Talented Students Research Articles

Simon Gaunt (4 July 1959–4 December 2021)

Simon Gaunt (4 July 1959–4 December 2021) Sarah Kay Simon Gaunt's death at the age of only 62, of complications arising from the treatment of multiple myeloma, was as shocking as it was unexpected. Within days, as the sad news rapidly spread, all the institutions he had worked for published notices of his passing. His funeral was an occasion for much grief and since then, the many communities of which he was a vital member have struggled to come to terms with their loss: his college, King's College London; the medievalist community in the United Kingdom and beyond; the world of French Studies. Simon's capacity to unite the personal with the professional, which was born of personal temperament and fostered by social conviction, meant that everyone he had worked with felt they had lost a friend as much as a colleague or mentor. For readers of Tenso, Simon Gaunt was above all a leading scholar of medieval Occitan studies, and it is this aspect of his life and legacy that this necrology highlights. Simon graduated with highest honors in French from the University of Warwick in 1985. As an undergraduate, he had benefited from the teaching of distinguished Occitanist Linda Paterson, and he stayed at Warwick to work with her on the doctoral dissertation which subsequently became Troubadours and Irony. The title of this, his first book, inscribed it in a lineage of British Occitan studies that began with Leslie Topsfield's Troubadours and Love, continued through Paterson's Troubadours and Eloquence (originally a doctoral dissertation directed by Topsfield), and was concluded by Troubadours and Irony. Essentially the structure of all three is the same: a series of chapters, each addressed to an individual troubadour, weave their way between closely argued readings of selected songs, which are often re-edited and always illuminatingly retranslated in the process. Their procession from love to irony via eloquence pinpoints significant developments in troubadour studies between the 1970s and 1980s. Troubadours are carefully individualized, the literary artistry of their compositions explored, and their sophistication demonstrated. Effectively this put an end to the still prevalent dismissiveness of the likes of Jeanroy [End Page 269] and provided an important counterweight to the contemporary systematic formalism of Zumthor and Bec. Following his contribution to this epoch-making inflection of the field, Simon Gaunt was elected in 1986 to a postdoctoral fellowship at Downing College, Cambridge, and would remain at Cambridge in one capacity or another for the next 12 years. This was a transformative period intellectually, thanks in part to the number of talented students with whom he worked, and also to the group of stimulating young medievalists with whom he bonded, all of whom went on to distinguished careers. His next monograph broke completely with the formula of The Troubadours and. … Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature is powered by a theoretical argument about how genres are ideological constructions that create and perpetuate power structures, notably those of gender. The book is mainly about French, although Occitan songs dominate the chapter on lyric. The best chapters, to my mind, are those on narrative genres, especially the fabliau and hagiography; the romance chapter has also been widely influential. The success of Gender and Genre established Simon as an international scholar of Medieval French. The project that cemented his international standing as an Occitanist was the collaborative edition of Marcabru undertaken with Linda Paterson and Ruth Harvey, which took a decade to produce and was published in 2000; only a year before, in 1999, another collaborative volume, co-edited (with myself), The Troubadours: An Introduction, appeared with Cambridge University Press. The Marcabru edition, a formidable achievement by any standards, built on the editorial innovations of Aurelio Roncaglia and Peter Ricketts to replace the confessedly interim edition by Dejeanne. The Gaunt–Harvey–Paterson text is now also publicly available (though without translation or notes) on the RIALTO site; no one would think of working seriously on Marcabru without it. (The 1990s, incidentally, saw the name "Marcabru" feature more than any other writer of France in the title of Cambridge PhD dissertations!) The Troubadours: An Introduction also proved to be a widely used handbook. Simon...

Modernization of Islamic Education Learning Ahmad Tafsir Perspective

This study aims to examine and analyze more deeply the idea of modernizing Islamic religious education learning in the style of Ahmad Tafsir. The research method used is literature by collecting various reference sources, books, articles, documents related to the topic of study. It can be concluded that the modernization of Islamic religious education learning from Ahmad Tafsir's perspective emphasizes collaboration and integration between spiritual, intellectual and moral intelligence. Considering that these three intelligences are the basic capital for graduates of Islamic religious education, so that they can actualize all their potential in the midst of community life that is supported by high morality and spirituality. Thus, all the abilities and talents of students who are forged during learning do not come out of the ethical values of the Islamic religion itself.

РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ПРОВЕДЕНИЯ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОГО ЭТАПА ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЙ ОЛИМПИАДЫ ШКОЛЬНИКОВ ПО БИОЛОГИИ В ЧУВАШСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКЕ В 2016-2022 ГГ

Olympiads of schoolchildren play an important role in identifying the most talented students, motivate them to study the discipline in depth, develop a creative approach to solving non-standard tasks, and play a leading role in the formation of highly professional scientific personnel of the country. The faculty of natural science education of Yakovlev University has been participating in the organization and holding of the regional stage of the all-Russian olympiad of schoolchildren in biology since 2016 and is the basis for organizing training camps. The analysis of the results of the regional stage of the all-Russian olympiad of schoolchildren in biology in the Chuvash Republic during this period will allow to adjust the system of teaching schoolchildren and increase the effectiveness of participation in the olympiad. The purpose of this study is to study the results of the regional stage of the all-Russian olympiad of schoolchildren in Biology in the Chuvash Republic in 2016-2022. Materials and methods. The analysis of the effectiveness of the performance of schoolchildren of the Chuvash Republic in the stages of the olympiad in biology was carried out on the basis of data obtained during the stages of the olympiad in biology by the chairman and members of the jury, as well as provided for analysis by the center «Etker» of the Ministry of Education of Chuvashia. Data analysis was carried out using the program and Statistica 7.0. Results. The paper presents the experience of the regional stage of the all-Russian olympiad of schoolchildren in biology in the Chuvash Republic in 2016-2022 and the prospects for improving the effectiveness of the participation of schoolchildren at the final stage. The analysis of the data showed that starting from 2018 to 2020, the proportion of students completing tasks in both theoretical and practical rounds has significantly increased. The decrease in the percentage of correctly completed tasks in 2021 and 2022 can be attributed to the fact that in these years the training camps were held more in a remote format, the regularity of school attendance depended on the students being in quarantine, in addition, there was no possibility of inviting the jury members of the final stage to prepare students for the regional stage of the all-Russian olympiad.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF A SMART UNIVERSITY IN TERMS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

A theoretical analysis of the requirements of modern society for distance education was carried out, which emphasizes the importance of introducing Smart Education. The main functions of Smart Education, which meets the society’s need for open, high-quality distance education, are substantiated. It is noted that Smart Education implements not only basic didactic principles, but also relatively new ones: interactivity, adaptability of learning, flexibility of the educational process. For their implementation, the structure of a Smart course is defined, the development of the components of which is ensured by the use of smart technologies. The needs of the development of the concept of a Smart University are substantiated and its characteristic features are determined. It is established that the implementation of the concept of a Smart University should include scientific research, staffing, educational process, management and marketing of educational institutions, use of modern information technology and digitalization. A strategy has been developed to implement the concept of a Smart University, which is based on the combination of four components "4T": technologies (digital technologies, educational content in free access for students, providing feedback to teachers and students, automation of administrative tasks), tactics (student-centered model, which is based on the appropriate facilities), talents (competent teachers who have a complex of professional competencies, and smart students who are able to develop and improve themselves in the future professional field), traditions (traditions that are supported by modern requirements with prospects for the future). The use of Smart technologies ensures the implementation of the tactics of organizing the activities of a modern university, which is aimed at developing talented students and teachers’ professionalism, taking into account the experience and traditions of classical education. The implementation of the Smart University strategy will help create a modern educational environment and provide access to open distance education.

