Liberal Studies Research Articles

지방 국립대 자율전공학부 신임교수의 대학혁신과정에서의 근무경험에 대한 자문화기술지

Objectives This study is about the experience of a professor who started working as a new professor in the Department of Liberal Study at a local national university and was appointed as a new professor in the process of establishing and operating the department according to the university innovation promoted by the Ministry of Education and the university's own innovation process. Methods We explored the process of being selected and appointed as a professor in the newly established Department of Liberal Study at a local national university located in Region J. While working as a new professor in the department, which is directly related to university innovation, I sought to express in-depth my experience in adjusting admissions units, establishing new educational units, consultation processes with university members, and operating new curricula. For this purpose, the autoethnography research method, which is a research method for one's own culture, was applied. Results By conducting this study, the following five research topics were derived. ｢① Universities’ hot potato ‘Department of Liberal Study’｣, ｢② New professors at the Department of Liberal Study who lack even the basics｣, ｢③ Establishment of new educational units facing various obstacles｣, ｢④ Survival and growth, and the life of a professor moving forward with reflection｣, ｢⑤ Department of Liberal Study moving to the forefront of change and innovation｣ Conclusions Based on these research results, we described the difficulties and adaptation problems of new professors in Department of Liberal study in relation to the non-major admission system. And We discussed ways to advance toward growth and reflection in the university innovation process, which is directly related to the sustainability and survival of the department. This study is significant in that it is the first study to reveal the work experience of a new professor in the Department of Liberal Study, and suggested follow-up research in terms of research subjects and research methods.

The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing

Dedicated to the 'Muslim girls and women protesting for their rights in India and Iran', historians P. K. Yasser Arafath and G. Arunima have compiled a deeply engaging collection of essays that explore the wearing of the hijab from a multitude of perspectives. The contributions traverse different national contexts and explore multiple and entangled strands of the debates around the hijab, underscoring its breadth and complexity. And as the essays in The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing demonstrate, not only is this is a complex debate, but also one on very rugged terrain. To dispel misconceptions, prejudices and generalities that abound on the subject, the contributors gathered here come with expertise, variously, in religious studies, sociology, English literature, law, theatre, liberal studies, political science, development studies, journalism, education and historical studies. The essays are grouped into sections - 'Context and Questions', 'Reading the Ban', 'Ethno/History/Life Writing' and 'Many Feminisms' - and read together illuminate the cross-cutting historical, ethnographical and political trajectories in which the question of the hijab is embedded.

An automated mineralogy derived criterion for clustering ore samples for mineral liberation studies

Correctly determining the optimal grinding size is crucial for mineral processors, yet it poses several challenges. Still popular among practitioners, the empirical determination of the grinding target involves time-consuming and resource-intensive laboratory routines employed for generating quality, recovery and energy curves from which the target size is set. This approach becomes even more challenging for mines with diverse ore textures, requiring extensive testing on numerous samples to accurately capture the behaviour of the entire ore body. Consequently, a more efficient experimental method is highly desirable. A solution for reducing the laboratory effort is clustering samples according to the mineral liberation characteristics. This paper introduces a novel multivariate criterion for statistical clustering of ore samples for mineral liberation studies, derived from SEM-based automated mineralogy data. The criterion considers three variables: two coefficients (named A and k) derived from the exponential correlation equation between degree of liberation and the top size of the size fraction, and the overall degree of liberation, both easily obtained from the liberation spectrum for a top size of 1 mm. The effectiveness of the proposed criterion has been experimentally demonstrated. It was concluded that the clustering process correctly grouped samples with similar mineral liberation characteristics. The clustering approach can be used to significantly reduce the laboratory effort on liberation studies involving a great number of samples of different types of ore. Although developed using iron ore samples, the criterion's theoretical basis suggests its potential for adaptation to other types of ore.

