Faculty Of Arts Research Articles

Investigation of the differences in designers' spatial perception in interior spaces using Kokedama

The word kokedama consists of the Japanese words "koke" (moss) and "dama" (ball). Due to its easily accessible materials and easy construction, it has become an application that almost everyone can do, and its use is expected to become widespread. The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in the spatial perceptions of designers who have received basic design education in different faculties in the case of interiors that including kokedama. To measure the differences in spatial perception, photographs of 8 different public interiors were processed and a survey was administered to the subjects. The survey results were analyzed statistically. According to the results of the study, the increase in the value of the perceptibility and simplicity criteria also increases the value of other criteria. As the value of perceptibility and simplicity increases in kokedama applications, the perception of complexity decreases. This data explains that the use of kokedama contributes positively to spatial perception. The criteria that have the most effect when they are together are the structure/identity and perceptibility criteria. The highest scorers on the criteria affecting spatial perception were graduates of the faculty of fine arts, while the lowest scorers were graduates of the faculty of agriculture.

Development of Animated Video of Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Spiritual Tourism Object in Medan

The purpose of this study was to make an animated video about Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni in Medan using Sparkol-Videoscribe by applying a 4-D creation model from Thiagarajan. The steps of this model are: (i) definition phase, (ii) planning phase, (iii) creation phase and (iv) deployment phase. Brochures, the official website of Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Medan and interviews with Sr Angelina are used as data sources. This research was conducted at the Language Laboratory, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan. The result of this production is an animated video made with Sparkol-Videoscribe. This video is 09:43 minutes long and is 388 megabytes long. This video is published on YouTube with https://youtu.be/AZ4Mw96mfrQ?feature=shared link and validated by material experts and media experts. The validator gave a score of 87.5 (good) to the material. Overall, the video received a score of 85.71 which was categorized as good by media experts. Therefore, it can be concluded that the animated video about Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni in Medan is valid and valid.

Indaga-T Innovation Group: A Trajectory of Teaching Collaboration

Objective/Theoretical Framework: This paper orders various experiences of teaching innovation in the context of the Indaga-t group of the University of Barcelona. In them, the collaboration between professors from different Degrees taught in the faculties of Education and Fine Arts is shown. Method: The work carried out went beyond sharing teaching, displaying a series of methodologies that led teachers to work in joint actions intervening in the same space and time with students. Results and Discussion: The text shows how various dilemmas were faced in a university context where, increasingly, the relationship between the credits of the courses and their teaching assignments do not invite teachers to interact by going to the classroom together. Implications of the Research: The challenge involved reflecting and becoming aware of the motivations that combined efforts in the face of a stiff institution where time is a scarce resource. Originality/Value: The experiences of communication are the result of learning relationships between teachers and students who worked together collaboratively from different areas of knowledge; These experiences speak of the commitments that were assumed as our beyond our own courses and their teaching plans.

Artistic Negotiation of Emma and Lucy Annual Drama The Musical Jekyll & Hyde: A Performance Quadrilogue View

The main focus is on the artistic aspects of the two female characters, Emma Carew and Lucy Harris in the production of “The Musical Jekyll & Hyde” by the Annual Drama team of Faculty of Language and Arts, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, in 2023. The study focused on the process and artistic decision making within the context of management, musicology, dramaturgy, and literary studies. The study highlights how Emma and Lucy, are constructed in feminism artistic analysis in contemporary drama. The characters represented female with their domestic and private roles. Observation, interviews, documentation, and library studies were conducted to gather the data. Using performance centered approach, the study thoroughly observed the artistic decision process of the three actors of performance quadrilogue, namely the source, producer, and performer. As a college theater, all the artistic decision was made by the students. The four artistic elements of theater production, comprising the verbal text, song, movement, and scenary, portrayed the story’s setting in the 1800s in England. Emma’s verbal text depicted the English women of the elite with their domestic orientation. On the contrary, Lucy portrayed liberal English women. The four artistic elements in a theater production, referred to Broadway theater of the same title. This study positioned artistic elements as its study object instead of drama as a media of English learning. These two domains are discussed to sharpen on the construction of the female figure in the artistic perspective of feminist analysis. Post-production studies are also conducted to examine how students gain experience of an artistic decision-making process in producing a performance. It was conducted through the management’s delegating mechanism in the chart of the structured organization.

