Faculty Of Arts Research Articles

The Effectiveness Of The Ryan Model Development Of Complex Thinking Among Students Of The Faculty Of Fine Arts In The Subject Of Appreciation And Art Criticism

تهدف هذه الدراسة الى : -1 التعرف على فاعيلة أنموذج ريان في التحصيل لدى طلبة كلية الفنون الجميلة بمادة التذوق والنقد الفني . -2 التعرف على مهارات التفكير المركب الواجب تنميته لدى طلبة كلية الفنون الجميلة . 3- قياس حجم فاعلية تصميم المقررات الخاصة بالتفكير المركب وفقاً الانموذج ريان. استعملت الباحثة المنهج التجريبي لتحقيق اهداف البحث وفرضياته ولمناسبته ظروف البحث واحتياجاته ، تم اختيار العينة بشكل قصدي لطلبة المرحلة الرابعة ، كلية الفنون الجميلة – جامعة بابل ، وكان عدد العينة (60) طالبا وطالبة، قامت الباحثة بتوزيع عينة البحث عشوائياً الى مجموعتين (ضابطة – تجريبية ) عن طريق القرعة وكان عدد العينة لكل مجموعة (30) . حرصت الباحثة على تكافؤ العينة بالمتغيرات الاتية ( العمر الزمني للطلاب _ الخبرة السابقة _ الذكاء _ اختبار التفكير المركب قبليا – التحصيل الدراسي للوالدين ) تم معالجة البيانات الاحصائية من خلال ( الحقيبة الاحصائية spss). واظهرت النتائج الاتية : تفوق طلبة المجموعة التجريبية الذين طبق عليهم محتوى الخطط التدريسية التي تم اعدادها وفقاً إنموذج ريان ، في الاختبار التحصيلي البعدي على اقرانهم طلبة المجموعة الضابطة ، وهذا يعود الى طبيعة الخبرات التعليمية التي تضمنتها هذه الخطط التدريسية والى مميزات انموذج ريان من ناحية سهولة ايصال المعلومة ومنح المتعلم امكانية التفسير والتحليل والاستنتاج ، فقد لاحظت الباحثة وجود تفاعل من قبل المتعلمين اثناء تلقيهم للمعلومات وهذا يعطي مؤشر ايجابي في اكتساب وتنمية الخبرات في مادة التذوق والنقد الفني ومهارات التفكير المركب . تفوق افراد المجموعة التجريبة في الاختبار البعدي في اكتساب مهارات التفكير المركب البعدي على اقرانهم في المجموعة الضابطة وهذا يعود الى طبيعة خطوات الدرس ومميزات الانموذج التي تركز على تعلم المفاهيم واكتساب الخبرات والمعلومات الجديدة . يتضح من الجدول (20) ان انموذج ريان له فاعلية في تنمية التذوق والنقد الفني في الاختبار البعدي لأفراد المجموعة التجريبية فبعد تطبيق خطوات هذا الانموذج بحسب الخطط الدراسية التي تم اعتمادها فقد لاحظة الباحثة وجود فروق ذات دلالة معنوية في تطور الجانب المعرفي لدى افراد العينة التجريبية قياساً بالاختبار القبلي للعينة نفسها مما يعني وجود فاعلية لهذا الانموذج في مادة التذوق والنقد الفني .

Students' Perceptions Towards Direct and Indirect Feedback in Speaking for Social Purposes

Speaking is one of the most important subjects in learning a foreign language. In speaking class, there are some mistakes that students found, which must be corrected. One way that teachers usually do to help the students cope with their problems is giving feedback. This study was aimed to find out about students’ perceptions towards direct and indirect feedback in Speaking for Social Purpose class. This study was guided by these two questions: What are PBI students’ perceptions towards direct feedback given by the teacher in the Speaking for Social Purposes class? What are PBI students' perceptions towards indirect feedback given by the teacher in the Speaking for Social Purposes class? This research involved 5 fifth-semester and 5 eight-semester students from the English Language Education Program (ELEP), Faculty of Language and Arts (FLA), Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Central Java. They were randomly chosen to be the participants for the research sample. A semi-structured interview was used to collect the data. The researchers found that there were several problems faced by students during the Speaking for Social Purposes class. Moreover, it was found that the students recognized teachers’ feedback was very important for their study, especially in speaking because it helped them to know their mistakes or problems and they can correct their mistakes. The direct feedback became the most favorite kind of feedback and was very important for the students.