Translanguaging for Doing Gender in English-Medium Classrooms in Hong Kong: Towards Critical CLIL in Plurilingual Settings

ABSTRACT Critical content and language-integrated learning (CLIL) has been advocated to attest raciolingusitic ideologies in plurilingual educational settings. However, little is known about how to help students in contesting inequalities about other structures of domination in bilingual education programs. This study aims to address this gap by examining the construction of gender identities in Secondary 4 (Grade 11) English-medium Liberal Studies lessons, which aimed to enhance awareness of gender equality and subject-specific English skills about the topic. The study shows that gender was constructed and reconstructed by conflicting multilingual and multimodal gendered discourses, including the formal curriculum, school lesson materials, and classroom interaction. The paper reveals that teachers and students jointly constructed masculinities of “real men,” “good men” and “gay men” in CLIL classrooms imbedded in curriculum contexts infused with gender dualism and alternative gender values began to emerge after the CLIL lessons. The results suggest that CLIL teachers can facilitate development of critical literacies about gender by enabling encounters of different voices in translanguaging and trans-registering spaces created by students’ familiar L1 everyday discourses and multimodal practices. Pedagogical implications were also discussed.

자율전공학부 학생의 진로성숙도, 전공선택 프로그램 만족도, 자율전공학부 만족도 간의 관계

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between career maturity, satisfaction with programs for selecting a major, and satisfaction with the major among students of the school of the liberal studies and to explore ways to increase satisfaction with the school of the liberal studies.
 Methods For this study, a questionnaire on career maturity, satisfaction with major selection programs, and satisfaction with the school of the liberal studies was conducted for 132 students at K University in Jeonbuk, and 114 collected data were t-test, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were conducted using Stata IC 14.
 Results The research results derived through this study are as follows. First, among the major selection programs, there was a significant difference between students who chose their major in counseling with the responsible adviser and those who did not. This implies the need for professional counseling support that provides meaningful career and academic guidance to students. Second, it was found that career maturity was not correlated with satisfaction with the school of the liberal studies. This means that the quality of students who choose the school of the liberal studies deciding their career path and preparing for their career path is low. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop and provide educational programs and counseling programs that can lead to career maturity. Third, special lectures and psychological counseling were found to have programs that influence the satisfaction of the school of the liberal studies. There is a need for a responsible supervisor in charge of self-efficacy and motivation for students.
 Conclusions Based on these research results, discussions and implications for improving the satisfaction of the school of the liberal studies were presented, and follow-up studies for generalization of research were proposed.

자유전공학부 운영 현황 및 학생 특성 분석에 관한 연구

This thesis aims to guide the future development of the liberal studies system in Korean universities. It assesses the current state of universities with this system and analyzes student characteristics. The study delves into the concept of talent, educational goals, and main programs of liberal studies institutions in Korean universities. Additionally, it scrutinizes the talent concept, vision, and educational goals of I University's Liberal Studies Division, exploring concrete education programs. The research also examines traits of Liberal Studies Division students, surveying freshmen on motivation, satisfaction, participation, commitment, major decisions, and preferences. To establish the liberal studies system, the study suggests recognizing the tradition and value of liberal education, designing a systematic curriculum, implementing theme-centered classes for active student participation, and devising customized support strategies for rational major choices.

The Study of Interest Rate Liberalization and Bank Performance — An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Banks in Jiangsu Province

In the modern economic system, interest rates are key economic variables that not only reflect the cost of capital but are also closely related to market-oriented reforms, profoundly impacting the entire economy. This study focuses on the effects of interest rate fluctuations on the performance of listed banks, conducting an in-depth analysis of data from nine listed commercial banks in Jiangsu Province from 2012 to 2020. Utilizing qualitative, quantitative, and comparative analysis methods, this research explores the specific impact of interest rate liberalization on bank performance. It was found that interest rate liberalization has a significant negative impact on the overall performance of commercial banks, especially on city commercial banks. Furthermore, the nominal interest spread positively affects the performance of both types of banks, but its reduction has led to a more passive banking operation. In summary, interest rate liberalization has lowered banks’ return on assets and increased operational risks. Currently, commercial banks in Jiangsu Province are still adapting to the challenges of market-oriented reforms.