The Role of Mediated Learning Environment (MLE) in Improving Students Oral Skills: A Case Study on the Use of Audio-Visual Aids at the Department of English, University of Saba Region

This paper aims to improve the speaking abilities of university students in the Department of English, Faculty of Education, and Faculty of Arts at the University of Saba Region, by implementing a mediated learning environment (MLE) and using audiovisual aids (AVA). The paper utilizes a case-study research design, selecting 50 fourth-level English students from the two faculties as sample subjects. Data for the study was collected using a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach. A structured student questionnaire with 40 items was used, categorized into six fields representing the independent variables: curriculum, staff teachers, students, learning atmosphere, facilities, and university. The data collected were analyzed and discussed using the mediated theory (MT). The results suggest that the inaccessibility and unaffordability of AVA are major challenges that hinder students' improvement in speaking abilities and communication skills. Staff teachers and facilities were found to be the main influencing factors and challenges that hinder students' use of AVA to enhance their oral skills, with average values of 24.11% and 24%, respectively. The study concludes that the use of a mediated learning environment, such as AVA, helps develop students' oral skills and communication, enabling them to speak confidently and actively participate.

Doktorské studium didaktiky dějepisu na Katedře historie Filozofické fakulty Ostravské univerzity

On the occasion of the significant jubilee of Professor Miroslav Kmet as an expert in the field of history didactics, the text reflects the areas of didactic research, which have received attention at the Department of History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ostrava, as well as the current focus of research. It presents the research topics of the graduates of the doctoral studies in didactics of history at the Department of History of the Faculty of Arts at the OU presented in their dissertations and a number of journal studies, studies published in collective monographs and journals. The themes of two current students of the study programme were also not omitted.

Českost a světovost moderního umění v Čechách (1848–1948)

The texts contained in this special issue of Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philosophica et Historica / Studia Historiae Artium were presented as papers at a conference entitled Czechness and Internationalism of Modern Art in Bohemia (1848–1948), held on 24 May 2022 at the Institute of Art History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. The theme of the conference was chosen in respect of the research interests of Professor Petr Wittlich, a long-time pedagogue and researcher at the Institute, who celebrated a significant jubilee on 23 May 2022. Colleagues, pupils and friends of the professor, who during their professional careers have also dealt with the issue of national, transnational and international identity of modern art in the Czech lands, were invited to participate in the conference. They focused both on local disciplinary practice and retrospective assessment of the phenomenon of nationality within modernity, modernism and the avant-garde, and also explored historical debates on this topic, projected into specific works, art projects and institutional programmes.

Conference Report: Challenging Construction Grammar: New Insights from Morphology (8–12 April 2024; Monte Verità, Switzerland)

As reflected in its title, this workshop, which took place from the eighth to the twelfth of April 2024 at Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, focused on constructional perspectives in their application to morphology (Hoffmann & Trousdale 2013). As Construction Grammar has become an important theoretical framework within linguistics, it has been applied in morphological studies from both synchronic (e.g., Booij 2010; Jackendoff & Audring 2020) and diachronic perspectives (Hartmann 2019; Van Goethem & Norde 2020). Nevertheless, Construction Morphology is a comparatively young branch of Construction Grammar that poses many open questions and challenges. The questions that were asked within this workshop relate to the connection between morphology and Construction Grammar as a framework, the handling of phenomena situated at the interface of morphology and syntax, and how phenomena that are specific for the scope of morphology can be captured from a constructional point of view. To address this issue, young and early career researchers were invited to present their current work. These contributions were complemented by the contributions of the invited plenary speakers Muriel Norde (Humboldt University of Berlin), Francesca Masini (University of Bologna), Livio Gaeta (University of Turin), Kristel Van Goethem (University of Louvain) and Steffen Höder (University of Kiel). The workshop was organised by Elena Smirnova (University of Neuchâtel), Martin Hilpert (University of Neuchâtel) and Jenny Audring (University of Leiden), and made possible with the generous support of SCF (Congressi Stefano Franscini, https://csf.ethz.ch), the SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation, Programm Scientific Exchanges, Grant Nr IZSEZ0_221843) and the FLSH (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) of the University of Neuchâtel.