The Impact of Higher Education Institution Culture on Teachers' Job Satisfaction

A community of a higher education institution (HEI) is an important link in ensuring the quality of the entire organisation. The majority of its staff, i.e. teachers in particular, play the key role. It is therefore very important to find out whether teachers are satisfied with their work. In order to clarify the factors affecting job satisfaction of teaching staff, this article analyses the literature that has contributed to the understanding of job satisfaction as a complex construct, which is most influenced by the culture of the HEI. The second part of the article examines the attitudes of teaching staff at the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies of Vilniaus Kolegija/ Higher Education Institution (VIKO) towards the impact of HEI culture on their job satisfaction. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, as this method provides information rich in interpretation and a high degree of realism. This qualitative study assumed that social reality is created by its participants, with personal involvement in interpreting the views of the survey participants, exploring individual cases, phenomenon of the meaning created by individuals, and other internal phenomena. The research strategy is based on a phenomenological approach. The interviews were conducted in a way that ensured the ethics of the research and adherence to its principles. The following ethical principles were taken into account in the context of this study: confidentiality and anonymity, the principle of fairness, the principle of respect for personal privacy. The interviews were conducted until the data became full and the information obtained became repetitive. The study involved 9 teachers working at the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies of the study programmes of Fashion Design, Image Design, Fashion Technology and Business, Popular Music, Musical Theatre, Management of Cultural Activities and Dance Pedagogy. The analysis of the study revealed that the respondents are satisfied with their work, the psychological climate of the Faculty, the relationships based on support and assistance, mutual cooperation and collegial support, the working conditions at the Faculty, the opportunities for professional development and the improvement of competences, they feel a sense of pride in being a member of the VIKO community and identify the values declared by VIKO as their priority values.

Literary Aesthetics in Nabil Yassin’s Poetry

The research revolves around the subject of literary aesthetics in the poetry of the Iraqi poet, journalist, writer and political activist Nabil Yassin, born on March 18, 1950 in Baghdad. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts from the University of Baghdad. He left Iraq in 1980 and settled in Britain. He obtained his doctorate in 1986. The research included three topics: the first: the concept of poetic aesthetics in literature. The second research: formations of the aesthetic image. The third: The aesthetics of the poetic image according to the poet Nabil Yassin. The researcher also used the descriptive analytical method.

Anxiety of Chittagong University Students

The present study attempted an empirical investigation to identify the factors influencing anxiety level among students of Chittagong University. A total of 120 respondents constituted the sample of the study. Among the 120 students, 60 students were male (30 were from residential and 30 were from non-residential) and 60 students were female (30 were from residential and 30 were from non-residential). In each group, 10 students were from Science Faculty, 10 students were' from Commerce Faculty and 10 students were from Arts Faculty. The Bangla Anxiety Scale developed by (Deeba and Begum 2004) was used to measure anxiety of the respondents. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-value and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the present study showed that more female students was significantly higher anxiety level (t = 3.38, df = 118, p < 0.05) than male students. On the other hand, residential students expressed higher anxiety (t = 4.22, df =118, p<0.05) as compared to non-residential students of Chittagong University. The students of Arts faculty expressed more anxiety as compared to Science and Commerce Faculties (F=4.83, df=2, ·p·<-0.05). The Chittagong Univ. J B. Sci. 8(1&2): 117-126, 2013

Stancetaking in interest-based online communities

The author defended her doctoral dissertation Stancetaking in interest-based online communities: A corpus pragmatic comparative analysis at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts, on 11 November 2023. The opponent was Professor Birte Bös (Universität Duisburg-Essen) and the custos was Dr. Turo Hiltunen. The doctoral dissertation was published in the series Dissertationes Universitatis Helsingiensis. The summary of the article-based dissertation is available at http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-9453-4

The geographer of transience

Doctoral theses on the History of Portuguese Geography are not common; neither are those who use a geographical approach to the History of Science: José Braga Costa did both, and so he presents the academic community with a ‘Geography of Portuguese Geography’: that in itself, is noteworthy. But also the author elaborates on a portrait of the first years of Orlando Ribeiro scientific life that is both accurate and revealing, contextualising the geographer's scientific practices in the various spatial and social contexts — the Polytechnic School neighbourhood, the old Faculty of Arts in Lisbon, the Infante de Sagres high school, the Geography Institute of the Sorbonne, in Paris... — that progressively define his position in society and especially in the University. At the end of reading this study, the reader better understands Orlando Ribeiro's scientific temperament, and the main attributes of his 'geographical commentary' on lands and people. Personally, I was impressed by the clarity with which it is shown how Ribeiro's temperament is not inconsistent with the Goethean genius ('accompanied loneliness') and how this translates, on multiple scales, into the themes of his future research.

