Joy Of Life Research Articles

Investigating the Aesthetic Domain of the “Early Childhood Education and Care Curriculum Framework” for Young Students in Taiwan

Aesthetic education is fundamental to young children’s holistic development and future lives. The development of aesthetic sensibility has been promoted in early childhood education in various countries and is an important issue in Taiwan’s current educational practice. This paper aims to examine the aesthetic domain of the Early Childhood Education and Care Curriculum Framework, promulgated by the Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, highlighting the importance of aesthetic education for young children in Taiwan. The objective of this research study is to better understand the aesthetic education of Taiwan’s young children, and provide insight for preschool teachers who implement aesthetic education. The findings are as follows: (1) the goals of aesthetic domain in the curriculum framework is to help young children enjoy aesthetic experience and artistic creation, and develop rich imagination, and respond to feelings and preferences for artistic creation of young children; (2) the aesthetic domain includes the development of “exploration and awareness”, “performance and creation”, and “response and appreciation”; (3) the learning aspect of the aesthetic domain is divided into two parts: “affection” and “artistic media”; (4) teachers should also pay attention to appropriate arts and cultural activities so the young children can experience their own local culture. If preschool teachers open their eyes and ears, they can guide young children to share in the beauty and joy of life. This paper provides discourses of preschool teachers who design an aesthetic education curriculum and offers practical, concrete suggestions that can support the aesthetic education of young children in Taiwan.

Можливості творчої колективної діяльності в профілактиці девіантної поведінки підлітків

The article investigates the possibilities of creative collective activity in the prevention of deviant behavior of adolescents. During the writing of the scientific work it was noted that the authority for adolescents is the closest circle of communication, the team (classmates, friends, comrades), taking into account the positive role of collective creative activity for the prevention of deviant behavior among adolescents. The definitions of the terms: «prevention», «deviant behavior», «collective creative activity» are given. Three levels of manifestation of deviations are presented: deviant actions, deviant behavior, deviant way of life. The consequences of deviant behavior are determined: social, psychological, behavioral. It is proved that collective creative activity is a way of organizing a bright life filled with work and play, creativity and camaraderie, dreams and joy of life and at the same time the main tool for the prevention of dangerous social phenomena. Because, it is important for a teenager to achieve the realization of the most important social need for self-realization (this is possible with the help of the team); the teenager gets the opportunity to compare their actions with the contribution of others to the common cause of the team; allows the teenager to bring the maximum benefit to the team, to join the common cause in accordance with their own individual interests, inclinations and abilities.

Leaving The Mountains: Passing Springfield, MA On I-91

Leaving The MountainsPassing Springfield, MA On I-91 Alison Terjek (bio) Half-moon hugsit's knees abovea parking garage.It's just a broken cookiein a halo of spilt milkduring the sour endof a late night drive.Mountains refuseto follow me here.Fatigue fakes reason—it's speeding-taillightgut-punch-pulsingthrough memory.Night leans heavy,triggers the city's horns—I imagine casino goerstapping chippedglitter-nails on leathersteering wheel coversand swearing behindtheir tinted windows.My hope bleeds openly,ripped cuticles andmissed exits I haven'tpainted over in years.Destinations not worthturning around forunless there's nowhereelse to go home to. [End Page 118] Alison Terjek Alison Terjek is a poet currently living in Northwest Connecticut. She served 2017-2019 as a Service to Improve Community Health (STICH) AmeriCorps Member. Her work has been published recently in Causeway Lit, Northern New England Review, The Adirondack Review, and Burningword Literary Journal. She is most inspired by her time outdoors in rural New England, life's joy and challenges, and her work in the community. Copyright © 2020 Berea College

