Liberal Arts Research Articles

Research on the Cultivation of Compound Talents for Preschool Education in Colleges under the Background of New Liberal Arts Construction

Research on the Cultivation of Compound Talents for Preschool Education in Colleges under the Background of New Liberal Arts Construction

Notes from an Inquiry into Contingent Work

Abstract: Drawing on Marxist and psychoanalytic frameworks, I collect notes and reflections about the experience of contingent work in the Writing Center at Amherst College, a private liberal arts college in the United States. Taking the tradition of workers' inquiry as a source of inspiration and point of departure, I chart the material relations of the job alongside its social and affective dimensions. Connecting the form that writing takes (in classrooms and scholarly publishing) to the political economic relations of higher education, I reframe writing as a means to make sense of experience rather than as a mode of professionalized conversation.

基于双平台的“线上 线下”混合教学模式的实践研究——以文科数学《微积分》为例

基于双平台的“线上 线下”混合教学模式的实践研究——以文科数学《微积分》为例

Investigating English Language Difficulties Faced by EFL University Students among Fourth-Year BA English Major

This study investigated the current difficulty levels encountered by EFL university students among fourth-year BA English majors in fundamental areas of English language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. A quantitative research design was employed, and the study utilized a purposive sampling method to select participants among fourth-year BA English majors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts. A self-made questionnaire was administered to assess students’ perceived challenges, scoring average difficulty ratings of 3.32 for general English skills, with specific averages of 3.16 for writing, 3.20 for listening, 3.22 for speaking, and 3.18 for reading. The results indicated that students experience concerning difficulties, particularly in writing and speaking, where a significant number reported anxiety and a lack of confidence in their communicative abilities. Additionally, challenges in listening comprehension, especially concerning diverse accents, were highlighted, emphasizing the need for targeted pedagogical interventions in these areas. Furthermore, grammar and vocabulary were identified as critical domains requiring additional instructional emphasis. To address these challenges, the study proposes several essential steps within the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) framework. It aims to expand further enhancement of the curriculum through the integration of practical courses that emphasize real-world communication, such as business communication and public speaking. In addition, it suggests increasing interactive classroom activities to mitigate anxiety and uplift student confidence, while recommending the incorporation of new opportunities to facilitate the application of language skills in authentic and even more realistic contexts.

The “Student-Centered” Teaching Reform of <i>Finance</i> Course under the Background of Liberal Arts

The “Student-Centered” Teaching Reform of <i>Finance</i> Course under the Background of Liberal Arts

Research on objective evaluation methods of labor education teaching for college students in higher education

Abstract Labor education in colleges and universities in the new era is the fundamental task of implementing the principle of establishing morality and educating people, as well as an essential hand in cultivating college students with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physicality, aesthetics, and labor. This paper focuses on the objective evaluation method of college students’ labor education to conduct research. Using the improved binary tree support vector machine multi-class classification algorithm, an evaluation model for college labor education based on a binary tree support vector machine has been constructed, and an evaluation system for labor education has been developed. The results show that the majors that have compulsory labor education courses, elective labor education courses, and have added labor education modules in their major courses are all art and sports, accounting for more than 50% on average. The percentages of liberal arts, science, economics and management, art and sports, medicine and science, and agriculture, which did not offer labor education-related courses, were 26.35%, 22.16%, 19.91%, 13.59%, 11.03%, and 13.19%, respectively. It is evident that labor education courses are not distributed equally in colleges and universities, and there are still some majors that do not offer labor education courses. In terms of labor education, most of the labor education through Civics and Political Science classes is provided to students. Managers are those who choose the most specialized courses. Students also tend to participate in bicultural education and social practice activities, accounting for 29.02% and 43.01%, respectively. It shows that the algorithm in this paper can objectively and effectively evaluate labor education in colleges and universities and identify the deficiencies in education.