The Influence of E-Assessment on Students’ Cognitive Engagement in Higher Education

The electronic assessment, or e-assessment, is one of the most important topics to address, especially considering the transformations that higher education is undergoing in the digital age. In this study, we examine the effect of e-assessment on students’ cognitive engagement. By employing a quantitative approach, we conducted a survey using questionnaires to gather data from 41 students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Hassan II University in Casablanca and 105 students’ teachers from the El Jadida regional center for education and training. The main aim of this study is to demonstrate the influence of e-assessment on students’ cognitive engagement. The participants were divided into two groups: the first group included 41 students from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, with 20 students participating in the traditional paper-based assessment and 21 students undergoing e-assessment through the Kahoot platform. The second group comprises 105 trainee teacher students from the regional center for education and training professions in El Jadida, with 65 students undergoing paper assessment and 40 students undergoing e-assessments. Our questionnaire assessed the impact of e-assessment on participants’ cognitive engagement. The Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.959 for the first group and 0.982 for the second group. According to the results of the study, e-assessment influences cognitive engagement. However, students subjected to traditional paper-based evaluations show less commitment and involvement in courses.

English-medium instruction for sale: The multimodal discourse of self-perception on Japanese liberal arts faculty websites

This study both contributes to and updates the growing body of literature into the framing of English-medium instruction on institutional websites. A three-dimensional discourse analysis model is used to investigate the self-perception of three well-established liberal arts faculties in Japan. The analysis reveals distinct features in the self-perception of these universities and teases out the ingrained ideological standpoints. Firstly, the neoliberal ideological hegemony found in other university studies exists, but Japanese universities frame it differently: the explicit focus is on profit for society rather than individual gain. Secondly, there is consensus among the institutions regarding the production of ‘globalised’ individuals, but the universities are less than definitive on what the key competencies entail, or how they are applied and measured. Finally, the study underscores the explicit alignment of institutional goals with national policy objectives, reflecting the values advocated by the Japanese education ministry. As the government’s Top Global University Project approaches its conclusion, this research provides valuable insights for Japanese universities to reassess the aims and objectives of their English-language programs. By offering a nuanced understanding of institutional discourse, this study furthermore contributes to the broader literature on EMI practices and policies, guiding future developments in Japanese higher education.

An Analysis of the Problems Encountering Libyan Pre-service Translators in the Faculty of Arts, the University of Benghazi, in Translating Arabic Texts into English

This paper aims to explore the deficiencies that translation students encounter when transferring texts from their L1, Arabic, into English, their L2. They make mistakes when they translate in terms of syntactic, non-equivalent lexical, and synonymy errors. Another aim of this study is to review the literature focusing on the interference of the translator’s L1 in the translation process and therefore its impact on the translation outputs. In order to investigate this interference, we have collected five Arabic sentences from the internet. Ten randomly students of English were chosen as a sample of this study from Semester four at the University of Benghazi (El-Marj Campus). They were asked to translate these sentences into English without consulting other people. Only Arabic-English dictionaries were allowed in order to see how they could deal with them. The results of this investigation showed that these students failed to provide good translations of these sentences due to the interference of their mother language, Arabic, to the translation process.

