Analytical Essay Research Articles

Searching for Arcadia in the Main Theme of Robert Schumann's Overture to Hermann and Dorothea

Abstract: Although literature on Robert Schumann's compositions increasingly reference his large-scale instrumental works, there continues to be little attention given his overtures. In this analytical essay, I approach one of these neglected works, the Overture to Hermann and Dorothea , op. 136, using William Caplin's theory of formal functions. Filtering Caplin's theory through Nathan Martin's concept of "formal incompleteness," I demonstrate how the overture engages with its source material—primarily Goethe's epic poem of the same name, but also the political circumstances from the late-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries—by leaving formal units incomplete at various hierarchical levels. I then use Andrew Davis's descriptions of Arcadia as a lens to explain how formal incompleteness brings out the overture's program. Perhaps mirroring Schumann's own ambivalence around the poem's subject matter, Arcadia is presented in an incomplete state for much of the piece; only at the end does it appear in reality.

The Feminist Teacher’s Dilemma: Faculty Labor and the Culture of Sexual Violence in Higher Education

While activists and scholars have interrogated the problem of campus sexual assault, studies have yet to understand its effects on faculty labor. In this analytical essay, Stephanie R. Larson expands studies of campus sexual violence by addressing how ineffective reporting procedures and inadequate mechanisms of response have consequences for minoritized faculty that are not acknowledged by their institutions. Drawing on interview data with twenty humanities faculty members across a range of disciplines, ranks, and types of institutions, she analyzes how the invisible labor around reporting and responding to sexual violence creates a hostile work environment and ultimately exacerbates inequalities in higher education, illustrating how individuals who identify as women, people of color, and/or queer are especially subject to this additional labor. The essay concludes with implications for curriculum, policy, and advocacy.

International Teaching Stylistic Text Analysis as a Genre of an Academic Analytical Essay

International Teaching Stylistic Text Analysis as a Genre of an Academic Analytical Essay

Methods Content Analysis: A Role in Applied Health Research

Text data is highly information-rich and accessing this information would greatly benefit applied health researchers and decision makers. Text data can be viewed as both qualitative and quantitative data by the researcher. When both the quality and the quantity of the data can be informative, a rigorous mixed methods approach is necessary to make best use of available analysis techniques to yield high quality inferences. In this analytic essay, a sketch of a suggested mixed methods content analysis method is provided, combining the rich interpretive power of close readings of text data by researchers with the robust quantitative modelling via machine learning. This mixed methods content analysis method appears promising for applied health research.

Teacher Evaluation for Growth and Accountability: Under What Conditions Does It Improve Student Outcomes?

Most teacher evaluation policies in the United States seek to improve student outcomes by providing developmental supports to grow teachers’ skills and by imposing accountability pressures to increase their effort. In this research synthesis and analytic essay, David D. Liebowitz argues that proper policy design has been understood as successfully balancing the accountability and growth dimensions of teacher evaluation. He details six conditions that determine whether joint-aim teacher evaluation policies will improve student outcomes and assesses the extent to which they are likely to be met given the causal evidence from the education, economics, social psychology, and management research literatures. The article concludes with recommendations to more clearly delineate the accountability and growth aims of teacher evaluation.

Frontline Perspectives from the Implementation of Evidenced-Informed Interventions to Improve Behavioral Health and HIV Outcomes Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.

The perspectives and contributions of frontline staff are critical to the success of integrated HIV and behavioral health services in the United States (US). In this analytic essay, we share five key priority areas from frontline staff at four diverse sites funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to support the implementation of interventions to improve HIV and behavioral health outcomes among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) living with HIV. The five main priorities focused on: (1) COVID-19 pandemic adaptations; (2) recruitment/enrollment; (3) retention; (4) frontline self-care; and (5) replication considerations. Projects had to be nimble and innovative in their delivery of services; leverage existing infrastructure; and they had to try multiple approaches to reach BMSM and modify/drop them as needed. Future implementers should expect to support frontline staff self-care given the added stress of working under COVID-19 pandemic conditions and in communities with limited and uncoordinated behavioral health services.

