Arts Colleges Research Articles

Learners’ Perceptions of Self-directed Learning Using Self-reading and a Reading Journal in College General English Classes

his study aims to examine learners’ perceptions of self-directed learning for self-reading and reading journal writing in college general English classes. 105 first-year students from the Design College and Art College freely selected and read their texts according to their major and interests over the course of 12 weeks, and participated in the survey in the 15th week. The results showed that 76.93% of the students recognized that self-reading helped them learn English greatly or at least to some extent. The biggest difficulty in self-reading was that it was hard for students to interpret English by themselves. 77% answered that writing a reading journal was helpful in learning English, and students had the most difficulty writing English on their own. Such activities were found to be the most helpful in improving students' reading ability. 85% preferred self-directed learning consisting of self-reading and reading journal writing, and the main reason stated was that they were able to freely choose what they wanted to read, thus making the reading more interesting for them. Such a class might increase students' motivation and confidence by encouraging their active and interested participation in the class and further it can serve as the basis for students to continue independent and self-directed English learning after class. In the educational situation where learner-centered instruction is emphasized, this study suggests that self-directed learning for self-reading and reading journal writing can be combined properly with the conventional method using textbooks depending on learners’ proficiency levels in college general English classes.

The Impact of Art College Students’ Innovation Learning Ability Under STEAM Education

STEAM education, as an education model to train future comprehensive talents, not only challenges the traditional education, but also puts forward on the new requirements for students’ learning ability. As it empowers people to create and solve issues in their daily lives, the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education has a significant influence on generating creative students. Problem-solving ability, innovation ability, cooperation ability and autonomous learning ability are the popular student’s learning ability to discussed emphatically by educators. Among these abilities, innovation ability is the most topical, and it is more in line with the development of society. Under the theory of Self-efficacy, Learning Engagement, and Creative Performance, this study aims to investigate the impacted elements of the art college students’ innovation learning ability under STEAM education system; and to analyze the art college students’ perspectives of innovation learning ability under STEAM education system at a university in China. It adopts interview method with 6 samples at Shenyang Normal University in Liaoning Province, China. Through the systematic study of STEAM education concept, the findings indicated that creative self-efficacy, learning engagement and creative performance are the related elements with innovation learning ability. The more cognitive, emotional, and behavioral inputs students get and the more demanding efforts they put into creative activities, the greater the influence on students’ creative performance. In addition, the art college students’ perspectives of innovation learning ability under STEAM education system are positive.

Concert performance of operas in the educational process: goals, examples, innovations, perspectives

Statement of the problem. A pianist-concertmaster is a well-trained, technically equipped, multidisciplinary, comprehensively developed musician. Accordingly, teachers of concertmaster departments in institutions of higher education are entrusted with a great responsibility for the training of highly professional and competitive specialists. In this context, the study of entire opera works, not individual numbers or scenes, the result of which can be a concert performance of operas, deserves special attention. This is an extremely important area of training for future concertmasters, which allows young performers to acquire the complex of knowledge and skills necessary for further work in the musical theatre. Objectives, methods, and novelty of the research. Various aspects of concertmaster skill are studied in numerous scientific works (Borovytska, 2018; Zub, 2021; Iniutochkina, 2010; Kretov, Novik-Kretova, 2017; Molchanova, 2015, 2017; Pidporinova, 2023). The tasks of this article are to determine the goals of performing operas in the concert version by students of the class of accompanist mastery; to put together methodical instructions regarding the concertmasters’ work on the opera as a whole; to outline the prospects of a special project that has been carried out for many years at the Department of Concertmaster Skill of the Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts under the leadership of its head Ye. Nikitska. For the first time, on the basis of the application of genre and performing research approaches, methodical guidelines for the work of a student-concertmaster on a concert performance of an opera have been systematized. Research results and conclusion. The purpose of concert performance of operas by student pianists of the class of accompanist skills is to make them ready for future professional activities as concertmasters of musical theatres. That is why concert performances of operas as entire works play an important role in the system of teaching concertmaster skill. In the process of preparatory work on complete opera compositions, practical situations that pianists-concertmasters face in their further professional activities are modelled and reproduced. This allows one to develop a set of knowledge, abilities, skills and competencies that are necessary for a concertmaster in a musical theatre. The work on a concert performance of a complete opera requires a certain algorithm of actions, a teaching method, the components of which are: 1) a careful choice of the opera; 2) selection of soloists; 3) drawing up the compositional and dramaturgical plan-scheme of the opera and, accordingly, making decisions regarding the edition / cut out of the choral and choreographic (mass) scenes and the removal of minor characters; 4) if necessary, compiling the literary basis; 5) work with students on the piano part of the opera in its integrity in various aspects (interaction between concertmaster and vocalist; overcoming pianistic technical difficulties; achieving an “orchestral” sound; supporting the temporhythm of the performance as a whole). The practical worth and viability of the educational and creative project in question has been confirmed by time and numerous successful concert performances of opera works in the halls of the Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts and on the concert stages of the country; and its life-giving force will be the expansion of the repertoire and the appeal to world and Ukrainian opera art of the 20th–21st centuries.