The Effectiveness of Teaching Affixes on Developing Vocabulary among the Students of the Faculty of Arts, Dhamar University

The Effectiveness of Teaching Affixes on Developing Vocabulary among the Students of the Faculty of Arts, Dhamar University

Exploring student perceptions of course resources in an undergraduate animal physiology course

There has been a significant shift in student learning needs and strategies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic (Becker et al., 2022). In this context, traditional resources and approaches may not be suffcient to satisfy the new needs of students. This study, set in the post-pandemic landscape, focuses on an undergraduate physiology course where students struggled with learning despite having access to the same resources as before the pandemic. Our main objective was to understand students’ experiences with the existing course resources in the post-pandemic era and gather their suggestions for improvements. Using focus groups, we garnered insights into the student experience and perceptions in a second-year animal physiology course. The analysis of focus group interview data indicated that students faced various challenges utilizing the existing resources for understanding concepts and preparing for exams. The focus group also provided recommendations on how the resources related to the lecture content, assessment, and lab operation can be improved to enhance student learning experiences. Results from this study will be used to inform the development of innovative teaching resources to satisfy student demands in undergraduate-level physiology learning. University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science Pedagogical Research Grant. This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2024 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.

Development of B1 Level Listening Learning Media Using the Proprofs Platform

This research was carried out in the library of the Faculty of Language and Arts, Medan State University to develop learning media for B1 listening practice using the Proprofs platform. The development model used in this research is the Richey and Klein development model. The stages are: (1) planning stage, (2) manufacturing stage, and (3) evaluation stage. The focus of this research comes from the problems experienced by students majoring in German when listening to B1 level, namely lack of mastery of vocabulary. Vocabulary based on the themes Generationen, Migration and Europe will be developed in this research. The data source for this research is the book Studio Express B1 (Funk, et al, 2018) pages 90 to 114. The research results are in the form of learning media for listening practice in the form of online quizzes accompanied by audio and video. There are 20 questions for each topic that come from audio and video. The types of questions are incomplete sentences, multiple choice and true or false. The media created is validated by media experts, with a score of 95 (very good).

Assessing the Knowledge and Perception of Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Research among Lecturers in the Faculties of Arts in Nigeria

This study assesses the knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) for teaching and research among lecturers in the faculties of arts in Nigeria. Despite the growing recognition of AI's potential to enhance educational practices, there are significant gaps in educators' AI literacy. The research adopts a quantitative approach, surveying lecturers across Nigerian universities to gauge their awareness, engagement, and perceptions of AI integration. Results reveal a moderate level of AI awareness among respondents, with a notable interest in further training tailored to arts disciplines. Challenges such as technical barriers and limited resources hinder seamless AI integration, highlighting the need for targeted interventions and support mechanisms. Recommendations include enhanced training programs, infrastructure improvement, and ethical guidelines to facilitate responsible AI utilization in arts education. Addressing these challenges and fostering AI literacy among educators can create an enabling environment for leveraging AI to enhance teaching and research outcomes in Nigerian arts faculties.

METHODS OF IMPROVING THE COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF MUSICAL ART IN THE CLASSES OF THE ORCHESTRAL GROUP

The article reveals the specifics of the methodology developed by us to improve the communicative skills of students of the faculties of arts who are engaged in orchestral music-making. Orchestral music-making as a kind of collective cooperation contains many functional moments that stimulate the desire to communicate and develop professional activities. It is the student creative team that is the springboard, the team that pushes future teachers of musical art into an interesting process of professional activity, improving communication skills and motivating them to acquire a wide range of creative and social connections, which in the future will lead to maximum professional fulfillment, which will be socially useful and will inspire future generations to self-expression and development.Key words: communication skills, orchestra group, future music teachers, professional training, creative potential.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ACMEHERMENEUTIC APPROACH IN PREPARING STUDENTS OF FACULTIES OF ARTS FOR PERFORMING ACTIVITIES

The article reveals the significance of the acmehermeneutic approach in the preparation of art faculty students for performance. From the standpoint of the classics of philosophical hermeneutics and the works of modern scientists, the essence of the main concepts of the article, namely: "hermeneutics", "interpretation", "acmeology", was considered. The author's understanding of the acmehermeneutic approach is presented, which is defined as a new direction of performing activities of students of the faculties of arts, which provides a comprehensive coverage of the content of the images of a musical work, which is performed in unity with its form. Proposing the application of an acmehermeneutic approach in the process of performing activities of students of art faculties, we consider it expedient to: deep understanding by students of the figurative essence of a musical work, the formation of students' ability to reveal, understanding of the means of expression that the composer chose to express his feelings, enabling the activation of students' emotional response to a musical work through their involvement in the intellectual understanding of the origins of beauty. Key words: acmehermeneutic approach, students of art faculties, performing activity, interpretation, works of art, intellectual understanding.