Comparative study of drug release from electrospun nanofibers loaded with clotrimazole via two different approaches using a fully automated sequential injection system

The development of new drug delivery platforms including the use of nanotechnology has been found of great interest in recent years. Two different loading approaches of the model antimycotic drug clotrimazole into the nanofibrous polycaprolactone and polydioxanone structures including electrospinning of a drug-polymer blend and impregnation of nanofibers with drug have been tested. The final amount of clotrimazole in the nanofibrous materials was determined by HPLC analysis and Raman spectroscopy. The electrospinning of blend approach allowed the adsorption of clotrimazole in a quantity of up to 30 % using mixtures with polymer/clotrimazole ratios from 2:1 to 8:1 (w/w). Ethanolic clotrimazole solutions with concentrations from 2.5 to 3.5 mg L−1 were used for adsorbing clotrimazole in blank nanofibers for 1–3 h with final clotrimazole content ranging from 3.0 to 5.7 %. Furthermore, a comparative liberation study including comparison with commercially available creams was carried out in low pressure flow system. The results obtained confirmed well controlled release of clotrimazole from both types of nanofibers. Compared to commercial pharmaceutical formulations containing 1 % clotrimazole where first-order release kinetics was observed, nanofibrous materials provided linear controlled release (zero-order kinetics) in the tested 3 h period.

Intercultural competence for peaceful communities: The role of blended learning higher education in refugee camps

This research investigates how refugees living in camps who graduated from a blended higher education programme have described their journey in building intercultural competences, by analysing the voices of almost 100 refugee graduates of the Diploma in Liberal Studies programme, accredited by Regis University and delivered by Jesuit Worldwide Learning. Focusing on the geographical scope of Dzaleka camp (Malawi) and Kakuma camp (Kenya), this article unveils the transformative intercultural learning that occurs in the Diploma programme, mostly appearing in the elements of knowledge and skills, attitudes, behaviour and outcomes. By anchoring this research in a context of social and geographic marginalisation, this paper contributes to the literature by investigating how a blended learning Diploma programme in Liberal Studies can serve as means to overcome physical barriers faced by students to access higher education and inner ones as graduates develop intercultural competence for their benefits and the ones of their community. Lastly, by bringing seldom heard voices, this paper reconciles the characteristics and values of intercultural competence with the intercultural needs of refugees living in camps to transform this competence into a peacebuilding tool.

Characterization and Liberation Study of the Beauvoir Granite for Lithium Mica Recovery

A significant proportion of Europe’s lithium endowment is hosted by unconventional lithium resources such as rare-metal granites (RMG) of which the Beauvoir granite in France is a prime example. In such hard-rock deposits, where lithium is mostly hosted in micas (lepidolite, zinnwaldite), the ability to assess whether lithium can be extracted economically from the ore is essential and requires a comprehensive understanding of mineralogical properties and lithium deportment. Using three exploratory drill cores distributed along the North–South axis, a preliminary geometallurgical assessment of the granite has been conducted based on a combination of techniques including Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES), Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) coupled with automated mineralogy software, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), optical microscope and sieving. Lithium distribution appears to be variable, reflecting the evolution of the granite, with higher mica content in the southern area and higher Li grade towards the center of the orebody. The size of micas in the assessed sample does not vary significantly. The grindability and liberation size of micas varies in the different zones investigated, PERC S being the most difficult to grind. There is always more than 50 wt% of the micas that are liberated in the samples when crushed to 1 mm. Indirect estimation of Li content based on EPMA and SEM analysis suggests that the content of lithium inside mica crystals could vary. If this estimation is confirmed by direct Li measurement, it for sure makes the calculations of the Li deportment more challenging.