Education Choice, Cultural Practice, and Personal Growth of Music Examinees from the Perspective of Chinese Art College Entrance Examination

From the perspective of the Chinese art college entrance examination, this research examines the education choice, cultural practice, and personal growth of music examinees, and expounds that the art examination is not only a unique way to enter higher education in China but also an important cultural phenomenon. The aim is to deeply explore the multi-dimensional influence of art examination and its practice in private art education institutions. By applying a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, this study provides insights into understanding the experience of music examinees, improving the quality of arts examination and cultural practices, and optimizing the management and teaching practices of private art training institutions. It can also provide a valuable reference for relevant decision-makers, practitioners, students, and their families in the choice and practice of music education.

Embrace

Laura Wood is an Ottawa-based artist who paints with gestural strokes to create elegant abstract compositions. Her paintings are evocative and emotive as she uses paint and colour to represent, as Wood describes, “what otherwise cannot be expressed with words.” Her process is intuitive as she is guided by the paint & chance happenings with colour mixing and form. Intentionality happens as she pauses between strokes. This dance back and forth between pure expression and thoughtful mark-making is how her works are created. Originally from Aurora, Ontario, Woods even at a young age had a rich interior life and art gave her a place to fully express all aspects of her internal experience. Her family’s encouragement led her to pursue her passions and she went on to study and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Canada. She is currently represented in Ottawa, ON at Koyman Galleries.

The Effects of Course Modality on Student Satisfaction and Academic Outcomes at a Liberal Arts College During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Using student self-reports on a survey and objective records of academic achievement, I examined the effects of course modality on student satisfaction and academic outcomes at a selective liberal arts college in spring 2021. I compared three groups of undergraduates (N = 729) based on their predominant course modality: Online-Class Group, Residential Blended Learning Group, and Residential In-Person-Class Group. After controlling for gender, race/ethnicity, class level, and socioeconomic status, course modality demonstrated significant main effects on all three satisfaction variables and sense of connection a student felt to the institution. The Online-Class Group reported the lowest satisfaction with level of academic challenge, quality of teaching, and overall quality of academic experiences; it also reported the weakest sense of connection. The Residential Blended Learning Group differed from the Residential In-Person-Class Group on one variable: satisfaction with quality of teaching, on which the former reported lower satisfaction. Course modality did not affect a student’s grade point average; although it interacted with gender in its effect on the number of course units a student passed, no subgroup difference by course modality and gender was significant. This study indicates that online classes and blended learning, especially the latter, have potential at liberal arts colleges.