Inter-philosophical Critique of Realpolitik from School of Machiavellianism and School of Legalism: Comparative and Dialectical Analysis of Role of Realpolitik Orientation on International Issues

Machiavellianism and Legalism exerted influences over bureaucratic administration, balance of power competition, among state empires and Realpolitik-oriented competition that may remain observable in today’s world of geopolitical security dilemma and structural power asymmetry, notwithstanding little advancement as they design in absolute terms due to domestic mechanism and confinement of a more modernising, inclusive, non-Realpolitik international norm upon political behaviours of state actors or supreme political decision makers. Both of these philosophical schools attach significance not to benevolence, righteousness, and morality in the realm of governance of both domestic affairs and foreign affairs, but rather to power supremacy of the rulers, and bestows and punishments combined according to the degree of consistency between the behaviours of officials and results of their performance, and even tricky usage of tactical deception if needed in response to the complicated Realpolitik affairs and arena partly because they presuppose human nature is not benign but evil, selfish and transactional mostly for the sake of narrow self-interests, especially in a Realpolitik-based environment that they observe and identify and that only the ends justify the means. This analytical essay methodologically seeks to utilise certain representative case studies of Ukraine-Russia geopolitical security dilemma and US-China structural dilemma in a more unpredictable world where Realpolitik remains observable but its methodology is insufficient, for the purpose of dialectically evaluating potential theoretical merits and demerits of Machiavellianism and Legalism. Briefly, these two philosophical schools facilitate state actors, supreme decision makers and research analysts to undertake maximum non-emotive, rational observation of an authentic geopolitical world in a physical sense as it literally is, but they probably omit the normative progressive philosophical notion of reshaping an international arena on a normative basis of minimum zero-sum-game mentality and minimum vicious structural competition and confrontation and of possibility of interstate cooperation beyond the Realpolitik framework.

THE PRINCIPLE OF HOLISM AND THE METHOD OF TRADUCTION IN THE COMPREHENSION OF MUSICAL AND CHOREOGRAPHIC DRAMATURGY

Musical and choreographic dramaturgy is an organized complex system, in the study of which one should rely on the principle of holism. In an effort to develop adequate methods for a comprehensive artistic and analytical understanding of the phenomenon of art, in the practical classes in the discipline „Musical and Choreographic Dramaturgy” we rely on such a form of work as the analytical essay in the form of comparative tables, in which, along with the deductive and inductive method, is widely used traductive inference. This promotes the development of analytical skills, the formation of a critical vision, the ability to notice details and, connecting them to each other, comprehend the general idea and dramaturgy.

The Evasion of Literary History

The Evasion of Literary History

Decentralization as a global trend of democracy development

This research examines the process of decentralization of power as a global trend of democratization. The concept of decentralization of power is revealed and the process of implementation of the reform of decentralization of power in some European countries is highlighted. The relationship between the course of decentralization reform and the index of democracy in countries has been studied. The aim of the research is to identify and analyze the essence, features and experience of decentralization as a global trend of democratization. The realization of the goal requires the solution of the next task - to analyze the experience of decentralization in the context of the development of democracy in the European Union. The solution of research problems became possible due to the use of a complex of general scientific and special research methods. This analytical essay is based on documentary sources. Аnalyzing the principles and results of decentralization of power in European countries in the study we see the growth of democracy. Decentralization causes a global shift in power, as the distance between citizens and government institutions is reduced.

A Critical Analytical Essay on the Book, "Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age" by Everett C. Dolman

A Critical Analytical Essay on the Book, "Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age" by Everett C. Dolman

Amazon and the New Global Connective Architectures of Education Governance

In this analytical essay, part of Harvard Educational Review’s symposium on Platform Studies in Education, Ben Williamson, Kalervo N. Gulson, Carlo Perrotta, and Kevin Witzenberger argue that global technology companies have begun acting as governance organizations in education. Their analysis focuses on the global technology company Amazon, which has begun penetrating education through a connective architecture of digital infrastructure and platform services. Looking at Amazon technical documentation and publicly available materials, the authors identify and examine five interlocking governance operations and their effects: inscribing commercial business models on the education sector, habituating educational users to Amazon technologies, creating new interfaces with educational institutions, platforming third-party education providers on the cloud, and seeking market dominance over provision and control of key information infrastructures of education. In showing how Amazon is potentially developing infrastructural dominance in the education sector as part of its transformation into a statelike corporation with significant social, technical, economic, and political power to govern and control state and public services, this article highlights the broader implications of increasing technological governance in education.

Responding to Acute Mental Health Crises in Black Youth: Is It Safe to Call 911?

Mental health professionals routinely advise the public to call 911 in case of an acute mental health crisis to access emergent care and ensure safety. Although there is no national database collection process, available data shows that individuals experiencing an acute mental health crisis and Black youth are both at a significantly elevated risk of being harmed or killed by law enforcement during any encounter. This brief analytic essay explores whether advising the public to call 911 is truly the best practice recommendation for Black youth in a mental health crisis. An alternative to the traditional law enforcement response is a mobile unarmed crisis response program. The authors describe successful existing programs and advocate for more widespread adoption of such teams, which likely would provide safer, cost-effective, evidence-based alternatives during acute mental health crises.