Discipline as Context: Arts and Science Students' Views on Key Concepts in the ACRLFramework

ABSTRACTThe introduction of the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL, 2016) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, or “the Framework,” has fostered efforts to apply the document's concepts to information literacy instruction (ILI) to meet the needs of post‐secondary students across faculties. However, little research has directly compared students' perspectives on the Framework's concepts by discipline. This poster presents findings from a larger, mixed‐methods project investigating student perspectives on the Framework in which participants in the faculties of arts (n = 123) and science (n = 90) expressed distinct views and rankings. Their perspectives particularly diverged around perceived roles in assessing the authority of information sources and how “relevant to their experience in school” they found most Framework frames. This project expands upon emerging learner‐centered research aiming to meaningfully improve Framework‐based ILI through its direct disciplinary comparisons and use of the recently developed Information Literacy Reflection Tool (ILRT; Robertson et al., 2022).

Metacognitive Knowledge: The Effect of Strategy Evaluation Matrix on University Students’ Reading Comprehension Performance

Understanding written texts is problematic for many university students studying English as a Foreign Language. It is not just about having an extensive vocabulary; students also need tools and strategies to comprehend expository texts. One such tool is the Strategy Evaluation Matrix (SEM), which integrates cognitive strategies and metacognitive knowledge. Research has shown that SEM significantly enhances students' reading comprehension performance. By utilizing SEM, students can improve their understanding of written texts. This study aims to investigate the impact of SEM on students’ reading comprehension performance. To achieve this, a post-test-only nonequivalent control group design was used. Two intact groups from the first semester at the Faculty of Languages, Letters, and Arts, Kenitra, Morocco (FLLAK) were selected. The sample consisted of 66 students in both the control and the experimental groups, using a convenient sampling technique. Data for this study were collected using a TOEFL iBT reading comprehension practice test (i.e. the post-test). Results were analyzed using SPSS version 29 and indicated a significant difference between the experimental and the control groups. Students who were instructed to use SEM while reading and answering comprehension questions scored higher compared to those who did not use it. Therefore, employing SEM in reading comprehension indicates that our educational system should consider integrating psychological tools and theories in the teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language, specifically in the domain of reading comprehension.

Exploring and depicting information pathologies

This study addresses two information pathologies: information technology anxiety (ITA) and information overload (IO). This research aims to determine the level of both ITA and IO amongst the undergraduate students of Information Science of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and to ascertain how both phenomena correlate with students’ gender, age, number of enrolments in the degree and average frequency of use of the university’s libraries throughout the academic year. Concerning the research methodology, we opted for exploratory and descriptive research with a quantitative approach and adopted the case study and questionnaire survey methods. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used as methods of data analysis. The findings, concerning 39\% of the population under study (N = 88; n = 34), reveal a considerably low prevalence of ITA but a substantial occurrence of IO. Both ITA and IO correlate positively with the female gender. Students aged 19 and 24 years are the least likely to manifest both ITA and IO; in turn, students aged 22 years are the most likely to simultaneously show ITA and IO. Both phenomena tend to increase as students progress through the degree. Last, a higher frequency of use of the university’s libraries is associated with a higher level of ITA and IO. Our findings emphasize the high incidence of IO in university students and the need for increased skills in all dimensions of the human-information-technology relationship/system, particularly in the information filtering and management areas.

EFL Distance Learners’ Perceptions of Attitudes, Ease of use, and Interaction as Determinants of Satisfaction

The aim of this study is to explore English foreign language (EFL) students’ perceptions of distance learning in the aftermath of Corona pandemic lockdown. Specifically, it investigates students’ attitudes, perceived ease of use, online course flexibility and interaction as determinants of learning satisfaction based on their own distance learning experiences within the Moroccan educational context. An online questionnaire was administered to 147 undergraduate EFL learners from three different higher education institutions: the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and Higher School of Education and Training in Béni mellal, and the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Rabat. The research findings indicate that the main factors influencing students’ online learning satisfaction are their attitudes towards online learning, online course flexibility, and student-teacher interaction. The results have implications for promoting distance learning among students.

THE ROLE OF TEACHER TRAINING IN FACILITATING THE ADOPTION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ART EDUCATION

As technology plays an increasingly prominent role in education, the undeniable need for training programs aimed at equipping teachers with digital technology skills in art education becomes evident. This case study, conducted within the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University framework, examines teacher training programs, the challenges teachers face in integrating technology, and art faculty members' learning motivations andpreferences. The research employs a descriptive survey, utilizing a questionnaire to collect data. Participants included 25 art professors from the Art Education, Graphic Design, and Visual Arts departments, who responded to questions about teaching methods across three areas: experientiallearning, self-directed learning, and institutional learning. The results indicate that the teachers' level of self-directed learning, with an average of 3.7, was higher than experiential and institutional learning. Thissuggests that teachers are making considerable personal efforts to improve their skills. Additionally, they rated the necessity of institutional training programs as 4.0 (very high), though the challenges they face when using technology were rated at 2.9.The findings reveal that teachers' academic rank influences their perspectives on digital technologies. These insights can help pave the way for educational institutions in Kazakhstan to develop more technology-driven curricula in the future.

Investigating Tertiary Education Students’ Self-Efficacy and Willingness towards Using Online Collaborative Tools for Learning in Kogi State Tertiary Institutions

Online Collaborative tools are computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve their goals. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The study is aimed at Investigating Tertiary Education Students Self-Efficacy and Willingness towards using Online Collaborative Tools for Learning in Kogi State Tertiary Institutions The population of this study comprises all tertiary students of the five (5) selected tertiary institutions in Kogi State. The target population for this study was tertiary education students of the Faculty of Education, Sciences and Arts in selected Federal and State Tertiary institutions in Kogi state. A sample size of four hundred and eighty (480) respondents were sampled using Researchers’ Advisors Model (2006). The findings revealed that there is no significant difference in the opinions of respondents (students) on the available online collaborative tools for learning among tertiary education student in Kogi State Tertiary Institutions. This is because the computed probability is 0.701 which is higher that the p-value of 0.05 level of significance. In conclusion, it was suggested that, among other things that there should be available online collaborative tools for learning among tertiary education student in Kogi State Tertiary Institutions. The study further recommended that tertiary education students should be trained to use online collaborative tools for learning purposes in Kogi State Tertiary Institutions.

Depression, anxiety and coping strategies among Palestinian university students during political violence: a cross sectional study.

There are numerous wars and ongoing political violence in Palestine and little is known about how they have affected Palestinian undergraduate students' mental health and coping strategies. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of depression, and anxiety symptoms and coping mechanisms among Palestinian university students during the times of current political violence in Palestine after October 7, 2023. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was utilized for a sample of students from 3 universities in Palestine (Al Quds University, Hebron University, and An-Najah University) and 1815 participants responded. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires, including Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Brief COPE scale. Person correlation test, chi-square test, and bivariate analysis were performed to examine the associations between research variables. The estimated prevalence of depression was 65.9, and 60.9% for anxiety. The logistic regression showed that students from the Arts Faculty, females, and those with working parents were significantly more likely to experience depression and anxiety symptoms. Also, active coping, emotional support, and humor reduced the likelihood of experiencing depression symptoms, while active coping, positive reframing, humor, and acceptance decreased the likelihood of developing anxiety symptoms. Further, the study found that using religion, self-blame, denial, and behavioral disengagement increased the likelihood of depression symptoms while planning, venting, religion, self-blame, denial, and behavioral disengagement increased the likelihood of anxiety symptoms. The study found that political violence often leads to symptoms of depression and anxiety among undergraduates. Furthermore, the use of maladaptive coping mechanisms increases the likelihood that these symptoms will occur. Providing immediate assistance to university students affected by political violence and conflicts is crucial for their emotional and mental recovery and coping with difficulties.

Campina Experimental do Cerrado: uma pesquisa-ação na Unesp, Câmpus de Bauru

The aim of this article is to present the planning, design, and execution of the action research project titled "Campina Experimental do Cerrado." This project involves a garden featuring herbaceous and shrub species native to the São Paulo Cerrado and other flowering plants cultivated or naturalized in Brazil. The garden is located in the courtyard of the Central Laboratory of the Faculty of Architecture, Arts, Communication, and Design at São Paulo State University (FAAC-UNESP), Bauru Campus. The Campina involves both undergraduate and graduate students and faculty from the Architecture and Urbanism and Biological Sciences programs. The aim of the project is to gain greater knowledge about the landscaping potential of the tested species to introduce them into landscaping practices and provide support for the implementation of new gardens utilizing native flora, thereby increasing visibility, particularly of the Cerrado biome.

