Perspective Of Consciousness Research Articles

The vertical curriculum in the lifelong learning perspective

The paper considers the concept of the vertical curriculum in the lifelong learning conception. The concept of vertical curriculum introduces an issue that marks a discontinuity with transformative values in pedagogical debate and teaching practice. The perspective of lifelong learning modifies and integrates the educational project precisely on the basis of a different temporal conception, not only on the adjustment of organizational structures but on the ecology of development and learning understood as a vital process. In this sense, schools must confront the scientifically proven thesis that people continue to learn and transform throughout their lives and must at the same time make this idea pedagogically sustainable. From this point of view, the reference map comes to be supplemented with the concepts of mental plasticity and pervasiveness of knowledge, from which some key criteria for learning-to-learn-oriented design, among others, can be derived. The vertical curriculum represents a cultural artifact, progressive and recursive, capable of promoting training in complexity, understood in this part as a process that is related to the dimension of reflexivity and strategic competencies: a process that lasts throughout the life cycle and allows for the construction of meanings from experience, in a perspective of critical consciousness, global citizenship and planetary responsibility.

How to establish customers’ green brand relationships and behaviors: from green consumption consciousness perspectives

PurposeThis study aimed to understand how the consumer–green brand relationship affects the behavior of consumers of e-commerce platforms for smallholder farmers; it did so by formulating and testing a framework based on social identity perspective.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling was applied to data from 532 questionnaire responses.FindingsAll hypotheses were supported. Customers’ environmental consciousness, green brand consciousness and green brand self-expression strongly affect green consumption consciousness. The effect of environmental consciousness on green brand identification is stronger than that of environmental consciousness on green brand consciousness and that of green brand self-expression on green brand identification.Practical implicationsSuggestions for managing green brands on e-commerce platforms for smallholder farmers and references for strategizing are also provided.Originality/valueThis study accounts for a wide range of antecedents of green consumption consciousness based on a social identity perspective. This study is the first to elucidate how green consumption affects the e-commerce branding of green smallholder farmers.

MODELING OF THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE TEACHER’S PROFESSIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY

The study substantiates the theoretical and methodological aspects of modeling the educational environment in the professional and pedagogical activity of a general secondary education teacher on the methodological basis of the humanistic-competence paradigm of general secondary education and the concept of the New Ukrainian School. The article’s purpose is to clarify the role and significance of the modeling method as a means of efficient professional and pedagogical activity of teachers in the educational environment of general secondary schools. The principles of individualization of educational services, conscious perspective, flexibility of educational influences, democratization, and dynamism of the educational process are emphasized in the process of applying the modeling method by the teacher. The objects of modeling in the teacher’s activity are model programs in teaching subjects, a system of aspect and subject lessons, a set of club activities, individual qualities and properties of students’ personalities, etc. The author proposes the stages of creating a pedagogical model and the algorithm of modeling in the teacher’s activity (setting a goal, selecting an object, formulating a subject, clarifying the normative support, choosing a theory that explains the content of the subject of modeling; substantiating the basic assumptions of simplifying a real object; constructing a model using theoretical foundations; model examination; studying the model using a pedagogical experiment; finalizing, adjusting and finalizing the model). It is concluded that the awareness of the principles of building a model of the educational environment of general secondary school, as well as the use of this knowledge as a theoretical basis for the general scheme of forming the content of the educational process will contribute to the successful implementation of efficient professional and pedagogical activities of teachers in an institution aimed at building a health-developing educational space.

A Systematic Review on Unique Characteristics of Generation Z and Their Impact on Purchasing Decisions

The Generation Z, also recognized as "centennials," stands out for its complete immersion in technology, exerting a significant influence on their purchasing decisions. This study applied the PRISMA method to conduct a systematic review of the distinctive attributes of this generation and their impact on consumer choices. Results, extracted from 14 articles analyzed between 2019 and 2023, indicate an increase in scientific production in 2023, with a notable focus on purchasing trends. Indonesia emerges as a focal point of research, demonstrating a particular interest in the consumption practices of Generation Z. "Sustainability" leads in publications, emphasizing the convergence between youth and sustainable consumption. Scopus stands out as the primary database, indicating a preference for journal articles. Generation Z, identified by its connection to digital commerce and the influence of social media, especially TikTok, exhibits a blend of contemporary and traditional values in their purchasing decisions. Their focus on adopting innovative technologies and the meticulous evaluation of sustainability and cost reflect thoughtful and critical consumption. In conclusion, Generation Z redefines the market landscape with an innovative and socially conscious perspective, underscoring the importance of authentic and personalized strategies in an ever-evolving commercial environment.