Protest, Prayer

Protest, Prayer Ashon T. Crawley (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution "dancing in one spot" by Ashon Crawley I can't breathe. Announced again. Return. Repetition. Grief. And what is protest but a solicitation, a plea, a desire? And what is protest but an insistence that otherwise is not only able to be enacted but can materially emerge in, and thus against, the normative world? And does, continually. And has emerged. And is emerging. Otherwise is the practice of breath and breathing. To breathe in an inhospitable place, in the context of settler colonialism and antiblack violence. To breathe inhospitable air and atmospheres. To breathe for black life, blackqueer possibility, is protest, is prayer. And to pray is to announce relationship. Relationship to and with, at the very least, one's breath. It is to make one's flesh implement, conduit, instrument, with hopes of a different kind of way to live and relate to one another. This American Life is antithetical to protest, to prayer. Though they might mythologize about la Niña, Pinta and Santa María, though they might wax [End Page 51] nostalgic about throwing boxed tea overboard ships as an act of dissidence, the American way of life has never been able to accommodate protest when it shows up and emerges from within black and indigenous and the various nonwhite strategies for living. I can't breathe. Announced again. Return. Repetition. Grief. And we are in a moment of intense protest, of intense prayer for otherwise than the normative world. There is no beginning to this resistance to white supremacy and its racial capitalism, its patriarchy, its cisheteronormativity. As soon as there was theft of land, of flesh, there was likewise resistance - protest and prayer - against such theft. But some might point to the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade as the most recent catalysts for struggling against the violence of policing, the violence of white supremacist organizing principles against our capacities to breathe, our being held captive by this regime of power and knowledge. I can't breathe. Announced again. Return. Repetition. Grief. And this particular moment against police violence is occurring against the backdrop of a world changing event, the pandemic, COVID-19. The stakes are clear because the danger is ever present. To gather in community breathing and sharing air when such breathing is the way the virus spreads, a virus that targets most emphatically though not only the lungs, is to enunciate the ways white supremacy targets the breath and breathing of black folks. We just wanna breathe. Breathe easy. Be easy. Live. What happens in protest, in prayer, is the practice of relation. Celebrate. I am thinking about the poetic form of black life and love, a form of breathing the word, the phrase, the stanza. Lucille Clifton is a guide. Won't you celebrate with me1, she questions. Celebration because white supremacy has done a lot to make whiteness a protected class but absolutely nothing about it seems joyful or celebratory. Look at the way they who are committed to white supremacy refuse masks, look at the way those committed to whiteness carry guns against people screaming Black Lives Matter as if this plea, this protest and prayer, is an attack. Fear. There is so much fear in white supremacy. And whiteness seems to be so much about squandering relation and sociality. Clifton's poem to me demonstrates sociality and relation—"won't YOU celebrate with me"—it is a call to together acknowledge the fact that white supremacy has not destroyed the joy she has with living. Shaped into a "kind [End Page 52] of life" but not one predicated on white supremacist logics, she celebrated a life that was also an outpouring, an unfolding into absolute possibility, absolute potential. We should learn from this outpouring. The poem is protest, is prayer. I can't breathe. Announced again. Return. Repetition. Grief. White supremacist capitalist patriarchy is capable of practicing harm but it cannot be nor produce nor practice a life of joy and celebration. It fails at its own attempt. There is an inventive capacity in black life that white supremacy cannot endure...

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Khadeejah (Ra) an Ideal Wife: A Perfect Model and Example of Muslim Women

The marriage is not just an economical and physical arrangement of living together but a holy agreement, a gift of Allah, to lead a joyful life and carry on the lineage. The connection between them is not like as neighbors and friends; it is more excessive. Allah (SWT) explained in the Quran: The sign of Allah is that He created mates for you from your selves to get tranquility in each other’s, and He placed between them love and compassion (Al-Quran, 30: 21).Husbands and wives must be well-mannered, pleasant, sympathetic, frank, helpful, reliable, well-wishing, loyal, and polite with one other. A good and virtuous wife is a most pleasure for a husband. Mother of the believers Khadijah (Ra) was dutiful, comfortable, and well-being of her husband to Prophet Muhammad (saw).This paper aims to explore and highlight the Khadijah (Ra) works, activities, behavior, and manners as a righteous wife of Prophet Muhammad (saw) and investigate the probable measures for Muslim women from her family life. This paper is a theoretical study based on the biography of Khadijah (Ra) and Hadith of the Prophet (saw). Therefore, I strongly think that today the instructions, lessons, and teachings from Khadijah (Ra) family life are indispensable for Muslim Ummah to bring peace and happiness in the modern age.

