Music and identity. The historical origins of music. Classical and national music. Music and the inner world of a human being. Interlinking education and classical music. The role of state policy in the popularization of classical music. The formation of musical taste.

• Speaker: Inessa Khachatryan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Art and beauty as inseparable parts of human identity. The branches of visual art and their teaching from preschool age. The transmission of positive values through arts. Visual arts as means of self-expression and psychotherapy. Does one need talent or diligent training to excel in art? The inspirational and leading role of the teacher.

• Speaker: Sevada Petrosyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Social relations as a model of mutual service. The image of the citizen who honestly and conscientiously fulfills service duties. Service as a Christian virtue. The perception of officials in social understanding. The fight against the abuse of authority and corruption.

• Speaker: Noyemi Andreasyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The issue of gender equality in historical-cultural context. Gender roles in society. Claims of feminism. The legislative regulations of women’s rights in Armenia. The activities of the YSU Center for Gender and Leadership Studies and the Women’s Fund of Armenia. Is it possible to reach an absolute gender equality?

• Speaker: Gohar Shahnazaryan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Shaking of identity and values during human life and its consequences. The protective and rectifying function of the family and educational system. Keeping the norms and values in society and the necessity of “immune cells.” The pedagogical and psychological methods of the rectification of humans. The function of penitentiary institutions in Armenia and abroad.

• Speaker: Anna Arakelyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Preschool education as a first level of the education system. The content of preschool education. The questions of identity in the eyes of a child and the perception of values in the child consciousness. Applying modern teaching methods. Requirements for teachers, inclusion and counseling of parents. Introducing art and literature to kids, stimulating their personal and creative qualities.

• Speaker: Nora Sargsyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Speech as a higher-order thinking process. Comparative linguistics and universal grammar. Language as a factor of national and cultural identification. The self-perception and self-expression of human through the language. Linguistic ideologies and socio-anthropological and ethnographic approaches to language.

• Speaker: Lilit Ghazaryan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Respect as a starting point for human communication. The transmission of the etiquette and communication skills in the educational process. Respect towards people and environment surrounding us, towards social institutions and dissent. The psychological work with students having communication problems. The expressions of national psychology in our daily communication.

• Speaker: Solanzh Tamamyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Human behavior in its early formation stages. The factors contributing to the eccentric adolescent behavior. Environments which have an influence on teenagers–family, school, friends’ circle, virtual world. Negative behavior being labeled at school. Group and personal work with teenagers. Are there any behavioral manifestations that are not subject to change?

• Speaker: Mariam Grigoryan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Historical peculiarities of the formation of the Armenian diaspora. The striving of the Armenian nation to find a Promised Land abroad. The necessity of more intense involvement of the Diaspora resources in the foreign policy and in the state-building. The activities of Armenian national organizations in the Diaspora. The purpose of repatriation and the policy of national state.

• Speaker: Davit Hakobyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The mutilation of the notions of fatherland and nation-state in the social consciousness. The attempts of the ruling administration of being identified with the fatherland and state. The identification of the fatherland and discredited administration in the eyes of citizens. Showing civil disobedience without a harm to the state. The participation of a person and nation in the state-building, service to the fatherland.

• Speaker: Artur Atanesyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The role of critical thinking in Armenian education system. Information and knowledge, Bloom’s taxonomy. The danger of indoctrination. Sapere aude – “dare to know.” The teaching methods of independent thinking. The problem of teacher training.

• Speaker: Serob Khachatryan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan
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The course of philosophy in Armenian and global education system. The separation of humanities and exact sciences from philosophy. The movement “Philosophy for children” (P4C). Philosophical meditation in adolescence, questions of identity and ontology, skepticism. The philosophical ethics and theology as a foundation for the value system, worldview, and the way of life.

• Speaker: Lilia Khachatryan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

A value-based approach to professional activities. Keeping moral norms in society and its importance. Professional ethics as a moral imperative of a person. Professional oath, responsibilities to society. Common violations and the law regulations. Introducing the principles of the professional ethics to schoolchildren and university students.

• Speaker: Varduhi Petrosyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The stages of person’s psychosocial development. Changes occurring in childhood and adolescence and common difficulties. The levels of realization of self-identity. The formation of the value system, values education. Firming of the fundamental ideas in the consciousness of the teenager. The right opportunities for the psychological intervention in the school program.  

• Speaker: Anna Arakelyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The education crisis in Armenia. The character of a teacher in various cultures and ages. The traditions of Mashtots’ school and Armenian pedagogy. The institute of leadership as a model of values education. Pedagogical ethics. Equal educational rights in provinces. Reformation projects of the educational system.

Speaker: Hripsime Khanzadyan
Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The fundamental importance of trust in human life. Self-confidence and its dangers.
Myths spoon-fed to society and their refutation: “Believe in yourself,” “You can be whatever you want to be,” “The existing system is trustworthy.” The motto “In God we
trust.”

• Speaker: Fr. Mesrop Aramian
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

Knowing the world as part of self-education. Can humans love their fatherland without knowing it? The necessity of learning foreign countries and cultures. Preserving the national identity and values through perpetual contact with the native nature and the cultural monuments of fatherland.

• Speaker: Varsenik Melkumyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The Indo-European origin of the Armenian nation. The legendary and historical ties between Armenian and European nations. Cultural exchange between Armenia and Europe. Christianization of Armenia and the Christian West. European values.

• Speaker: Tigran Khzmalyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan

The difference between knowledge and information. Sources of knowledge. The misleading effect of information streams and their management. News transmission and journalism ethics. State information policy and information security.

• Speaker: Noyemi Andreasyan
• Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan