Creative Character Research Articles

Sonatas of K. Shymanovskyi in Imitation of Biedermeier's Characteristics of Sonats of F. Chopin

The purpose of the work is to reveal the continuity of features of F. Chopin's Biedermeier Sonatas in the compositions of the same genre by K. Shymanovskyi, who in the first half of the 20th century became the same focus of the style of national music as it was a century earlier with regard to the works of F. Chopin. At the same time, the Polish national meaning of F. Chopin's music was formed against the background of the importance of kinship with Rococo in the music of the salon "noble Biedermeier" of the Restoration era, while the flowering of K. Shymanovskyi took place in Ukraine and Odesa based on the achievements of aristocratic and artistic salon art. The salon base brought together the work of Polish and Ukrainian-Polish composers, especially since "Chopinism" became a stable feature of Ukrainian piano creativity in contact with the traditions of the Polish-Ukrainian salon of the 19th century. The methodological basis of the study is the intonation approach in accepting the genetic unity of musical and speech principles in the concepts of B. Asafiev and B. Yavorskyi, as we have in the works of D. Androsova, O. Markova, I. Podobas, L. Stepanova, L. Shevchenko, with emphasis on the hermeneutic perspective of this approach. Moreover, highlighted are the biographical-descriptive methods, with an emphasis on its intellectual-biographical aspect (see generalisation in the work of V. Shulhina and O. Yakovlev), analytical-structural methods with a focus on the musicological specificity of the presentation of compositions, cross-species stylistic comparative. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the independent direction of the Biedermeierian imitation, firstly, in the "large" forms, initiated by Chopin, and, secondly, on the specifics of the Biedermeierian "trace" in the modernist palette of symbolism, noted as a whole as the continuity of the salon setting in the culture of the first half of the 19th century on the verge of the 19th and 20th centuries. Conclusions. K. Shymanovskyi's awareness of the succession from Chopin, despite his concern for the modernisation of national thinking, stimulated the features of genre continuity from the Polish genius for the sake of presenting modernised findings in the same field. The eclecticism of citation in the Biedermeier method, most openly presented in the First Sonata by F. Chopin, has analogies in the emphasised reliance on M. Reger in the First Sonata by K. Shymanovskyi, a certain kinship of the methods of expression of Chopin's Second and Third Sonatas has analogies in the stylistic proximity of the Second and Third Sonatas Shymanovskyi, in which expressive "Scriabinisms" are emphasised, indicative of the Ukrainian stylistic palette of the 1910s – 1920s. At the same time, Biedermeier's salon manner of playing Chopin himself "facilitated" the feeling of stylistic quotations from L. Beethoven and J. S. Bach, while the performance of Shymanovskyi's Sonatas on "tight" instruments contributed to the "easiness" of textural embodiment, compared to the quasi-Listian sonata Scriabin's exposition.

Designing for human-nature connectedness: A case study of the Barefoot Path Spalt, Germany

There is a need to bridge the disconnection between humans and nature through conscious landscape architectural designs. Recreation infrastructure can be a tool to guide humans towards a stronger connection with nature, improving health, welfare, and care for environmental issues. Considering Haraway's (2016) work on making kin with the more-than-human other and being with the trouble through cognisant presence of the self within a natural world, it appears that progress towards human-nature connectedness is stunted by commodification of the natural environment. This is reflected in nature discourse, and a risk perception driven by fear of nature which has become the unknown. A mixed methods study of the Barefoot Path Spalt, Germany, implementing document analysis, interviews, and criticism incorporating autoethnography and expert field assessments, generated knowledge on how trail designs can improve human-nature connectedness. The study based its findings on three major trail attributes, environmentally conscious trail design, the barefoot component, and interactive equipment and art. Results show that an intrinsic connection with the environment can be targeted with intentional trail design that entices curiosity, gradually guiding participants to build human-nature connectedness, contesting false risk perception. Management implicationsResults show that well designed trails have the potential to enhance human-nature connectedness with relatively cost-effective implementations. Future trail development and upgrades should consider (1) Conscious integration of a trail into the natural environment through a low-impact approach. (2) Using a creative feature that delivers a unique, nature-centric experience, for example through sensory immersion. (3) Installing both play equipment and art to mask the border between trail and context environment makes use of, and encourages more traffic to a trail, generating positive nature-contextual experiences.

Creativity and Creative Subject in the Field of Social Communications: modern understanding and basic characteristics (part I)

The article examines the dynamics of creativity perception in successive attempts to study its interpretations in the social sciences and proposes a social and communicative approach to understanding the categories of creativity and the creative subject. The authors analyze the approaches to defining creativity in various research paradigms, which shows the applicability of the socio-communicative approach with a critical view on socio-psychological and sociological definitions of creativity. The text represents the discussion of the criteria and features of creativity and consider the main parameters and criteria of creativity as a communicative phenomenon. The authors propose a new understanding of the concept of creativity and explain it through three related concepts: (1) creative process, (2) creative subject and (3) creative product. At the end, the authors substantiate the typology of creative products and discuss the essence of the consumer value of creative products, highlighting its rational and emotional dimensions.

Pengenalan Eco Print dan Gas Tancap: Membangun Kesadaran Lingkungan dan Kreativitas Anak di SDN Badean 3

The GAS TANCAP (Chili Planting Elementary School Children's Movement) and Eco Print activities are activities that aim to develop the character of creativity and caring for the surrounding environment in elementary school children. Apart from that, this activity also aims to enable elementary school children to fill their free time with activities that are beneficial for them. This social project activity was carried out at SDN Badean 03 which is located in Bondowoso District, Bondowoso Regency, with a total number of students from grade 1 to grade 6 of 50 students. The method used in this social project is the integrated learning method. This method includes providing material or direction to students, then students practice the material that has been given outside of class. The results obtained from this social project are that students can find out how to cultivate chilies properly and correctly, and students gain insight into how to make batik using the Eco Print technique which comes from natural materials. The hope is that students at SDN Badean 03 can apply the knowledge they have gained in their daily lives, and become the successors of a nation that cares more about and loves the environment around them.

Pengenalan Eco Print dan Gas Tancap: Membangun Kesadaran Lingkungan dan Kreativitas Anak di SDN Badean 3

The GAS TANCAP (Chili Planting Elementary School Children's Movement) and Eco Print activities are activities that aim to develop the character of creativity and caring for the surrounding environment in elementary school children. Apart from that, this activity also aims to enable elementary school children to fill their free time with activities that are beneficial for them. This social project activity was carried out at SDN Badean 03 which is located in Bondowoso District, Bondowoso Regency, with a total number of students from grade 1 to grade 6 of 50 students. The method used in this social project is the integrated learning method. This method includes providing material or direction to students, then students practice the material that has been given outside of class. The results obtained from this social project are that students can find out how to cultivate chilies properly and correctly, and students gain insight into how to make batik using the Eco Print technique which comes from natural materials. The hope is that students at SDN Badean 03 can apply the knowledge they have gained in their daily lives, and become the successors of a nation that cares more about and loves the environment around them.

Decomposing the True Score Variance in Rated Responses to Divergent Thinking-Tasks for Assessing Creativity: A Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis.

It is shown how the Correlated Traits Correlated Methods Minus One (CTC(M - 1)) Multitrait-Multimethod model for cross-classified data can be modified and applied to divergent thinking (DT)-task responses scored for miscellaneous aspects of creative quality by several raters. In contrast to previous Confirmatory Factor Analysis approaches to analyzing DT-tasks, this model explicitly takes the cross-classified data structure resulting from the employment of raters into account and decomposes the true score variance into target-specific, DT-task object-specific, rater-specific, and rater-target interaction-specific components. This enables the computation of meaningful measurement error-free relative variance-parameters such as trait-consistency, object-method specificity, rater specificity, rater-target interaction specificity, and model-implied intra-class correlations. In the empirical application with alternate uses tasks as DT-measures, the model is estimated using Bayesian statistics. The results are compared to the results yielded with a simplified version of the model, once estimated with Bayesian statistics and once estimated with the maximum likelihood method. The results show high trait-correlations and low consistency across DT-measures which indicates more heterogeneity across the DT-measurement instruments than across different creativity aspects. Substantive deliberations and further modifications, extensions, useful applications, and limitations of the model are discussed.

Paper and Technology Interaction in Production of Arabic Poetry: "Techno-Paper Poetry" Hypothesis as an Example

Since the emergence of the first signs of digital poetry in the early 1990s, a gap has been formed between two contrasting worlds: the physical (real) world and the virtual (digital) world. As time advanced with the advent of digital literature, the gap widened, leading to a profound intersection between individuals from both worlds, especially among the writers. Two contrasting tones, which are never converging, emerged: the tone of the traditional paper-based writer, who criticizes digital literature as a product of machines, claiming that those who believe in it lack the characteristics of true creativity and have escaped to the virtual world to hide their literary lack. On the other hand, the tone of the digital writer, who calls paper-based literature as remnants of the past, considering it inaccessible and it is impossible to interact with a defunct literature. These two tones had a significant impact on hindering communication with the digital literary system, resulting in its slow progress in the public cultural sphere and academic space. Thus, bridging the gap between the two worlds became essential by creating an intermediate transitional zone that represents a reassurance document for poets from the two opposing worlds, and serving that both forms of literature complete one another. The concept of "Techno-Paper Poetry" was introduced in 2019. It is based on two aspects: one being paper-based and the other digital. It involves a portion of the literature, which is written on paper, while the other is digitized and distributed online. Access to the digital section is achieved through the paper-based section by scanning the barcode or QR code using a dedicated application called "Aquarium Reader" installed on smart tablets. Based on the aforementioned, it becomes crucial to establish a literary roadmap to bridge the gap between these two worlds and legitimize this style of poetry as an active step towards pure digitization.

Influence of advertising communication on consumer culture in the context of new media

This research was conducted with the intention of investigating and analyzing the factors that influence the views that consumers have of advertising on social media platforms. The goal of this study is to look at the many ways that new media ads affect consumers’ purchasing behavior. An evaluation of the validity and reliability of the measures has been carried out with the assistance of confirmatory factor analysis. In addition, the quantitative research approach makes use of both simple random sampling and statistical sampling. The information was gathered via the use of a questionnaire that was issued to fans of new media. Using a Likert scale with five points, the questionnaire’s questions were evaluated to ensure that they were appropriately worded. The total sample size that is employed is 359. The purchase behavior of consumers of new media has been evaluated based on five variables, including the ability to attract attention, provide amusement, establish legitimacy, emphasize creative character qualities, and evoke emotional appeal. The objective of this study paper is to investigate the impact that advertisements broadcast via new media have on consumers’ decision-making processes regarding the acquisition of goods and services. The research’s findings show that when consumers are weighing their options for purchase, advertisements having the largest impact on their purchasing decisions in new media. With the goal of offering important insights into the new media advertising industry, the author seeks to link these results with pertinent ideas from the theoretical framework.

Influence of Personal, Psychofunctional Qualities Students for the Formation of Professional Artistic Skills

Problem and goal. The article presents materials from a study of the problem of the influence of personal, psychofunctional qualities of students on the effectiveness of the formation of professional skills in visual activity. The study of the innate psycho-functional inclinations of perceptual perception on the process of forming students’ imaginative thinking makes it possible to improve the quality of learning and effectively implement the acquired skills to create an artistic image. The development of students’ creative abilities in the process of professional training allows them to develop an interest in independent intellectual activity and improve professional skills in creative activities. The purpose of the article is to study the influence of personal, psychofunctional qualities of students in the “Design” direction on the formation of professional skills in visual arts. Methodology. The study used methods for assessing the creative thinking of students: Personal creative characteristics of F. Williams (1980), E. E. Tunik. Self-organization of activities Mandrikova E. Yu. Assessment of students’ mastery of graphic skills was carried out according to generally accepted criteria for visual activity. The results obtained were processed by methods of mathematical statistics using the software package “Statistica 10.0 for Windows”. Studying the problem of developing the creative potential of the innate, creative inclinations of the individual allows us to solve the problem of developing professional skills in visual arts. The results of the study indicate that the formation of professional skills in visual arts is determined by individual, innate inclinations of creative thinking; imagination, curiosity, the ability to find new solutions and apply complex techniques when performing a drawing. At the same time, determination in combination with self-organization of educational activities is the basis for the effective development of artistic and professional skills. Conclusion. As a result of the study, it was found that the effectiveness of the formation of professional skills in visual arts among students is determined by the innate inclinations of creative thinking: purposefulness, focus on the present, attentive attitude to the technique of representation, in combination with self-organization of educational activities, such as a necessary condition for the effectiveness of mastering professional skills, at the same time, for students with a dominant, passive, sensory-emotional perception of the world around them, orderliness and perseverance, as indicators of self-organization of activity, have a relatively subjective nature of application in the process of visual activity.

Integrational creativity: from combining and blending to transforming and resonating

ABSTRACT In this paper we elaborate a conception of what we call integrational creativity, which aims both to capture the richest kinds of human creativity and to bring together certain existing conceptions of creativity in a way that we hope will resonate with what people have had in mind in talking of creativity. These conceptions are those offered by Arthur Koestler, Margaret Boden, and two conceptual blending theorists, Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner; and we show how these conceptions and the criticisms that have been made of them can be accommodated within our integrational account. We also argue, drawing on the work of Immanuel Kant and Hartmut Rosa, that the integrating character of creativity is complemented by the resonating character of its appreciation. On our view, the heart of creativity lies in its integrating–resonating structure, and in the final part we note some of the implications for recent debates about creativity.

The impact of innovative leadership and total quality management in 21st-century banking: an empirical insight and foresight

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how innovative leadership (INL) drives innovation performance (INP) in banks. Design/methodology/approach This study develops and investigates a research model by assessing the viewpoints of 260 chief executive officers (CEOs) from the branches of 21 quality-certified banks, leveraging the Smart partial least squares technique. Findings INL had a positive and significant impact on INP. Total quality management (TQM) partially and significantly mediated the association between INL and INP. Technological turbulence, government regulation (GOV), market dynamism (MKD) and industry competitiveness (CMP) positively and significantly moderated the INL–TQM association. Research limitations/implications INP causal linkages and variations may be better understood with longitudinal investigations, hence the need for further studies in this area. External influences may affect industries or contexts differently, requiring further research into various industries. Practical implications In an industry with fast-paced and ever-changing industrial technology, strict government laws, a higher level of MKD and increased competition, firms must hire or groom innovative CEOs to promote the adoption of new and creative quality enhancement strategies that meet clients’ short- and long-term needs. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first to show how TQM can serve as a pathway for innovative leaders to follow. It is an inaugural attempt to explain the specific environmental dynamics that are necessary for the INL–TQM association to thrive.

Creative-aesthetic product design and tools

Providing a product with characteristics of beauty and creative innovation is one of the aims of any contemporary industry to meet the needs of customers and satisfy their aesthetic and functional requirements. To study the production process and the realisation of creative products with aesthetically pleasing attributes, we created an environment that allows the construction of simple textured polygons (triangles, squares, rhombuses and pentagons) through a software application. To overcome traditional ways of assessing creative products, a Birkhoff aesthetic measure, Euclidean distance and entropy measure have been developed and applied to a sample of smart products, manufactured in the implemented environment, to analyse their aesthetic, creative and order–complexity–chaos features, respectively. The results provided us with measurable quantities of the required qualities for the sample and for each distinct product, combining the metrics to visualise the creative products in 2D and 3D spaces. Further mathematical methods, such as the point process and density probability map applied on the same sample, allowed us to move from a statistical space to probabilistic landscapes, with enhanced forecasting capability on creative features for all future products. Industrial applications are expected in the production and evaluation of products from a creative point of view.

Exploring How Generating Metaphor Via Insight Versus Analysis Affects Metaphor Quality and Learning Outcomes.

Metaphor generation is both a creative act and a means of learning. When learning a new concept, people often create a metaphor to connect the new concept to existing knowledge. Does the manner in which people generate a metaphor, via sudden insight (Aha! moment) or deliberate analysis, influence the quality of generation and subsequent learning outcomes? According to some research, deliberate processing enhances knowledge retention; hence, generation via analysis likely leads to better concept learning. However, other research has shown that solutions generated via insight are better remembered. In the current study, participants were presented with science concepts and descriptions, then generated metaphors for the concepts. They also indicated how they generated each metaphor and rated their metaphor for novelty and aptness. We assessed participants' learning outcomes with a memory test and evaluated the creative quality of the metaphors based on self- and crowd-sourced ratings. Consistent with the deliberate processing benefit, participants became more familiar with the target science concept if they previously generated a metaphor for the concept via analysis compared to via insight. We also found that metaphors generated via analysis did not differ from metaphors generated via insight in quality (aptness or novelty) nor in how well they were remembered. However, participants' self-evaluations of metaphors generated via insight showed more agreement with independent raters, suggesting the role of insight in modulating the creative ideation process. These preliminary findings have implications for understanding the nature of insight during idea generation and its impact on learning.

Project-Based Learning Model Oriented Towards Creative Character in Poetry Text Learning for 10th Grade High School Students

This research is entitled "Project-Based Learning Model Oriented Towards Creative Character in Poetry Text Learning for 10th Grade High School Students." Based on the results of research on poetry text learning activities, teachers need to adapt the learning model to effectively implement classroom activities. Therefore, the problem addressed by this research is how to model a creative character-oriented project-based learning approach in teaching poetry texts in 10th-grade high school. The aim of this research is to explain a creative character-oriented project-based learning model for teaching poetry texts. The research method used is Research and Development (RnD). The primary data source comes from expert teachers who validate the Learning Implementation Plan tool. Data collection is conducted by providing a set of question instruments to the validators for assessment. The data analysis technique involves validation analysis and effectiveness analysis, assisted by statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel. The presentation of the collected data includes a narrative description of the Learning Implementation Plan (RPP) after validation by the validators. Conclusions are drawn from the validation results based on questionnaire evidence provided by the three validators. At the final stage, after the lesson plan has been validated, it will be concluded and described. The research results showed that the average score before using the project-based learning model (O1) was 79.80. After using the project-based learning model, the score (O2) increased to 87.30. Data based on regression statistical tests using Microsoft Excel show that the p-value is < 0.005, indicating that H0 is accepted. This data explains that with a p-value of 0.868, there is a significant difference in learning outcomes between before and after using the Project-Based Learning Model.

Deep Learning-Based Hand-Drawn Illustration in Packaging Design of Cultural and Creative Products

Packaging design is a critical component of product marketing and branding, encompassing the visual and structural elements that encase and present goods to consumers. The hand-drawn illustration is a timeless art form that embodies the unique style, skill, and creativity of the artist's hand. This paper presents a novel approach to deep learning techniques for enhancing packaging design through the classification of hand-drawn illustrations. The proposed model is stated as a Weighted Augmented Deep Generative Network (WADGN). The proposed WADGN model uses the augmentation network for the generation of the augmented images for the creative products. With the augmented images features are extracted in the hand-drawn illustration of the products. The extracted features are implemented with the weighted augmented feature vector for the application of the generative deep learning network. The proposed WADGN model uses the feature vector of the deep learning model for the design of creative product design. With the deep learning the creative features of the hand-drawn illustration are classified for the creative package design. Simulation results demonstrated that proposed WADGN model higher performance than the conventional technique such as CNN, LSTM and SVM classifier. The proposed WADGN model achieves the ~21% higher performance than the SVM, ~16% than the LSTM and ~9% improvement than the CNN model.

How the Human-Like Characteristics of AI Assistants Affect Employee Creativity: A Social Network Ties Perspective

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered AI assistants provide opportunities to promote employee creativity. However, existing research ignores exploring the impact of AI assistants’ unique human-like characteristics on employee creativity, which means there are insufficient practical guidelines for implementing and designing AI assistants to promote employee creativity. Based on social network theory, this study constructs a theoretical model to investigate the relationship between the human-like characteristics of AI assistants and employee creativity and uses structural equation modeling to analyze questionnaire data from 243 employees. The results show that perceived intelligence and anthropomorphism of AI assistants positively influence employees-AI instrumental and expressive ties, both of which can enhance employee creativity. In particular, perceived intelligence has a stronger effect on the employee-AI instrumental ties, while perceived anthropomorphism has a stronger effect on the employee-AI expressive ties. In addition, the interaction intensity weakens the positive effects of perceived anthropomorphism on employee-AI instrumental and expressive ties. These findings provide practical guidance for implementing and designing AI assistants to promote employee creativity.

THE VISION OF STYLE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE LITERARY GRAMMAR DISCOURSE

In the proposed article, we turn to one of the directions in the modern academic theory of literature — personalist discourse, which gravitates towards metalinguistics, that studies the word (or the language), in its concrete and living entirety, and not the language as a specific subject of linguistics. The purpose of the research is to indicate the features of this discourse and to explain what the vision of style is within the framework of the personalist discourse. The object of research is the personalist theory of literature, the personalist discourse; the subject of research is style within the limits of personalist discourse. The following methods were used to achieve the goal: information analysis method, synthesis method, descriptive method. In contrast to literary grammar, which strives for accuracy and specificity and personalist constituted on the border with linguistics, personalist discourse is constituted on the border with metalinguistics. For the personalist theory of literature, style becomes a way of being of creative individuality, or more precisely, a way of being of a person-author in his work. Personalist discourse gives style a "unifying energy". Within the personalist discourse style becomes a formative center that concretizes the relations. To understand the essence of style, personalists distinguished between compositional and architectural forms. It is characteristic that architectural forms are not forms in the personalist discourse, but are the "content of aesthetic activity" and understood as purely meaningful. So, equating "aesthetic" and "meaningful" in the artistic style, M. M. Bakhtin defines it as "a set of techniques for the formation and completion of a person and its world". In the artistic style, the "internal style" and the content revealed in the images are interconnected. For personalism, "artistic style works not with words, but with moments of the world, values of the world and life", it is a "way of processing" a person and its world, a way of "aesthetic completion". The author of the article concludes that "aesthetic completion" is impossible without the finalizing ability of the image. In the personalist discourse, all problems related to the perception and interpretation of the artistic text are transferred to the sphere of intersubjective relations. The object in personalism is precisely the relations between the subjects of the statement — dialogical relations. In the personalist theory of literature, the constitutive moment of artistic creativity is the author-creator. But personalism deprives the artistic style of its main essence — inner core, the image, that is why the idea of style in the personalist discourse is post-aesthetic. The relevance of the research is determined by the need to clarify the multiplicity of style concepts in their originality in modern literary theory and modern linguistics. One of the fundamental features of artistic creativity is denoted by the concept of "style". First of all, style is a defining way of revealing the aesthetic essence of poetic art. But there are quite different understandings of style. The perspective of further research is to reveal the semantic content of the category of style within the limits of various theoretical and literary discourses.