Establishing a Research-Focused Liberal Arts College in China: Duke Kunshan University

Establishing a Research-Focused Liberal Arts College in China: Duke Kunshan University

신입생 기초 학업 능력 교육을 위한 교양 글쓰기 교육과정 연구

The purpose of this study is to propose a plan to organize a liberal arts writing curriculum to educate first-year college students on basic academic skills. To this end, the discussion on the nature of liberal arts writing lectures as a basic liberal arts essential subject was broadly examined, and it was revealed that the perspective of focusing as a tool subject was useful in enhancing academic ability. In addition, discussions on the WAC curriculum, which is a curriculum that looks at writing ability as a basic academic ability, and the writing curriculum by division were analyzed. The WAC curriculum has the advantage of securing practicality in that it is a writing curriculum prepared around tasks to be written in the academic performance process. However, it is difficult to operate as an essential liberal arts curriculum due to the need for individualized operation, and alternatives are needed in that it is challenging to design and operate the entire university curriculum to operate the subject. The writing curriculum for each category is somewhat easier than the WAC curriculum to apply as a basic liberal arts essential curriculum. However, criticism is raised over whether there is a distinct writing type by academic field, while at the same time whether there is a common writing type that can be agreed upon within the academic field. Accordingly, this study suggested that the curriculum model that integrates the common curriculum and the modular curriculum could be an alternative to applying the academic-centered writing curriculum model to the realistic operating context.

대학생의 자기주도학습준비도, 초인지 학습전략, 창의적 성취의도가 학습리더역량에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of self-directed learning readiness, meta-cognitive learning strategy, and creative achievement intention on the learning leader competency of Korean university students. It also investigated differences in these variables by gender, major, and grade. The study samples were 757 students from University A in Seoul who were taking liberal arts courses. Data were collected using scales on self-directed learning readiness, meta-cognitive learning strategy, creative achievement intention, and learning leader competency. The data collected was analyzed using two independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and multiple regression analysis. The findings are as follows: First, there were significant relationships between self-directed learning readiness, meta-cognitive learning strategy, creative achievement intention, and learning leader competency. Second, self-directed learning readiness, meta-cognitive learning strategy, and creative achievement intention had significant effects on learning leader competency. Finally, there were differences in self-directed learning readiness, meta-cognitive learning strategy, creative achievement intention, and learning leader competency based on gender, major, and grade.

Research on the Development of a Rubric for Competency-based Assessment of an Introductory Academic Discourse Text

The aim of this study was to develop a rubric for evaluating beginning academic discourse texts produced in a writing class at a university. Given the recent emphasis on competency-based education and the need to introduce the concept of competence into writing education, this study proposed the development and untilzation of a writing assessment tool that enables the measurement of competence. To this end, a rubric was developed to identify competency elements that can be internalized through the performance of assignments in advanced writing courses in the liberal arts curriculum of K university and to specify achievement levels.The rubric followed the four-step model Stevens and Levi (2013), a representative rubric development model. It was designed to identify the link between task performance and university core competencies, detailed competencies that can be measured through the assessment elements of the task, and performance characteristics by achievement level. The rubric was reviewed by experts and revised to ensure its effectiveness through preliminary evaluation. We expect that the rubric can be further improved by introducing it into actual classrooms while considering the implications drawn from the preliminary evaluation results. The significance of this study is that it presents a rubric as an assessment tool that enables the consistent and efficient assessment of academic discourse texts covered in the required liberal arts courses in a university and one that identifies the specific content of the performance required to improve achievement and competence.

Design of Issue-Centered Character Curriculum and Application on the Liberal Arts Course of University

The purpose of this study was to design and implement an issue-centered character curriculum for university students in order to explore its educational effectiveness. To this end, a four-stage model of the issue-centered character education curriculum was designed, cycling through ‘topic recognition,’ ‘diachronic issue consideration,’ ‘synchronic issue analysis,’ and ‘practical decision-making.’ This model is designed to integrate knowledge, attitude, and practice. The ‘topic recognition’ stage focuses on knowledge, the ‘diachronic issue consideration’ stage focuses on knowledge and attitude, the ‘synchronic issue analysis’ stage focuses on attitude and practice, and finally, the ‘practical decision-making’ stage focuses on practice. According to the designed model, teaching and learning materials were organized into nine topics: freedom and responsibility, human dignity, personal relationships, ethics, self-identity, human origins, body and soul, mature love, and life. In order to explore the effectiveness of the issue-centered character curriculum, it was implemented into basic liberal arts courses at universities in the metropolitan area for one semester. The effectiveness of the curriculum was analyzed for a total of 321 university students, and both character competencies and value recognition showed statistically significant improvement. Based on the results, pedagogical implications for the design and practice of character curriculum in universities were proposed.