Influence of Students’ Learning Motivation and Classroom Environment on Innovative Thinking of Fine Arts in Chinese Universities

Influence of Students’ Learning Motivation and Classroom Environment on Innovative Thinking of Fine Arts in Chinese Universities

Independence and Interdependence: A Comparative Case Study of Individuals From Two Institutions in Mainland China and Hong Kong

<p style="text-align:justify">There has been a clear shift in higher education to prepare and empower the current students for a future quite different and more complex than that faced by previous generations. In particular, it is expected that they will possess comprehensive abilities to deal with challenges arising from new employment demands and beyond. While liberal arts education has a long history in the West, it has been increasingly implemented more recently in East Asia as one response to the need for educational reform. The research reported here is an empirical study of how liberal arts education has affected individuals from two institutions with distinctive interpretations of “liberal arts education” - University N, the first Sino-foreign joint university in mainland China, and University L, the only public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. Drawing on Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice, this study illustrates the interplay and balance among students’ practical concerns, their sense of social obligation fostered through liberal arts education elements and the wider social structure. Semi-structured interviews with senior students, fresh graduates, and educators were conducted to gather in-depth primary data. These reveal that, by providing interdisciplinary knowledge and transferable skill sets, a liberal arts education experience does enhance individuals’ personal agency and intellectual competencies in a professional context - they are trained to become independent thinkers and learners. Moreover, the “humanistic” aspect of liberal arts is also relevant: having engaged in various activities and programs, students in both universities are encouraged to care, cooperate, and make positive differences in their increasingly interconnected communities.</p>

London, you have a problem with women: trust towards the police in England

ABSTRACT Following a series of high-profile incidents of violence against women by serving London Metropolitan Police Officers, questions of standards and the public’s confidence in policing are in the spotlight. Over a fifteen-month period between July 2022 and September 2023 using monthly surveys of representative English samples, this study confirms that women, in general, are more trusting in the police than men. This, however, does not hold true in London. Out of nine regions in England, London is the only region where women’s overall trust in the police is lower than men. Lower levels of trust in the police among women in London hold when controls for age, income, political environment and crime levels are considered. In line with existing literature that considers women being more sensitive to cues about trustworthiness, the concerning incidents of sexual violence by police officers against women are likely to further erode trust in police in the capital, which already ranks last among England’s nine regions in citizen trust of the police. Statement on ethics approval Approval was granted for this study to be carried out by the College of Business, Arts and Social Science Research Ethics Committee, Brunel University London. Approval reference: 35290-LR-Jan/2022-37313-1.

Perceptiveness of Uniforms for Female Security Population in PSG College of Arts & Science

Perceptiveness of Uniforms for Female Security Population in PSG College of Arts & Science

Caitlin Vincent, Digital Scenography in the Twenty-First Century, Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera - Caitlin Vincent, Digital Scenography in the Twenty-First Century, Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera Abingdon: Routledge, 2022. 212 pp. ISBN 9780367553920 (hard cover). DOI: 10.4324/9781003093305 (ebook)

It is June 2022 and the premiere of R.U.R. Torrent of Light, a multimedia opera, in Toronto is enthralling audiences. Inspired by Karel Čapek’s play that introduced the word ‘robot’ into 20th-century vocabulary, composer Nicole Lizée and librettist and playwright Nicholas Billon have conceived a science-fiction opera for our current fascination with AI (artificial intelligence). The production by Toronto’s Tapestry Opera Theatre is in partnership with the research and creation of new technologies at the Social Body Lab and the Digital Futures Initiatives at Ontario College of Art & Design University. It has been conceived to embed technologies into the scenographic dramaturgy as projections, wearable art and spatialisation of sound and light through the costuming and neologisms in instrumentation to create a ‘unique electronica-classical sound’ of the neo-futurist worlding. After the hiatus of the last two years, this live performance highlights our growing recognition of scenographic vocabularies of programmable performance affecting behaviours, as well as expanded definitions of sound and digital integration as contemporary opera. Such interdisciplinarity has often brought the spectator into fresh relationships with opera in performance, thereby activating the event of spectatorship.