The Study of Ecological Consciousness in the Folk Songs of the Chahar Mongols

The folk songs of the Chahar Mongols not only embody a rich historical heritage and ethnic characteristics but also reflect the close interaction between humans and the natural environment. The lyrics of Chahar folk songs are meticulously structured and vividly expressive, often employing metaphor and allegory with a strong lyrical quality. They frequently use imagery of the sun and moon, wind and rain, clouds and mountains, flowers and plants, domestic animals, and wild animals, demonstrating profound ecological awareness and humanistic concern. This paper studies representative works of Chahar Mongolian folk songs such as "Cool Hangai Mountain," "Little Yellow Horse," and "Four Seasons" from an ecological consciousness perspective. It delves into their diverse ecological discourse construction and their significant role in the cultural construction of northern China.

Critical conscious leadership for decolonisation: a Black consciousness perspective of authentically transforming leadership

PurposeThis paper draws on African anti-colonial thought and Black consciousness to propose critical conscious leadership (CCL) as a decolonising leadership approach appropriate for pursuing emancipation, social justice and innovation in a new African university.Design/methodology/approachI utilised the method of critical discourse analysis to study Ihron Rensburg’s language as he reflected on his leadership at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). The study engaged with Rensburg’s writings and texts on his account of leading the merger and transformation of UJ. The primary text draws from his book “Serving Higher Purposes” (2020).FindingsThrough the construction of CCL, the paper proposes alternative tenets for leading transformation towards a new African university. CCL grounds a decolonised and pluriversal new African university’s character premised on a consciously revitalised alternative thinking that will carry the communitarian spirit of Africa in knowledge production, dissemination and consumption in humanising all and serving the greater good. And it operates within the dialectical tensions of the social and economic purpose of higher education (HE), African and global relevance, African and Western paradigms, excellent performance and attainment of social justice.Originality/valueThe proposed CCL offers an alternative leadership approach that responds to the call to “Dethrone the Empire” by centring Blackness in HE leadership, which is crucial for authentic transformation and decolonisation.

A Study the Criminal Law Teaching Approach to Promote "Three Recognitions" through "Three Qualities"

The cultivation of professional knowledge and skills, as well as the effective education of people, are not only the functions of criminal law teaching but also its significant responsibilities. During the teaching process, the basic needs of the first level, encompassing knowledge, methods, emotional input, and output, and the second level, involving ethics education's progression from point-to-point to face-to-face interactions, have already been established. Nevertheless, the relationship between criminal law teaching and the cultivation of legal talents has been selectively overlooked, leading to a lack of a visible holistic perspective, consciousness perspective, and overall perspective in criminal law teaching. This has hindered the first two levels from fully realizing their potential effectiveness. Under the overarching concept of promoting "three recognitions" through "three qualities," an effective connection is established among the academic, regularity, practical aspects，course recognition, identity recognition, and professional recognition, facilitating the transformation and metamorphosis from the first level of basic teaching needs and the second level of actual expansion to the third level of aggregation. Specifically, the promotion of students' course recognition is achieved through regularity, their identity recognition through academic quality, and the construction and development of their professional recognition through practicality. The realization of "three recognitions" aims to continuously achieve the completeness and effectiveness of the cultivation of legal talents.