Career Pressures and Organizational Evil: A Novel Perspective on the Study of Organized Violence

AbstractDictators, rebel commanders, and mafia bosses frequently delegate gruesome and immoral tasks to their subordinates. However, most individuals want to avoid such work. This analytical essay proposes an institutional logic to understand how dictatorships, insurgent organizations, and criminal gangs get their evil work done nonetheless. We argue that common features of organizations produce mundane career pressures that incentivize subordinates to zealously execute reprehensible tasks. Subordinates may come under pressure for six distinct reasons: incompetence, misconduct, origin, isolation, organizational backlog, and shrinkage. Superiors, in turn, can exploit that pressured subordinates hope to improve their prospects for advancement by loyally executing the organization’s evil tasks. Empirically, we illustrate how Nazi Germany utilized each of the suggested career pressures to staff the units in charge of the Holocaust. We highlight that our logic might also apply to less extreme forms of organizational evil. Together, the essay offers a novel perspective to demystify radical behavior in state and non-state organizations with important implications for our understanding of transnational terrorist violence and underworld crimes.

Development of Students’ Speech Using the Method of Creative Thinking

This study aimed to examine the structural relationship between speaking and creative thinking and their impacts on students’ academic performance. Researchers in this field of science argue that there is a close relationship between student achievement and creative thinking. Students with high creative thinking skills show good results in mastering knowledge. Therefore, we tested the students’ ability by giving them creative assignments while teaching the Kazakh language. The study aimed to track the development of students’ speech skills using methods aimed at developing creative thinking. The research includes methods, such as observation, questioning, semiotic analysis, discourse analysis, and analytical essay. Tasks aimed at developing students’ creative abilities do not require the usual mechanical action that students perform automatically. It requires action, which is carried out at a high creative level, and activity that arises as a result of creative thinking. Therefore, these tasks should be based on the principle of creativity and should include elements of the game. In this regard, we called the system of tasks used in our practice “game tasks.” It allows students to actively participate in language communication through creative thinking. These tasks allow students to think creatively while playing and develop the ability to freely express their thoughts in oral and written speech. However, it is important to consider the number of students in the experimental group. The number of participants should not exceed 20 students to keep track of the individual abilities of students.

Can Teacher Education Save Democracy?

Background/Context: Social scientists, policymakers, and commentators have long assumed that Western democracies enjoy relative stability because of deep commitments to a culture of democratic governance. But those commitments are quickly fading in almost every developed and developing democracy around the globe. In the same period in which support for democracy has declined, schools and teacher education programs have been pressured by “accountability” measures and economic austerity to focus on math and literacy achievement to the exclusion of nearly every other educational goal. These challenges to social cohesion and democratic governance highlight the need for young people to be exposed early on and throughout their educational pathways to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions consistent with democratic life. The narrowing of curricular goals, therefore, is a threat to the stability of democratic institutions. Purpose: This essay examines the potential of teacher education as a lever for change. How might teacher educators ensure that teachers are prepared to foster education that will sustain and strengthen democratic norms? If schools have an essential role to play in preparing students for informed engagement in civic and political life, how can we best prepare teachers to advance those goals? Research Design: This is an analytical essay drawing on recent empirical research on declining support for democratic values and on teachers’ civic engagement as well as conceptual work on democratic education goals. To illustrate the potential for teacher education to prepare teachers to engage students in political issues discussions, I draw on data from the first large-scale empirical study of what U.S. high school teachers currently do to prepare youth to understand economic inequality and its causes, effects, and possible remedies. The study included a teacher survey and follow-up interviews concerning teachers’ political ideology and civic and political engagement as well as classroom practice. The 2,750 teachers who participated in the survey are representative of U.S. public schools (and an additional segment of U.S. elite independent schools) in terms of student demographics and geographic location. We also conducted 150 follow-up interviews. Conclusions/Recommendations: I suggest that teacher education must move from reactive technocratic concerns for accountability and standardization to broader civic and civil commitments to the foundations of democratic community, pluralism, and relationship. Teacher education programs should consider ways to encourage new and experienced teachers to follow the news, engage in civil discourse with one another about topics of public concern, and participate in civic and political life. Moreover, teacher educators could work toward teaching the knowledge, skills, and dispositions associated with political and civic engagement.