Review of Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End by Tia Powell

This review of Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End by Dr. Tia Powell describes its unique, scientifically-informed approach to the topics of caring for family members with dementia within the confines of the current United States healthcare system and preparing for their long-term care. Her book serves to provide an important account of many difficulties confronted along the course of dementia, ultimately seeking compassionate, dignified care for a loved one during the many years following diagnosis that allow for the experiencing of life's joys that are unique to each individual. This book is tailored to a broad readership, providing information for all individuals caring for people with dementia, and maintains a candid voice as it relates to our pursuit of curative treatments for an incurable illness. This review raises further questions related to how autonomy and beneficence can be amplified when interdisciplinary conflicts arise, as well as how education reform may improve patient care.

Livsmod

Courage to beIn the first part of the essay the question is: What is and what characterizes courage to be? - I here distinguish between courage to be in children, where it is attached to children´s play, and the courage to be in adults, where ist combined with self-conquest and with integration of the ability to act purposely. I stress five dimensions in courage to be: power, possibility, vitality, courage and meaning. It is made clear, that even if courage to be in adults are not attached to bodily unfolding, yet it is stored in the body and therefore can be called forth in a bodily way. In the second part of the essay I discuss the relation between courage to be on one side and fear of life, selfishness and joy of life on the other side. It is demonstrated, that what nourishes and maintains courage to be is joy of life and self-devotion. The thesis of the essay is accordingly that courage to be is created and maintained partly by vitality in its different forms, partly by its attachment to joy of life.

Nære relationers indvirkning på livsmodet

The impact of close relations on life courageThe purpose of this essay is to describe how close relations have impact on sick person’s life courage. Life courage is an existential life phenomenon. The life phenomena life courage and joy of life are in this article the key phenomena to be focused on. The article describes both differences and similarities between relational-ethical and existential life phenomena, which can promote but also restrict life. Moreover, some of the important differences between needs and life phenomena are also brought forward. The argumentation is based on empirical research examples of how close relations can contribute to creating life conducive or life restrictions for the ill and suffering person. It is in the interaction with others and through the importance of close relations that life courage possibilities arise. The article shows relational experiences from chronically ill persons, persons with a life-threatening disease and dying persons.

The Psychobiology of the Path to a Joyful Life:Implications for Future Research and Practice

ABSTRACTRecent psychobiological and developmental research shows that the path to a good and joyful life depends on the integration of three distinct systems of learning and memory that regulate (1) associative conditioning, (2) intentional self-control, and (3) self-awareness. The integration of these learning networks depends on complex molecular pathways involving 972 genes that regulate human temperament and character, which we recently identified and replicated in independent samples despite variable environments and cultures. Awareness of these processes of human thought facilitates self-regulation of how these genes are expressed and how learning processes are integrated to adapt to ever-changing conditions. Such awareness leads to a self-transcendent outlook that activates psychobiological mechanisms that promote healthy longevity, positive emotionality, and prosocial behavior. Our empirical findings show that the path to a good life requires the integration of physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of the person, rather than only one or two of these aspects.

Medicine Buddha: A Transdual Self-model Meditation to Support Healthcare Practitioners.

There is increasing awareness of the deleterious effect of the current work demands on a wide range of health professionals and of the benefits of contemplative understandings and practices in modern, secular settings, and healthcare environments. Here, we examine the theory and practice of a traditional Buddhist practice, Medicine Buddha, within a framework of transduality as a way to illuminate and empower core mechanisms of healing to support healthcare practitioners in both self-care and patient care. By fostering appreciation of innate health and connection to others, this practice can support compassion, inspiration, resilience, and joy in life.

Produção cultural indígena e história da arte no Brasil

Apresenta-se neste texto o primeiro movimento de uma reflexão que objetiva articular revisão historiográfica, pesquisa documental e análise de diferentes concepções sobre as artes indígenas no Brasil, tendo como objeto de investigação exposições brasileiras dedicadas ao tema. De modo a recortar o problema proposto, optou-se neste momento (parte I) por considerar um estudo de caso em sua singularidade: a mostra Alegria de Viver, Alegria de Criar (1977-1978), idealizada por Mário Pedrosa, mas não concretizada. Pretende-se considerar as abordagens teórico-metodológicas referentes à concepção e ao planejamento da proposição, averiguando-se de que modo o universo conceitual da mostra permite observar a relação direta entre o pensamento curatorial e/ou institucional e indícios da persistência de certa visão histórica sobre a produção cultural dos povos indígenas no país. Este ensaio objetiva igualmente articular a relação entre “objetos” de (investigação em) arte, teorias da arte e antropologia, a partir dos estudos curatoriais.