Female Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Conceptualizations of Engineers and Engineering: A Critical Consciousness Perspective

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to address issues of potential gender bias in pre-service elementary teachers’ conceptions of engineers and engineering using Freire’s (2018) Critical Consciousness perspective. By identifying the biasness as causal and structural attributions, the study also aimed to construct a critical pedagogy framework for future pre-service elementary teachers to reflect on and to radically reimagine and transform potential gender bias in their conceptions of engineers and engineering. Drawings of engineers and narratives of drawings from 115 pre-service elementary teachers served as data. The analysis comprised a two-step process: (1) identification of patterns through an inductive analysis of the data; and (2) analysis of patterns from the Critical Consciousness perspective to generate themes. Themes included: (1) depictions of male engineers being afforded privileges of having innate abilities to perform engineering from the standpoint of strong disciplinary backgrounds in mathematics and science while depictions of female engineers being afforded privileges of having innate abilities to perform engineering from the standpoint of computing, designing, and coding. (2) depictions of male engineers’ “work” of engineering being related to tangible outcomes like physical products, and (3) depictions of male engineers as authority figures and having the ability to lead the work of engineering. The critical pedagogical framework constructed is a step toward developing a tool for critically reflecting, and radically imagining, reimagining, and thus transforming inequities inherent in future pre-service elementary teachers’ conceptualizations of engineers and engineering.

Development of Environmentally Conscious Islamic Religious Education Curriculum at Elementary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education Levels

The aim of this study is to identify and analyze environmentally conscious approaches that can be integrated into the Islamic Religious Education (PAI) curriculum at various levels of education, from elementary to tertiary education. This research also explores teaching strategies that can be used to introduce environmental concepts within the context of PAI. The research method employed is a literature review, involving the collection and analysis of relevant literature on environmental education, the PAI curriculum, and environmentally conscious approaches in religious education. The results of this research are expected to provide guidance for the development of a more inclusive PAI curriculum regarding environmental issues, as well as practical guidelines for PAI educators to integrate environmentally conscious aspects into their teaching. This research has the potential to make a positive contribution to sustainable religious education understanding and practices, promoting environmental awareness and social responsibility among students and university students. In conclusion, the integration of environmentally conscious perspectives into the PAI curriculum can be a crucial step in preparing the younger generation to face global environmental challenges in the future.

Ethical Degeneration and Totalitarian Control: A Critique of Social Ethics in North Korea

Autocracy is a form of government in which the power is vested with an individual who represses all forms of individual freedom and egalitarian principles. These countries propagate ethical manipulations, gendered dehumanisation, absurd principles and hateful ideologies to maintain their power. This paper attempts to show the ethical degeneration of people by simply upholding irrational thoughts propagated by their government. The paper also highlights the eroding of social relations and social ethics from the perspective of ethical consciousness.

Trans/Travesti/+: PrEP in specialized services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To understand the perceptions and experiences of transsexual and travesti women and non-binary or gender-fluid people (TGWT+) in health services where they took pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the periods before and during the pandemic, focusing on the resignification in the relationship with services and the continuity of HIV prevention via PrEP. Qualitative research and analysis of empirical material generated in the context of broader studies were conducted. A total of 45 semi-structured interviews were conducted with TGWT+ PrEP users in the city of São Paulo and analyzed using iterative thematic content analysis. The TGWT+ interviewees gave new meanings to their struggles, daily lives and ways of caring for their health and played a central role within them. With its particularities, the COVID-19 pandemic became one more event among all the others that TGWT+ face daily. Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, the TGWT+ were faced with the HIV epidemic, but with the possibility of prevention via PrEP. Based on a situated and conscious perspective, more explicit in the context of the health crisis, the TGWT+ intertwined conscious actions and care practices in dialog with health services. Further research on these groups from a spatiotemporal dynamic situated in specific contexts of meaning production would make it possible to advance prevention and care strategies, especially in times of health crisis.

Designed-by-purpose power sources: a cardboard primary battery for smart packaging

Battery life-cycle reconceptualization under a design-by-purpose approach to power IoT devices and then be recycled with paper and cardboard waste stream, addressing future technological needs of society from an environmentally conscious perspective.

