understand the diversity of the world and make the best choice
Realize and be responsible for our choice

10. How May This Be Done in Russia?
Through the organic development of Russian civil society
Based on autonomous citizens’ organizations and associations of all types.
Through the practice of informal learning and non-formal education in this civil society i.e. A new popular education.
Political participation means more than voting.

11. Thank you for your attention !
Diolch am eich sylw chi !
Thank you for your attention !
Спасибо за внимание !