A Study on Critical Exploration of Nietzsche’s View of Liberal Arts Education

At the invitation of the Basel Education Committee, the young Nietzsche, who was a professor at the University of Basel, offered five lectures on education. The collection of these lectures is called “On the Future of Our Educational Institutions.” In this lecture, Nietzsche critiqued German schools at the time, particularly their liberal arts education, and proposed alternatives. The goal of this research is to uncover the significance of Nietzsche's view on liberal arts education as presented in his speech, as well as to investigate its applicability and limitations to liberal arts education in Korea today. Chapter II provides an overview of 19th-century Germany relevant to the lectures, Chapter III analyzes the main contents of Nietzsche's view on liberal arts education as demonstrated in the lecture, and Chapter IV investigates the potential of Nietzsche's views in the context of today's universities. Nietzsche identified the problems of mass education caused by education expansion policies, as well as the fragmentation and practicalization of knowledge caused by education diminution policies, and proposed an educational view based on the ‘metaphysics of genius’ as an alternative. Nietzsche saw the purpose and goal of liberal arts education as acquiring a sense of ancient Greece and the ability to think like a Greek in order to create a new German culture. While Nietzsche’s view on the elite education and the ancient Greek culture implicit in his discourses of liberal arts education is difficult to accept for twenty-first-century universities, Nietzsche's point regarding fragmentation and practicalization of knowledge that arise from viewing universities as academic institutions rather than liberal arts institutions allows us to critically reflect on the nature of liberal arts education in today's universities.

Development of University General Education Classes using Microlearning and Analysis of Class Satisfaction

The purpose of this study is to present the development and operation of liberal arts classes using microlearning content and to analyze class satisfaction to examine the necessity and applicability of microlearning classes in university liberal arts education. Developed by reflecting microlearning characteristics, tClass is a one-credit class designed to be available in a nonlinear manner for five weeks. After this course, a satisfaction survey of all remote classes and tClass students was conducted to find out the level of satisfaction of learners and focus group interviews were additionally conducted with four applicants. As a result of the study, both timeliness and accessibility were high due to the nature of remote classes, and tClass showed a high level of satisfaction among the students, especially when it came to the learning materials and the accessibility of the items. On the other hand, poor concentration, boredom, and a lack of willingness to learn were found to be obstacles for remote classes. Based on the above research results, the suggestions are as follows. 1) In order to better implement the characteristics of microlearning, sufficient prior coordination is needed to determine whether or not we should change the academic system. 2) In order to develop microlearning, it is important to set an appropriate lecture topic and a suitable level of class difficulty. 3) There is a need to design learning activities that can help students take a leading role regarding their own learning and inspection. 4) In order to improve learners' concentration and understanding, video production methods need to be diversified and their level of completion needs to be increased. It is hoped that the results of this study will be used as basic data to develop microlearning classes in universities and to enhance learning effects.

인성역량 강화를 위한 교과와 비교과 프로그램 연계 방안 탐색 -고전독서와 글쓰기를 중심으로-

The purpose of the study was to theoretically explore how to connecting class and extracurricular program to strengthen university students' character competencies. As the theoretical basis of the study, we have focused on the core competencies and ideals of future society, relationship between liberal arts and character education, Possibility of character education through class linked extracurricular program. Next, on the basis of the theoretical foundation, The possibility of strengthening the character competencies of college students was confirmed through the operation of ‘classical reading and writing’ as a extracurricular program linked to liberal arts class. The summary of the study result is as follows. Firstly, it was confirmed that linking extracurricular program in liberal arts classes is a way to effectively cultivate the core competencies of college students. Secondly, we presented the possibility of using ‘classical reading and writing’ as a method to strengthening the character competencies of college students and design of the teaching and learning process. In conclusion, the utilization of has a theoretical basis and can be considered to be applicable in the field application. In conclusion, the utilization of ‘classical reading and writing’ can be used has a theoretical basis development of extracurricular program in connection with class to strengthening the character competencies of college students. As a subject of follow-up research an evaluation study was proposed to measure the effect of character competencies of participants in the ‘classical reading and writing’programs.

Educational Implications and Application of Compassion Meditation as Liberal Arts Education

The purpose of this study was to explore the educational implications of compassion meditation as a liberal arts education course and to see how it can be designed as within the regular curriculum. Recent studies have shown that compassion meditation promotes positive emotions and pro-social behavior. Furthermore, it has been actively used in education beyond the field of psychotherapy. The educational implications of compassion meditation in higher education are threefold. First, compassion meditation can create an inner shift that allows for existential reflection on the self. Second, compassion meditation is a metacognitive training exercise that enhances the ability for one to see the big picture. Third, compassion meditation is an approach that enhances pro-social behavior by improving empathy and compassion. In addition, I presented pedagogical suggestions on how compassion meditation can be designed as a liberal arts education course in universities. The significance of this study is that it analyzed the educational implications of compassion meditation, which fosters positive emotions toward oneself and enhances empathy toward others. The study also explored how compassion meditation can be designed as a liberal arts education course in the context of a serious psychological crisis among young adults.