Behind the “I”: Conscience and Consciousness

This paper intents to study the concepts CONSCIOUSNESS and CONSCIENCE from a linguistic point of view and identify their notional components. Concepts CONSCIENCE and CONSCIOUSNESS are topical nowadays. It is verified by the overwhelming interest in them among linguists, physicists, philosophers, psychologists, etc.; based on the current human advances in AI (artificial intelligence) and dissatisfaction with the dualistic separation of mind and body. Conscience and consciousness govern our decision-making process. The concepts CONSCIENCE and CONSCIOUSNESS are multifaceted and complex. The concept CONSCIENCE is commonly used in its moral sense, implies the inherent ability of any healthy human being to perceive principles of the right and wrong, the good and bad; the ability to control, monitor, evaluate and execute their actions. Principles of decency, integrity, fairness, honesty, kindness and probity are the components of conscience. The voice of conscience might suggest different principles of behavior to different groups of people. Conscience can be considered as an empty container that can be filled with any type of moral and ethical content. Human CONSCIOUSNESS is the greatest mystery in the world of all times and peoples. People know a lot about consciousness from their own life experience and could claim that their own conscious life experience is what they do not call into question. One has no idea what consciousness is about, what makes one conscious, why ‘people have consciousness’, compared to other living beings or if other creatures, besides human beings, also have consciousness. Consciousness is mainly equated with the wakefulness. This perspective of consciousness puts forward that consciousness is an all-encompassing state, a sort of a switch that illuminates the entire mental life of a being. Consciousness appears before conscience: in order for conscience to arise, it is necessary for consciousness to arise as a background or a screen on which all the phenomena, states and objects can arise. In order for a person to realize what is good and bad, to appeal to a set of moral and ethical standards, consciousness is necessary first. Thus, consciousness acts as a background for conscience. The concepts of CONSCIENCE and CONSCIOUSNESS are intersecting for several reasons. Both lexemes-names of the concepts were synonymous until the eighteenth century. Both concepts are the building blocks of the self-identification with the concept CONSCIENCE being the prerequisite for the ability to shape moral judgements. These basic universal concepts are of equally high significance, mutually dependent and intersecting, and cannot be considered without their internal interconnection.

Research on digital inheritance and development of Xibe nationality in Shenyang from the perspective of cultural consciousness

Based on the cultural consciousness of social scientist Xiaotong Fei, this paper makes an in-depth analysis of the background and significance of Xibe culture in Shenyang. Combined with the development trend of the digital era, in order to continue the historical context and enhance the sense of national identity, the Xibe cloud platform, the joint Xibe two museums, the promotion of digital publishing and digital inheritance into the campus and other ways are adopted to enhance the industrial competitiveness of Shenyang Xibe culture.

Technologies and social networks: learning to imagine and create with the subtle for a healthy being movement

Objective: To identify the use of new technologies and their influence on the production of health and illness, as well as the use of social networks as sources of health care by the families of children and adolescents in mental distress. Methodology: Qualitative in nature, Holistic Single Case Study type, based on Michel Maffesoli’s Theoretical and Sensitive Assumptions of Comprehensive and Everyday Sociology. Data were collected in September 2020, through interviews with 33 user families of the Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Center, in a municipality in the north of Brazil, left in relation to the content. Results: The categories that emerged are: The power of the Imaginary to build a healthy being; The use of social networks as promoters of the Image-Imaginary relationship; The use of new technologies as health care promoters; Emotional and spiritual education as practices of good living. Final Considerations: The construction of a more conscious perspective of living is possible when we finally understand how much reality is activated by the effectiveness of our imagination, but it is up to us to seek exchanges through technology that favor a movement towards being healthy.

The hard problem of ‘pure’ consciousness: Sāṃkhya dualist ontology

AbstractThis article addresses the theme of ‘death and immortality’ from the perspective of consciousness, and takes as its starting point a root text of Hindu philosophy, the Sāṃkhyakārikā by Īśvarakṛṣṇa (c. fourth century ce). The text posits a dualist ontology in which consciousness is separate and autonomous from a material reality that includes body and mind. The goal is to be ontologically situated in a ‘pure’ consciousness (non-objective), which signifies existential liberation. There are mundane ways to understand this claim, such as referring to cognitive states that produce affective dissociation, or more radical interpretations, such as a post-death state. This article explores the question of what Sāṃkhya's consciousness is like: it is said to be immortal, plural, individuated, and contentless. What is the motivation for and implication of engagement with a system that describes an existential freedom that may only be known in a dualist reality or after death? And how can Sāṃkhya's concepts be brought into conversation with contemporary investigations into mind–body questions? Sāṃkhya rationality counters the argument of eternal oblivion or of consciousness as an illusion confined to the brain. Yet there are resonances with Chalmers's notion of consciousness as fundamental. This article concludes that contemporary Anglo-American philosophy of religion can be enhanced by adding Sāṃkhya thought to its purview.