The motherland’s suffocating embrace: schooling and public discourse on Hong Kong identity under the National Security Law

ABSTRACT While ‘national education’ has regularly been invoked by post-1997 Hong Kong administrations, its pursuit has acquired new force and urgency since the introduction in 2020 of a National Security Law. Investigating the role of schooling in this reinvigorated project of thought reform, this article asks how far recent initiatives have merely amplified official identity discourse or marked a qualitative change. It does so primarily by analysing the official curriculum and textbooks for Citizenship and Social Development (CSD), introduced in 2022 to replace Liberal Studies, a subject widely blamed by nationalists for fomenting sedition. Following a comparative overview of the new and old curricula, there is a discussion of changes to the textbook treatment of: the historical framing of identity; the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ model; culture’s significance for Hong Kong’s place in China; and civil, legal and constitutional rights and duties. The analysis concludes with reflections on what these changes imply both for China’s efforts to re-educate its unruly Hong Kong subjects, and for scholarly efforts to understand and explain such processes.

Challenges Faced by Jesuit Worldwide Learning Students: Piloting a Mixed Methods Investigation

In 2017 a Creighton University Global Initiative grant provided 20 scholarships in its online B.S. in Leadership Studies for Jesuit Worldwide Learning graduates of the Diploma in Liberal Studies. In 2018-19 the first cohort of scholarship students living in Afghanistan and Jordan were enrolled at Creighton University (CU). In spring 2019, three Creighton University students collaborated with two of the co-authors to develop and to implement a research project to explore barriers faced by Jesuit Worldwide Learning students enrolled in Creighton’s B.S. program. The purpose of this project was to test if Group Concept Mapping, a mixed methods research approach integrating qualitative and quantitative methods, combined with the analysis of narrative course evaluations and interview texts with students, faculty, and staff adopting the Grounded Theory approach can lead to insights that further our understanding of barriers and struggles faced by Jesuit Worldwide Learning students and their instructors, can help strengthen institutional gaps in international learning, and can be used for a future study. The process and the results strongly suggest that the methodology is indeed appropriate to systematically study this or a related research question.

The Impact of Social Groups on Social Movements in Hong Kong

The phenomenon of communal social groups in Hong Kong in recent years cannot be underestimated. The sense of group in Hong Kong has its roots in the struggle over identity, which has led to the emergence of different ideologies in Hong Kong society due to external pressures to articulate multiple identities. Based on ideology, the first social group emerged in Hong Kong society before 1997, and after 1997, group consciousness in Hong Kong was also influenced by the subject of Liberal Studies 2009. With the understanding and popularisation of plenty of current affairs, students organised their social group as a methodology to participate in social movements and exert their influence. They believe that Hong Kong's social problems are rooted in political conflicts. To address the new challenges posed by external political factors since 1997, a new generation of young people in Hong Kong has begun to practise their civic engagement through social groups, which has led to a series of social movements, which have gradually formed the basis for mobilisation of Hong Kong's social activities, making the boundaries between the different ideological camps in Hong Kong's social activities more distinct, and forming a clear-cut mechanism for social movement cooperation.

A Corpus‐Based Discourse Analysis of Liberal Studies Textbooks in Hong Kong: Legitimatizing Populism

Researchers have discussed Hong Kong’s localist identities, nativist sentiments, and populism, but have not widely examined the extent to which populism could be perceived in education in Hong Kong. As the chief participants of the Occupying Central and the radical Anti-Extradition Bill movements in Hong Kong were students, this suggests the need to explore the relationship between populism and education, particularly the then-controversial liberal studies textbooks. According to contemporary news reports, liberal studies textbooks contained much content stigmatising the Chinese mainland. Previous studies of liberal studies textbooks applied qualitative discourse analysis methods. In this study, mixed-method analysis was applied to a specialised corpus comprising seven commercial liberal studies textbooks containing 248,339 Chinese characters in total to explore the extent to which liberal studies textbooks contain information concerning the key features of populism—the heightened division between the inner and outer groups. A division was found between positive images of Hong Kong and negative images of China in the narratives of commercial liberal studies textbooks. Accordingly, the textbooks can be understood to contain populism. The present study advocates that relevant educational watchdogs in Hong Kong provide more guidance on the writing and publishing of liberal studies textbooks in the future, keeping the enquiry-based spirit of the liberal studies course fulfilled, and urges stakeholders of Hong Kong education to consider teaching peace education and developing a more inclusive environment.