Історичні аспекти становлення та розвитку фізкультурно-спортивного товариства «Спартак» на Волині

Актуальність. Спортивні товариства відіграли значну роль у фізичному вихованні різних груп населення. Серед спортивних товариств на Волині провідна роль наалежить Фізкультурно-спортивному товариству «Спартак». У процесі історичного розвитку виробилася своя система фізичного виховання населення та підготовки спортсменів, яка, на жаль, за останні роки дещо знизилася, а результати діяльності розгублені й із роками стають забуті. Мета дослідження – виявити особливості створення та розвитку фізкультурно- спортивного товариства «Спартак» на Волині та його діяльності. Матеріалом і методами дослідження слугували історико-педагогічний аналіз літературних, програмно-нормативних архівних документів і матеріалів, опитування фахівців. Результати дослідження. Аналіз та узагальнення архівних документів дали підставу розкрити спортивно-масову діяльність фізкультурно-спортивного товариства «Спартак». ФСТ «Спартак» започаткувала свою діяльність у 1940 р. Війна перервала роботу товариства, яке відновила знову свою діяльність у 1944 р. Із 1997 р. товариство ліквідовано, а в 1992 р. – відновлено. Із 2000 р. ФСТ «Спартак» регулярно почав проводити спортивно-масову роботу, зокрема обласні спартакіади «Здоров’я» серед державних службовців, «Тато, мама і я – спортивна сім’я» серед працівників ПАТ «Волиньгаз», супермаркетів ГК «ПАКО-ХОЛДІНГ», серед клубів за місцем проживання, «Спортивне довголіття – спорт для всіх – радість життя серед ветеранів», серед вихованців дошкільних навчальних закладів «Спорт для всіх – спільне майбутнє», студентські фестивалі «Будь здоровий та привабливий». У ФСТ «Спартак», окрім фізкультурно- оздоровчої роботи, здійснювалася підготовка спортсменів високої кваліфікації. За період незалежної України в товаристві підготовлено одного заслуженого майстра спорту України, 10 майстрів спорту України між- народного класу, 59 майстрів спорту України та вісім учасників Олімпійських ігор. Висновки. У роки незалежності у фізкультурно-спортивному товаристві «Спартак» сформувалася система фізичного виховання різних категорій населення Волинської області.

Eastern wisdom, inner work, and aging: a contribution in second wave positive psychology

ABSTRACTThis paper intends to make contribution to second wave positive psychology by suggesting a post-egoic view of humanity that overcomes the positive-negative binary. This view sees all attributes and qualities of human experience as containing rich and holistic materials for ego transformation. The paper points out that the ego-based psychology that undergirds much of current positive psychology ignores the mutual nature of human existence and a sense of humanity being continuous with the rest of the universe. Using aging as the context for a study, this paper makes the case that when aging is viewed from a post-egoic psychological perspective, such being found in Daoism, what emerges is a possibility of living a life of wisdom, compassion, joy, and qi-infused creativity through aging as “saging.” This paper affirms that aging is a critical and integral part of human growth and development. Additionally, a creative inner work example is provided that demonstrates a possibility of integrating and transforming negative experience in the service of moving towards a post-egoic self.

The other side of suicide loss: the potential role of leisure and meaning-making for suicide survivors

ABSTRACT Suicide rates are on the rise and subsequently more people, also known as suicide survivors, are left to grieve these types of losses. Yet, there has been limited examination and understanding of how individuals living through such experiences can potentially cope with and grow from this type of loss. Meaning-making through and engagement in leisure activities has been identified as a potential resource that may help individuals make sense of their lives and provide them with a liberating and healing opportunity. Therefore, the purpose of this conceptual paper is to identify the ways in which leisure may help individuals grieving suicide loss in their recovery, with a particular emphasis on how meaning-making and engagement through leisure may help to reinstate a more (a) joyful life, (b) connected life, (c) discovered life, (d) composed life, and (e) empowered life for suicide survivors.

Nicolae Grigorescu – the great rapsod of the Romanian Plain

The article aims at the creation of the Romanian artist Nicolae Grigorescu, which through his work has made a considerable contribution to the national painting. His creation introduced in Romanian painting a new conception, vision and plastic language, the artist being considered as a pioneer of modern art. Nicolae Grigorescu, through his „peasant” painting, has highlighted the Romanian spirituality (man, nature, the joy of life), and highlighted the beauty of his native plateau.