Level of Strategic Planning Needs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Members at Benghazi University

This study aims to determine the level of strategic planning needs among faculty members at the faculty of Arts and Sciences Al-Abyar at Benghazi University. It aims to assertively identify any statistically significant differences in strategic planning needs based on gender, job title, and type of degree obtained. The study utilized descriptive research and employed a questionnaire as its primary instrument. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of 0.90 indicates high internal consistency. The study sample consisted of 61 members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Al-Abyar, Benghazi University, representing 60% of the study population. The study's results indicate that the level of identification of planning needs among members in the Faculty is medium. Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences in the level of strategic planning needs of faculty members attributable to gender. Also, there were no statistically significant differences in the level of strategic planning needs among faculty members regardless of their job title or type of degree. The challenges and issues facing Benghazi University strategic plan are complex and require a multifaceted and collaborative approach from all stakeholders, including the faculty members across all colleges and research centers.

Examining and Assessing the Students' Academic writing: an Analysis of the Students' Research papers at English Department - Faculty of Arts& Science/ Alabyar Campus.

Writing in general is a complex skill, that students need to go successfully through college or university. Students whose major subject is English and who study in the final semester are believed to have challenges in producing an academic research paper. This paper attempts to analyze and evaluate the students' term papers concerning academic writing skills. Considering academic writing characteristics, the researcher examined five term papers written by undergraduate students. The study used descriptive analysis as the method of the study. The analysis of the student's corpus showed that the students' writing included different types of errors. However, the lack of academic skills was the most serious and prominent one. The most obvious weakness, noticed in students' writing, was the lack of cohesion and coherence. The study also confirms that poor writing correlates with a deficiency in writing skills. Thus, it seems that the students have low proficiency when they enrolled in the English department. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that pre-sessional courses should be provided for the new students who joined their study in the English department. As well as, the study recommends adopting an admission policy for enrollment in the English department and increasing language programs in academic writing.

Creating the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’: early socialist literature on the Paris Commune in Britain and the United States

ABSTRACT School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, Australia This article analyses the role of early radical and socialist texts in forming the understanding of the Paris Commune in Britain and the United States. The Commune, while a French event, came to be associated with socialists, radicals, and as a symbol of internationalism. Marx’s The Civil War in France established the interpretation of the Commune that would see it become a radical shibboleth. This article analyses articles by Edward Beesly, Lissagaray’s History of the Commune of 1871, E.B Bax’s Short History of the Commune, and Lenin’s State and Revolution to trace the influences of Marx’s interpretation. This analysis includes examination of the radical publishers in both Britain and the United States to explore how these texts were edited and changed, and how they were circulated to reach the intended working-class audience. The article’s core questions are where did this interpretation come from, how was it constructed, and how did it come to dominate the interpretation of the Commune. This is significant due to the Commune’s pre-eminence within socialist history and how it became an example of the ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’ for many future revolutionaries.

Measuring Panic as a Facet of Anxiety on Students’ Oral and Written Assessment in The University of Bamenda, Cameroon

Aim: The growing concern about the declining academic performance of students in Cameroon schools and colleges provokes varied reflections on the possible factors. One, but less obvious issue is anxiety, manifested in forms like agitation, excessive worrying, restlessness, and panic. While these variants are all critical in appreciating the connections with classroom assessment, this paper primarily isolates and focuses on panic, given its common visible expression among students. Specifically, the paper centers on how panic affects the performance of students in oral and written classroom assessments at the University of Bamenda.
 Methods: Systematic random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select 327 second-year students from the Faculty of Arts, Higher Teacher Training College, and the Faculty of Science to participate in the study. A sequential explanatory research design aided by a structured questionnaire, interview, and observation was used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. The qualitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, while the likelihood ratio test was used to test the hypothesis. 
 Results: The findings showed that panic has a high significant effect on students’ performance in assessment (Chi-square = 232.054, df = 60, P = 0.000, far <0.05).
 Conclusion: The findings indicated, among others, that when students exhibit panic during assessments, they lose concentration, forget what they studied, easily make errors, and experience disorganized speech, especially during oral assessments.
 Recommendation: To reduce this type of anxiety during assessment, there is a need for intensive rehearsals before assessment, the avoidance of panic triggers, especially from invigilators, and fairness in time allocation for both oral and written assessments.