The New generation at the crossroad of cultures: socialization aspect

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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Naujoji karta; Kultūra; Socializacija; New Generation; Culture; Socialization; Micro level; Meso level; Macro level.

ENThe globalization process – rapid in economic, educational, cultural and other spaces – opens a few possibilities in labour market, economics, education and intercultural interchange. However, at the same time individual’s socialization becomes more complicated because it is necessary to estimate the environment changing under the infl uence of diff erent cultures and adjust to it. The subject of the article is the new generation at the intersection of cultures in the aspect of socialization. The aim is to highlight the peculiarity of the new generation’s socialization at the intersection of cultures and indicate the possibility for its development. Objectives: defining the new generation by identifying essential contact points of culture and individual’s socialization; creating the model of development of the new generation’s socialization at the intersection of cultures. The article highlights the new generation and essential contact points of its socialization. The model of development of the new generation’s socialization at the intersection of cultures is presented. It is possible to use the three stage-scheme for the new generation’s socialization: pre-arrival stage, encounter stage, and metamorphosis stage. In each stage, it is necessary to evaluate micro, meso, macro levels and their elements that infl uence individual’s socialization. This might help the new generation to avoid confusion in the globalising world and identify essential contact points of its socialization: values, standards, and rules. This determination may help create basis for decision-making and overcoming difficulties of socialization. [From the publication]