The development of an analytical model for science classroom creativity in China

ABSTRACT Background Fostering students’ creativity is a key feature of education. While Chinese students score well on international measures of science attainment, their performance on measures of science creativity is less impressive. Purpose To develop an analytical model for science classroom creativity in China and examine its likely applicability, given Chinese culture and other factors. With suitable modifications, our model may apply elsewhere, too. Design and methods We critically evaluated three established creativity models and developed a new analytical model for science classroom creativity in China by synthesising components from the three models and additional development in light of a literature review on science education practices. Results Our model for science classroom creativity in China has four components: ‘creative students’ (who possess or are developing creative characteristics, including scientific knowledge, divergent thinking, and intrinsic motivation); the ‘creative process’ (students’ engagement in scientific inquiry activities within classrooms, facilitated by the guidance of science teachers); ‘teachers’ attitudes to creativity’ (teachers’ perceptions of creative students and teachers’ feedback on creative ideas); a ‘creative environment’ (the physical and the socio-cultural environments within which teaching and learning take place). Conclusion In Chinese science classrooms, some students typically have adequate but not challenging scientific knowledge and a lack of divergent thinking and intrinsic motivation. Additionally, the inappropriate understanding and practice of scientific inquiry among some Chinese science teachers, coupled with their limited pedagogical content knowledge, can impede the creative process. This challenge might be further compounded by teachers’ partial understanding of creative students and negative feedback towards creative ideas. Moreover, the lack of a suitable physical environment and sufficient time prevent students from engaging in authentic scientific inquiry. Finally, the socio-cultural environment in which harmony, encouraged by collectivism and Confucianism, may not encourage difference, and cultural factors concerning ‘Face’ may discourage students from developing their creativity.

Model Kepemimpinan Visioner Kyai dalam Mengembangkan Pendidikan Pesantren

This study investigates how Kyai visionary leadership contributes to the development of training education in Indonesia. This research reveals how kyai, as a visionary leader, can lead the coaches in facing the challenges and changes of the modern world while preserving traditional Islamic values. The research uses a qualitative approach that involves in-depth interviews, observations, and document analysis. Kyai plays an important role as a spiritual and moral guide, creating a supportive and inclusive environment for academic and personal growth. The study emphasizes the importance of visionary leadership in curriculum development, promoting a learning culture that fits students' needs, and how it affects student performance and overall training effectiveness. The study also found the benefits of Kyai visionary leadership in improving the quality of education and building the creative character of the centre. The results provide practical insights for educators and leaders in the Islamic education system, especially the practitioners. They also offer advice to encourage dynamic and supportive future leadership practices.

Between Sādhū and Darwesh: Storytelling and Social Reform in S. uġhrā Humāyūñ Mirzā’s Mohinī (1929)

Ṣuġhrā Humāyūñ Mirzā (1884–1958) was a reformer, journalist, writer and traveller from the erstwhile princely state of Haidarābād, Dakkan. She wrote prolifically and used her fiction and non-fiction as a vehicle for her reformist ideas and objectives. However, scholarly focus on Ṣuġhrā Begum’s reformist work alone risks dismissal of her literary creativity and innovation. This paper aims to address this gap through an analysis of the narrative and stylistic features of Ṣuġhrā Begum’s Urdū novel, Mohinī (1929). I suggest a reading of this text on its own terms, i.e. one that emerges from the text and the motivations of its author, rather than through measurements with standard—usually Western—yardsticks or other assumptions about Ṣuġhrā Begum’s ostensibly singular priorities. Instead, I argue that Mohinī should be read in the context of the development of the Urdū novel, which was taking shape through the encounter between Western modes of representation made prominent through colonialism and existing Indian storytelling traditions, such as the qiṣṣāh. In the process, this paper expands the scholarship on this writer by offering a study of the creative features of her fiction and calls for the imagination of South Asian and wider Persianate print realisms that are not bound by rationalist epistemologies and encapsulate broader systems of knowledge.