A New Perspective on Fostering Organic Diversity Within Organizations

In recent years, businesses have continually struggled to diversify their talent pools in an organic manner. This paper offers a new perspective on fostering organic diversity. Using data on club membership from one four-year liberal arts institution, different indices were created to rank each club in the sample according to the proximity of the demographic distribution of the club membership to that of the overall student population. This method identifies clubs whose activities have universal appeal and thus produce diversity organically. These findings have important implications for businesses seeking to improve workforce cohesion and meet their DEI recruitment objectives.

A Study on the Potential of Site-Specific Theatre as Content for Liberal Arts Education

This study proposes a teaching model for liberal arts education utilizing site-specific theater and examines its implications. By exploring various theoretical backgrounds and practical examples related to place-specific theater, the course covers a variety of concepts and deepens students' knowledge of theater. Theoretical explorations are followed by practical activities that encourage creative and critical thinking and provide opportunities to exercise the theatrical imagination. Practical activities provide learners with important experiences that allow them to see everyday spaces in a new light and to extend theater to personal and social meanings. There are also opportunities for students to watch and critique the work of other learners and to reflect on their own work in order to consolidate their knowledge and experience and to acquire new questions. The whole process is an educational one that leads to embodied knowledge. This study argues that theater, especially place-specific theater, is suitable content for liberal arts education, promoting learners' creativity and critical thinking skills, and offering another model of practice.

Development of the Convergent Liberal Arts Subject for Healing - Psychology in Literature -

Development of the Convergent Liberal Arts Subject for Healing - Psychology in Literature -

A Qualitative Study on the Empathy Formation Process of Nursing Students Participating in Small Group Discussion Classes

The purpose of this study is to explore the process of forming empathy shown in the experiences of participating in small group discussion classes of nursing students, who are the main caring subjects in a multicultural society. To this end, the researcher participated as a teaching assistant in the ‘Multicultural Society and Humanities of Coexistence’ class, which is a required liberal arts course in the nursing department of I University. The research participants were five students who voluntarily expressed their intention to participate after the class. The transcripts of the interviews, each class reflection journal, and midterm and final exams were collected as data. Data analysis analyzed the collected data inductively and analyzed it from the viewpoint of the empathy formation process. As a result of the study, responses such as ‘recognizing differences and experiencing conflict’, ‘discussion became smoother through mutual respect’, ‘my perspective changed through various perspectives’, and ‘practice for coexistence’ were signified by themes. These results suggest that the value of empathy is extended to multicultural acceptance through the process of forming empathy through small group discussion classes, contributing to the practice of coexistence.

Reconsidering the Meaning of ‘Visual Literacy’ in the Age of AI : Applications to Liberal Arts Education and Possible Extensions

Literacy is an important driving force when it comes to attaining a critical eye for the real world, as well as for analyzing problems in the past and making predictions for the future. Since literacy is evolving in a new paradigm for human lifestyles and abilities, in no small part thanks to the rapid development of AI(Artificial Intelligence) and robot technology, this study begins with a review of the change in the meaning of literacy. Next, we consider the meaning of ‘visual literacy’, in an era when AI reads and analyzes information such as images and texts, as well as visual recognition, voice recognition, and decision-making through algorithms, and creates art in a new way. The ultimate purpose of this study is to argue for the need to change the meaning of ‘visual literacy’ as a driving force for visual communication based on imagination in terms of technological utilization, critical thinking, and ethical social problem solving. Therefore, the content of this study emphasizes both a utopian and dystopian aesthetic vision, as well as critical thinking, in terms of potential and expandability of AI, rethinking the meaning of ‘visual literacy’ at the ethical level with human autonomous judgment and a sense of responsibility. The results of this study demonstrate the need for us to apply ‘visual literacy’ in a way that combines imagination and critical thinking, as well as our need to develop a new way of visual cognition necessary for the acquisition and use of digital technology in terms of the role of liberal arts education in universities. Through this study, I argue that the application of ‘visual literacy’ to foster democratic citizenship qualities can help us expand new possibilities for the role of liberal arts education in the era of AI by giving us the authority to understand and utilize digital media based on imagination for image and text information processing technology and visual communication.