Study of Amy’s Female Consciousness in Alcott’s Little Women

Little Women is a semi-autobiographical novel written by American woman writer Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). Characters and stories in books are mostly based on real people and events. It shows us the awakening of female consciousness in the Victorian age and the growing process of four sisters in an ordinary American family in the 19th century with different love, ideal and destination. This paper will study and analyze the role of Amy from the perspective of female consciousness. The first part introduces the writing background and main content of Little Women. The second part describes the literature review of Little Women at home and abroad, and briefly introduces the breakthrough point and results of the current research on little women. The third part studies Amy's female consciousness from the perspectives of marriage, career and family, and analyzes it through language and behavior. The fourth part is the conclusion, which briefly summarizes the embodiment of Amy's female consciousness awakening and the imperfection influenced by what factors, lists the reasons for the existence of this phenomenon and its reference and progressive significance for the development of feminism in the future.

The influence of green finance availability to retailers on purchase intention: a consumer perspective with the moderating role of consciousness.

As the global warming crisis is increasing daily, it is crucial to find ways to reduce the carbon footprint generated by activities like the production, consumption, and distribution of goods and services. This empirical study has looked at one approach through which environment-friendly production and consumption can be encouraged. The developed model has studied the relationship between retailers' access to green finance and consumer purchase intention of green products by incorporating the role of environmental, status, and future consciousness. Theoretical foundations for this model have been taken from the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and theory of reasoned action (TRA), which have extensively discussed the role of consciousness and societal norms while making purchase intentions. To gain insights about the purchasing behaviour of consumers, this study collected data from the Jiangsu province of China, where a non-probability convenience sampling technique was used to distribute a questionnaire to 400 respondents between February 2022 and August 2022. The collected data was analysed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in SmartPLS in order to study the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Results of this study show that retailers' access to green finance positively impacts consumer purchase intention towards green products, and adding a consciousness perspective in the model strengthens this relationship. Moreover, the theory of planned behaviour and the theory of reasoned action were validated through this study, providing insights for policymakers on the importance of promoting green finance to influence green product purchase intention. Overall, this study shows that policymakers should give green financing to retailers and environmental and future awareness to consumers to encourage environment-friendly behaviour.

Addressing pediatric surgical health inequities through quality improvement efforts

Concepts of healthcare quality and health equity should be inextricably linked but are often pursued separately. Quality improvement (QI) can serve as a powerful means to eliminate health inequities by adopting an equity-focused lens to diagnose and address baseline disparities among pediatric populations using targeted interventions. QI and pediatric surgery practitioners should integrate concepts of equity at every stage of formulating a QI project including conceptualization, planning, and execution. Early adaptation of an equity conscious perspective using QI methodology can prevent exacerbation of preexisting disparities while improving overall outcomes.

From the wet and sandy shore by the eternal sea: Exploring the experience of threshold consciousness following life or death surgery and its impact on practice

This piece stems from my own experience of a threshold consciousness that followed life-or-death surgery in 2015, when surgeons had informed me that I had only 2 days to live and offered me 2 days palliative care as an alternative choice. My survival of the surgery together with the experience of that threshold consciousness led me to a re-appraisal of my own practice in Dramatherapy. Out of my personal survival of a state bordering on death, I invite contemplation of different levels of consciousness experienced and the internal and external dramas encountered and pondering questions as to how we all may access clearer and more conscious perspectives of ourselves and fuller potentials of physical, mental, emotional, psychological, cosmic and spiritual resources for self-knowledge and consciousness than may be offered by current states of the current material scientific world view alone.