Managers to Support the Core Literacy Innovation Strategy of Art Teaching

In the teaching work of higher education, under the guidance of the core quality concept, the external art education pays attention to the cultivation of discipline quality, innovation quality, practical quality, international vision and social responsibility. This is not only of great significance and value to the art major students in higher education, but also assumes a great responsibility. This paper uses the interview method to visit 26 college art education practitioners of Hunan Vocational Foreign Language College. Using thematic analysis, we explore what kind of support managers should provide for the core literacy innovation strategy of art teaching in the teaching process. Through this article, aims to arouse a more profound understanding of art teaching in colleges and universities, to improve the emphasis of the art teaching, at the same time, the effective management support for disciplines and students ‘overall ability have help, help to establish a more perfect art teaching system, to better meet the demand of today’s society for higher education, cultivate more comprehensive quality of professional talents.

Research and suggestions on the cultivation of university art and design talents

The biggest characteristic of art and design education is the huge difference in education. While art schools around the world teach differently, they all share common educational standards and are talent training programmes. Only by setting standards can we improve the quality of talent training. This paper will study the university art design professional talent training program, researchers adopted the theme of the research method, using the interview research design, will take many universities in Hubei province as an example to the teaching and practice of the interview analysis, the art design professional talent teaching training mode of two variables, will get more accurate research data, can more directly study the present situation and challenges of local talent training. The purpose of this study is to explore the problems in the teaching and practice of the training mode of art and design majors in these universities, and will provide some effective suggestions for the training program of art and design talents in universities.It is also hoped that it will inspire researchers in relevant fields.

CREATIVITY AND NEURAL CONNECTIONS IN THE ARTISTIC CREATION PROCESS

The topics addressed in this article stem from the interdisciplinary research project “Neuroscience, Creativity – Neural Connections in Artistic Creation,” initiated by the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Art at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași. These topics have been discussed by experts in the medical and artistic fields during a conference organized in collaboration with “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iași and the “I. I. Mironescu” Cultural Center. We aim for an interdisciplinary approach, which we consider relevant and of interest, focusing on understanding how the brain functions and the intricate neural networks engaged during the creative process, seen as the key to developing and enhancing creativity. Additionally, within the complex scope of this research theme, we will highlight several beneficial effects of art on individual and collective health. Art serves as an alternative energy source for the brain, stimulating connections between mental and physical processes.

MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMOTE PERFORMING IN MUSICAL ENSEMBLES

During the pandemic, the issue of remote education was seriously raised for the first time, through the use of Internet. Music education has specific activities, such as performing in ensembles, where the usual internet solutions have proven inadequate, especially due to the very high latency. The article presents the results of the research project entitled “Development of solutions for remote musical education”, carried out in the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași, whose first objective was to find technical solutions suitable for remote performing in ensembles, solutions which also offers new opportunities for collaboration between institutions located at a great distance, ensuring access to music education for those with disabilities, for those located at a great distance from university centers, as well as streamlining musical productions involving artists located at a distance.

Top-Ranked Higher Education Institutions: An Investigation of the Sport Management Academic Discipline

The current exploratory study determined the prevalence of the sport management academic degree being offered in top-ranked institutions as based on U.S. News & World Report rankings. A focus on the differences of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees being offered, or not offered, was placed on national universities and liberal arts colleges because of the prevalence of these institution types and their educational settings. Additionally, the study aimed to determine if relevant indicators predicted a sport management degree being offered at a top-ranked national university and liberal arts college. Results indicated significant differences, with sport management degrees being offered at a higher frequency in national universities than liberal arts colleges. However, the sport management degree was largely not offered by the majority of top-ranked institutions. Notably, ranking, enrollment, and public/private institutional status did not predict sport management degree offerings at a liberal arts college. However, a national university had an increased likelihood of offering a sport management degree as enrollment increased and ranking increased (i.e., moved closer to 150). Altogether, the project highlighted that while the sport management academic discipline has certainly grown since its inception, growth has not really occurred at top-ranked higher education institutions, especially liberal arts colleges.