Eudora Welty Collection: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Eudora Welty Collection:Mississippi Department of Archives and History Elisabeth Cambonga The materials transferred to the Archives and Records Services Division (A&RS) from the Museum Division since March 2011, along with those transferred to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) upon the settlement of Eudora Welty's estate, continue to be incorporated into the Eudora Welty Collection. Any newly acquired collections of Welty-related material not donated to MDAH by Eudora Welty or her heirs are established as collections unto themselves, in accordance with archival rules of provenance, and are not added to the Eudora Welty Collection proper. In 2019, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded an implementation grant to MDAH to support the preservation, digitization, and enhancement of access to the papers and photographs of Eudora Welty. The Eudora Welty Foundation matched MDAH's contribution to the grant. Although scheduled to be completed in May 2022, project revisions related to Covid-19 delayed progress and MDAH received a second grant extension from NEH. The project aimed to professionally conserve and scan selected items in the Eudora Welty Collection. The preparation and digitization of items necessitated the closure of selected series during scanning and quality control review. The grant was completed in January 2023 and can now be accessed via the digital archives on MDAH's website by visiting https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/welty. The Welty Family Papers, Series 45, has been processed and is open as of April 2022; a new subseries, the Garden Papers of Chestina Welty, will open in April 2023. Series 33, Works on Welty, was opened in January 2023, and Series 34, Dramatizations of Welty's Fiction, is scheduled to be opened in 2023. The preparation of items may necessitate the temporary closure of this series. [End Page 199] We suggest researchers contact MDAH, refdesk@mdah.ms.gov, to verify the availability of series that are of particular interest to them prior to visiting the archives. Researchers are invited to visit the MDAH website where the home page https://www.mdah.ms.gov/ features Welty information with some regularity and provides a portal to the online catalog where new series and series revisions may be posted. The A&RS division continues to use Koha, a recently updated open source system, for its online catalog. An instruction sheet, The Eudora Welty Collection: Collection Research and Access via the Online Catalog, has been prepared to aid researchers in readily locating catalog records for the Eudora Welty Collection and other Welty-related materials in the division's holdings. The instruction sheet now includes information on accessing the Eudora Welty Digital Archives and concludes with a current series list. Researchers interested in obtaining publication rights for, and/or reproductions of, material in the Eudora Welty Collection may benefit from information provided in The Eudora Welty Collection: Contacts for Use Permission and Reprographic Services. The 2023 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship co-sponsored by the Eudora Welty Foundation and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will be awarded in April. On-site research at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building, supported by the stipend of $5,000, will be conducted during the summer. The 2022 Fellow was Pamela J. Merryman, a PhD candidate in Liberal Studies at Southern Methodist University. Ms. Forrest Galey, who served as the curator of the Eudora Welty Collection since 1997 retired in December 2022 after more than thirty-seven years of outstanding service to MDAH and the state of Mississippi. Galey joined MDAH in 1985 as an archivist and Graphic Records Collection curator of Special Collections. She then served as the Archival Program Supervisor and later as Special Projects Officer. In 2012, she received the Public Humanities Award for Special Recognition presented by the Mississippi Humanities Council. During her tenure, Galey was instrumental in the multi-year construction planning of the William F. Winter Archives & History Building and the move from the Charlotte Capers Building, the former home of the archives and library. Galey also led the grant project Sharing the Literary and Photographic Legacy of Eudora Welty, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Eudora Welty Foundation, and MDAH, involving the improved conservation and...