Analisis Semiotika dalam Tradisi Mangupa Pasca Keadaan Duka pada Suku Mandailing

This research aims to analyze the symbols in the Mangupa tradition during the mourning period of the Mandailing tribe. The findings from this research are symbols in the Mangupa tradition after the Mandailing tribe's mourning period which were analyzed using Charles Sanders Pierce's semiotic theory. The aim of this research is to analyze descriptions of the meaning of symbols in the Mangupa tradition after mourning. The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative method. Data collection was carried out by means of observation, interviews and documentation. This research was conducted in the library of the Faculty of Languages and Arts, Medan State University. The findings of this research are various symbols in the Mangupa tradition after mourning, namely as follows: (1) Indahan, (2) Pira Ni Manuk, (3) Manuk, (4) Aek Minum, (5) Sira, (6) Sipade , (7) Bulung Ujumg Pisang, and (8) Anduri.

Online English Language Teaching in the University of Maroua during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Exploring Platforms and Interaction

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lockdown was imposed on Cameroon in 2019. During the period of the lockdown, the University of Maroua enforced online teaching. The aim of this paper is to examine how English Language courses were taught online in the Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences. The objectives are twofold. Firstly, to examine the platforms used for lectures during the confinement and secondly, to investigate interaction patterns employed for online teaching. Data for the study was collected from students and lecturers through convenient sampling technique in the 2019-2021 academic year. Only lecturers and students who actively took part in online pedagogy during the COVID-19 lockdown were involved in the study. The researcher exerted participant observation, 30 screenshots of online teaching, interview with lecturers and 102 copies of a questionnaire administered to Level One and Master’s One students. Results show that three platforms were used: WhatsApp (100%), Google classroom (88.76%) and zoom (56.75%). With regard to the method employed in teaching, interaction with the use of text and voice was done on the platforms, especially WhatsApp. The interaction was between Lecturer – learners, human – machine (screen) and Learner – Learner. Lecturers equally placed electronic material such as course synopsis and books on the WhatsApp and Google classroom platforms for students to exploit. The findings of this study offer vigorous acumens to higher education stake holders in Cameroon on the implementation of online teaching and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching. The researcher recommends incessant training for lecturers and students so that they can copiously grasp online pedagogy and go global with ICTs, especially Artificial intelligence (AI) which is one of the fastest growing Information Technologies.

Pengaruh Pemanfaatan Instagram @InfoUNP terhadap Kepuasan Pengguna Mahasiswa Departemen Ilmu Informasi Perpustakaan Universitas Negeri Padang

This study was conducted to determine the effect of Instagram @infounp utilization on user satisfaction of students of the Department of Information and Library Science, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Padang State University. This study consists of two variables, namely the Instagram utilization variable (X) with indicators of informative motives, educational motives, and entertainment motives and the user satisfaction variable (Y) with indicators of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. This research uses descriptive quantitative methods through questionnaires distributed to 100 respondents via Google Form. The population in this study were all Instagram followers @infounp. The data analysis technique used is the normality test and the 't' hypothesis test. Based on the results of the 't' test, it is known that the Instagram utilization variable (X) has an influence on user satisfaction (Y). This is based on the calculation that tcount 9.230> ttable 1.984. Then, the results also show that the utilization of Instagram @infounp is categorized as good so that it gives satisfaction to student users who are in the very good category.

A Report on the Round Table “Are You Here All Alone?: The Experiences, Challenges, and Successes of Female Researchers in Fieldwork”

The round table titled “A ti pa kar sama tukaj?: Izkušnje, izzivi in uspehi raziskovalk na terenskem delu” (“Are You Here All Alone?: The Experiences, Challenges, and Successes of Female Researchers in Fieldwork”) took place on 21 May 2024 at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, and so concluded a series of events part of the Dnevi enakosti spolov FF 2024 (Days of Gender Equality FF 2024). The organisers of the round table and researchers of the ERC project DEAGENCY, Simona K. Zupanc, Tina Ivnik, and Petra Hamer, encouraged the participants to reflect on two key questions: how gender influences fieldwork and which safety strategies participants use and recommend in fieldwork.