IJCM_368A: Knowledge, attitude and practice on organ donation among college students in madurai district, Tamil Nadu - a cross-sectional study

Background: The mainstay treatment for end-stage organ disease is transplantation as it improves the quality of life for organ recipients1. Though National Organ Transplant Programme is functioning well, the number of end stage organ deaths stands at 500000/year. Hence the need of present study conducted among students as they serve as health messengers for any Public Health Programme to succeed. Objective: 1. To assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice [KAP] on Organ Donation among College students, Madurai district. 2. To determine association between Socio-Demographic characters like Gender, Age, Religion with Knowledge and Attitude on Organ Donation among the study population. Methodology: This Cross-sectional study on organ donation was conducted among 550 Arts College students in Madurai District from September to October 2023 using Multi stage Sampling and Sample size was estimated by using Kinge A et al3. After obtaining informed consent, study population was interviewed using Semi Structured Questionnaire containing 4 sections including KAP and Socio Demographic Profile. For positive questions, each Correct answer was given 1 mark and incorrect answer as 0. Reverse Scoring was assigned to Negative Questions. Data entered in Excel and analysed using SPSS version 21.0. Results: The mean age of participants was 19.57± 2.9 with males 44.54% and Females 55.45%. Hindus were 85.27%, Muslims 6% and Christians 8.72%. Out of 550 Participants, 40.36%(n=222) had adequate Knowledge with mean score of 5.08 ± 0.53, 90.81% (n=505) had Positive attitude, 5 %(n=28) had taken pledge. Chi-square showed statistically significance between Knowledge and Age, gender Conclusion: Regular IEC activities and inclusion of Organ donation as a part of education curriculum are needed to further improve awareness.

The Arabic Translation of Cohesive Devices used in “The Midnight Library” Novel

This study deals with English cohesive devices as discourse markers, which are used for various purposes, such as connecting ideas and expressing attitudes. In fact, such devices may cause problems in case of translation, especially when dealing with them in literary works. Therefore, this study aims to identify the English cohesive devices and clarify how the translators translate these devices into Arabic. The study data is collected from the English novel “The Midnight Library” written by Matt Haig. The study sample includes (5) texts extracted from this novel to be translated by (3) MA students in the Translation Department, College of Arts, Tikrit University. Concerning the analysis of data, the study adopts two models: Halliday and Hasan's (1976) model for identifying the cohesive devices in the novel under study; and Newmark’s (1988) model for determining the method of translation. The study reveals that cohesive devices are used to demonstrate a semantic function rather than a communicative one, causing a challenge for translators to translate them into Arabic.

Strategic planning is a tool for developing the reality of the Faculties of Arts and aligning with the labor market

Strategic planning is considered a vital tool for the development of Arts Colleges in Iraq, as it helps to establish a clear and measurable vision and objectives that align with the colleges’ mission and future aspirations aimed at improving the quality of education and institutional development. This is achieved through analyzing the external and internal environment, such as evaluating infrastructure, teaching and learning resources, and the needs of students and the surrounding community. Strategic planning can identify opportunities and challenges faced by the colleges and develop strategies to deal with them. The importance of planning lies in the institution’s ability to align its educational outputs with the requirements of the job market and anticipate the skills and knowledge required from graduates. Colleges can develop educational programs that suit market needs and various sectors. These are implemented continuously with performance monitoring, evaluation, and adjustment as needed. This includes implementing development programs for faculty members and providing the necessary resources to improve the quality of education and scientific research. Strategic planning also encourages continuous communication with employers and relevant entities to ensure curriculum updates and effectively meet needs, increasing graduates’ employment opportunities and enhancing community development. The study concludes that strategic planning is an essential tool for the development of Arts Colleges in Iraq, as it helps direct efforts towards achieving educational and developmental goals that meet the needs of society and the job market effectively and sustainably.

The Use of Information Technology in The Process of Teaching Music to Students of Colleges of Fine Arts

The Use of Information Technology in The Process of Teaching Music to Students of Colleges of Fine Arts