The Relationship Between Parental Attachment and Career Aspirations in Indian Female Undergraduate Students

The purpose of the present study was to examine the career aspirations of Indian female undergraduate students, by utilizing a theoretical framework integrating Attachment Theory and Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). Data were collected from 157 female Indian undergraduate students at a Liberal Studies college in India to study the contribution of self-reported maternal and paternal attachment security in predicting career aspirations. In particular, the mediating effects of student-reported self-esteem and career decision self-efficacy were examined in the relationship between their perceptions of maternal and paternal attachment security and career aspirations. Secure attachment to mothers, but not fathers, was found to relate to self-esteem and career decision self-efficacy, which in turn predicted career aspirations. Findings from the study contribute to the literature on career aspirations of women in India and lend support for the integration of attachment theory and SCCT. Future research and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

KETRAMPILAN KREATIF DIFABILITAS DAN HAK-HAK BELAJAR ANAK PASCA PANDEMIC-COVID 19 KAJIAN PAK PEMBEBASAN

This article is the result of a christian religius education study on the release of creative sills and learning rights for children with disabilities after the covid 19 pandemi in the Kusu-Kusu Sereh hamlet. This article seeks to explore the difficulties of developingthe potential and creativity of children with desabilities doe to the low attention and commitmen of parents and the discriminatory government. This article collects data through recorded interviews, and the discussion with 50 respondent in several families in the village of urimessing,hamlet kusu-kusu sereh as well as analysisof instrument items obtained from the result of distribution to respondent. The result of the study indicate that difficult of people with disabilities developing their potential and creativity is due to the low attention of famillies and the goverment in the fullfilling the rights of people with disabilities. Family attention and goverment policies are limited to normal children. Therfore, futher research must be more comprehensive in integrating the views of parents and the goverment as well as other education observers to pay attention to the rights of marginalized person with disabilities through the christian religius education liberation study.

Locating Liberalisms in Southeast Asia: An Introductory Essay

ABSTRACT This Introduction argues that Southeast Asian liberalisms have often been misrecognised – or even ignored – by scholars because liberals in the region do not conform to the expectations of ‘benchmark’ liberalism of the West. It points to efforts by liberal actors to promote a viable political discourse or to defend a liberal minimum in hostile environments, often leading localised pragmatic liberalisms to travel far from the ideals of benchmark liberalism. In seeking to advance the study of liberalism in Southeast Asian Studies it introduces the work of two major theorists, Duncan Bell and Michael Freeden, whose distinctive approaches offer an opportunity to think of liberalism in ways that enable its identification in Southeast Asian locations. It then provides brief summaries of each of the papers, which offer comparative or country-level analysis, bringing into view historical and contemporary manifestations of liberalism in the region. It concludes with comments about possible research paths.

Differences in Early Rejection of Gangue for Low-Grade Iron Ores with Different Textures from HPGR

ABSTRACT The ore texture determines the proportion of the early rejection of gangue of the low-grade iron ores. However, a detailed study of the early rejection of gangue for low-grade iron ores with different textures is still highly desirable. In this study, three types of low-grade iron ores with different grain sizes were crushed to −3 mm by a high-pressure grinding roller (HPGR). Mineral Liberation Analyzer (MLA) and dry magnetic separation tests were performed on the resulting products. The MLA test results showed that the gangue in fine-grained iron ores was more difficult to liberate than in coarse-grained iron ores. The dry magnetic separation tests indicated that only 15.23% of gangue could be rejected for fine-grained iron ores, which was much lower than that of coarse-grained iron ores. Liberation analysis revealed that a large proportion of the gangue contained only a small amount of valuable iron oxide minerals. By returning the middling from dry magnetic separation to HPGR for crushing again, the gangue rejection percentage for fine-grained iron ore increased to 33.56%. These results demonstrate that liberation studies can help improve the efficiency of early rejection of gangue.

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