Identifying The Relationships Between Self-Efficacies, Resilience Levels, And Stress Levels of Mothers of Children with Special Needs

Bu çalışmada özel gereksinimli küçük çocuğu olan annelerin öz yetkinlikleri, yılmazlıkları ve stres düzeyleri arasındaki ilişki ve buna etki eden değişkenler incelenmiştir. Araştırma grubunu Ankara ilinde bulunan gelişimsel yetersizliği bulunan çocuğa sahip olan 150 anne oluşturmaktadır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda öz-yetkinlik toplam faktör puanı ile yılmazlık toplam faktör, yılmazlık faktör 1(mücadelecilik), yılmazlık faktör 2 (öz-yetkinlik) ve yılmazlık faktör 3 (yaşama bağlılık) puanları arasında, stres toplam faktör ile tüm stres faktörleri anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Öz yetkinlik ve stres arasında ise tüm faktör puanları arasında anlamlı ilişkiler bulunamamıştır. Anne eğitim ile öz-yeterlik arasında ve gelir düzeyi ile öz-yeterlik, stres ve yılmazlık arasında anlamı farklılıklar bulunmuştur.

In Memoriam Chyuan-Yuan Wu (吳泉源) 1961–2018

We in engineering studies have lost a valued friend and colleague. On November 8, 2018, Chyuan-Yuan Wu died of liver cancer. A joyful life filled with irrepressible energy, laughter, and care for o...

Classification of Communicative Strategies in the Implementation of Management Decisions

The article outlines the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the definition and study of subjective well-being. Based on the results of an empirical study (analysis of focused group discussions), the author of the article identifies and describes eight ideal typical subjective models of wellbeing, typical for residents of megalopolises and big cities of Russia, men and women aged 23 – 28 years and 38 – 45 years old, employees having permanent employment, with secondary and higher education, and different levels of material wealth. It’s about «ideal types» in the interpretation of Max Weber, that is, not existing in reality, but presented by respondents as some ideal situation of well-being. In the first model of «balance of all important vital components», well-being consists in a harmonious combination of all important aspects of human life. In the second model of the «meaning of well-being in the family», the family is the goal and meaning of life. The third model «well-being as freedom» is based on the paramount importance of free time. In the fourth model of material wealth, well-being is primarily money. The fifth model «the meaning of well-being in work and career growth» focuses on career advancement, and the sixth model «the meaning of well-being in personal development, life experience and public acknowledgement» is a feeling of self-sufficiency. The seventh model of «well-being as happiness and spiritual harmony» brings to the fore the state of joy in life. In the eighth model «well-being as the prospect of a successful future, stability and certainty» the main prospects for the future. The author concludes that the idea of employees about their own ill-being and the ill-being of others is built in the process of correlating their own or the proposed life situation with the subjective ideal model of well-being that they adhere to, and depends on the degree to which the ideal presentation corresponds to real events.

Peningkatan Kualitas Hidup Lansia Dengan Husnul Khatimah Care (Hukho Care)

The elderly people’s lifetime requires attentions, especially those related to the health in order that healthy and joyful lifestyle could be achieved. Healthy and joyful life quality for elderly people is expected to bring improvement towards life expectancy. Therefore, effort in improving the life quality of elderly people needs to be taken into account. The implementation of community service program, particularly the one addressed to the elderly people aims to: 1) perform the selection of cognitive function and elderly people’s mood situation; and 2) follow up the selection results. The implementation method was conducted step-by-step, which was through the selection of cognitive function and elderly people’s mood situation using Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT), whereas Workshop Husnul Khatimah Care (Hukho Care) was implemented for the selection results follow-up. AMT was used to measure the psychological condition and memory disorders; it was implemented through interview given to each of the elderly people. The Workshop Hukho Care was conducted through education as well as small and big group discussion. The result shows that 9% of the elderly people suffer from depression, 19% unstable, and 27% suffer from moderate memory disorder. Those who suffer from depression, psychologically unstable, and moderate memory disorders are entirely female. Female elderly people who are depressed, psychologically unstable and having moderate memory disorder shall require supports and attention from family, Puskesmas (Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat/Public Health Center), and local health department.