Contributions and Blind Spots of Constructivist Norms Research in International Relations, 1980–2018: A Systematic Evidence and Gap Analysis

Abstract The study of international norms from a social constructivist perspective has been one of the major conceptual innovations to the discipline of international relations (IR) over the past forty years. However, despite the concept's ubiquity, there is only a limited understanding of the large-scale trends in research associated with its rise. This analytic essay interrogates conventional wisdom, using a dataset of 7,795 mainstream, English-language journal articles from the Teaching, Research and International Policy Journal Article Database, supplemented with data from Web of Science. How have international norms been studied substantively and methodologically, what are major contributions and blind spots, and which opportunities for future innovation might exist? Although norms research has historically helped expand the scope of issues covered in IR (e.g., gender issues and public health), others have evidence gaps relative to the broader discipline of IR (e.g., terrorism and public opinion). Over the years, the proportion of empirical studies has increased, while purely theoretical, epistemological, and methodological work and innovation have decreased. Despite calls for methodological pluralism, norms research is significantly more qualitative and conceptual than mainstream IR in general and far less multi-method. While more international and less US-based than IR in general, norms research in mainstream journals seems to be no closer to a “Global IR,” measured by regional focus and author affiliation. This suggests three promising avenues for future innovation: greater attention to specific substantive blind spots, more multi-method research, and increased attention to the agenda of Global IR. Beyond these individual insights, this review illustrates the general utility of complementing narrative literature reviews with ones based on quantitative data. It also provides a case study on conceptual proliferation and innovation in IR.

The Evolving Heritagescape in India’s Hindu Pilgrimage City of Varanasi: Contemporary Relevance and Contestations

ABSTRACT The three-century-old city of Varanasi stands at crossroads between choosing to preserve its Heritagescape and generating a new-age urban landscape. The paper begins by exploring the concepts of Heritage and Heritagescape by taking a contextual stand, whereby it is constructed around the core argument that heritage is a tool in the hands of the powerful and what tangible and intangible aspects of the natural and human world shall be designated and retained as heritage is only a matter of power and power relations. The paper makes a conscious attempt to critically analyze the present-day urban transformations that the city is undergoing owing to its commitment toward a Smart City Mission and the resultant destructions and the contestations that emerge as a response to that. It concludes thereafter that the Smart City Mission in Varanasi has led to manipulative handling of heritage. Though it was launched with the promise of creating urban opportunities without having to pay up for the consequences, it seems unsuccessful in winning over the soul of the city and failing to the idea of sustainability in the process. The paper uses photographs and information from the field, digital and print media, and scholarly articles to substantiate the arguments made. It is more like an analytical essay, justified through evidence from the ground.

Decoding the Poetical Genius of American Poet Jim Morrison

ABSTRACT In the 1960s, a young poet (Jim Morrison) shattered America’s literary tradition with his acidic blend of music, theater, lyric, and daring. He formed The Doors, a darkly creative, informed, and bizarre music group, with some Los Angeles youths. Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors, has built a literary treasure chest through his lyrics, which combine wild lyricism with a mesmerizing rock rhythm. Morrison always believed that he was a poet, but most pundits and critics never recognized or considered him as one. The current little research available on Morrison never attempts to find out who he really was or what he tried to accomplish with his poetry. The researchers intend to solidify Morrison’s position as a serious literary poetic genius in the American tradition which never took him seriously as a poet. A serious investigation has been undertaken on his poetry and lyrics from an analytical and critical point of view. Critics have continually distorted his work with drug culture, blasphemy, and pessimism. Both fans and critics of Morrison would be able to discover the poetic tradition and his legacy that he left behind after going through this critical piece. Descriptive research methods such as case studies, naturalistic observation, and surveys on Morrison’s literary expedition has been employed as effective tools in solving the research problem. In short, a serious effort has been made in this analytical essay to unveil the deconstructive shadow of criticism and showcase Morrison as a poet that changed America’s literary landscape in the 1960s creating a new poetic renaissance/genre.

КӨЧМӨНДӨРДҮН ЖАНА ПОСТНОМАДДАРДЫН УРУУЛУК ӨЗҮН-ӨЗҮ АҢДАП БИЛҮҮСҮ

The article examines the tribal identity of the nomads and postnomids on Kyrgyz material. Particular attention is paid to the relevance and study of the topic, the difficulties of the tragicism caused by the evolution of Kyrgyz society, especially at the modern stage. It is shown that tribal identity is very active researched by young Kyrgyz philosophers and political scientists in various aspects. First of all, the author gives his characteristic to Nomadism as a special civilizational culture. Analyzes a number of necessary research terms such as "kind," "tribe," "tribal identity," "lineage," "patronism," "family-related." A brief analytical essay of the functioning of the patriarchal family in the Kyrgyz society is given. The role of the rhodo- family system in the functioning and survival of Kyrgyz in the absence of classical statehood is shown. The historical material proves about the influence of the principles of tribalism on the most important sphere of public life, especially in the traditional ...