The Development and Assesment Talent Mapping E-module for Elementary School

The development of students' creativity should be adjusted to their talents so that teachers at schools need to have guidelines for mapping children's talents. This study is conducted to develop and assess the E-module on mapping the talents of elementary students in Aceh. The Design Development Research (DDR) research uses the Alessi and Trolip instructional design model involving 3 experts, 9 PGMI lecturers, and 15 MI teachers in three PTKINs in Aceh. The research instrument is a questionnaire that is analyzed by alpha and beta testing using descriptive analysis. The results of the alpha and beta assessments show that the mean assessment of MI experts, lecturers, and teachers is at a high stage (more than 4.0). Thus, it can be concluded that the talent mapping E-module for elementary students is suitable to use in elementary schools. For further research, it should be able to develop a talent mapping E-module for the high school level and able to be developed using learning technology in the form of E-learning.

ЛЕОНІД БІЛЕЦЬКИЙ І КАМ’ЯНЕЦЬ-ПОДІЛЬСЬКИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ. ДО 140-РІЧЧЯ З ДНЯ НАРОДЖЕННЯ НАУКОВЦЯ Й ОРГАНІЗАТОРА ОСВІТИ

The article summarizes the role of the famous literary critic, organizer of sci-ence and educational process, public and political fi gure Leonid Timofi yovych Biletskyi (1882-1955) in the formation of the Kamianets-Podilskyi State Ukrainian University, where he worked as a private associate professor and also served as dean of the Faculty of History and Philology, vice-rector of this university during 1918-1920s. The source of information was mainly his memoirs, which were pub-lished only in 2013 – L. Biletskyi «My Memories (1917-1926)». The formation of the Ukrainian-centric position of this scientist, his active participation in the revival of the national school as an invaluable experience for further organizational work on the creation of the Kamianets-Podilskyi State Ukrainian University are analyzed. Attention is paid to the formation of L. Biletskyi as a scientist under the infl uence of scientifi c ideas and activities of V. Peretz, in particular, the philological seminar organized by him at the University of St. Volodymyr. The signifi cance of this gathering of intellectuals was that it produced a whole constellation of famous Ukrainian cultural fi gures, among whom, in addition to L. Biletskyi, I. Ohienko, S. Gaevskyi, M. Dry-Khmara. The Kamianets pages of L. Biletsky’s biography are outlined as a starting point for his further scientifi c and educational work. In particular, it refers to such organizational measures as the involvement of talented teachers and students, the teaching work of a scientist, the promotion of Ukrainian literature, the publication of textbooks and teaching aids. Also, the vectors of sci-entifi c activity of the scientist – a historian of Ukrainian literature, a Shevchenko expert, a theorist of literature – are characterized in general terms

Theoretical Assumptions and Validation of a Scale for International Comparative Research on Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Educating Talented Students

The aim of the research was to construct a scale of teachers’ attitudes toward the education of gifted students that could identify the types and predictors of attitudes. The research was prompted by the current lack of tools with good psychometric parameters. A questionnaire was prepared for the needs of an international comparative study on teachers (N = 630) from six Central and Eastern European countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The theoretical models of giftedness and empirical data both indicated the important role teachers play in the development of students’ giftedness. The teachers’ characteristics were somewhat ambiguous. The article describes the assumptions, construction stages, and validation results of the questionnaire, which contained 64 statements (items) selected from a wide range of opinions after thorough substantive and linguistic consultations. The fundamental descriptive statistics for each item were analyzed. The final selection of items occurred as a result of confirmatory factor analysis, which did not demonstrate sufficient fit between the questionnaire’s theoretical structure and the data. Exploratory factor analysis, on the other hand, allowed for the version of the questionnaire with a three-factor structure to be adopted. Three types of attitudes were identified regarding gifted students’ education: one expressing a negative attitude and two positive ones. As a result of the validation, a scale of attitudes was created with appropriate psychometric characteristics, consisting of 33 items. Further studies are being conducted to interpret the three dimensions of the scale and the variables that differentiate them.

Peculiarities of formation and development processes of choral art in Uzbekistan

In this article, the history of the origin and development processes of choral art in our country, the ability to demonstrate fully moral qualities, creative enthusiasm, and talents of pupils and students based on musical education activities. The role of choral art in production is given in detail.

PARADIGMA KEILMUAN DAN FILSAFAT PENDIDIKAN DALAM PEMIKIRAN IBNU SINA

The current crisis in the world of Islamic knowledge and education has resulted in the scientific tradition becoming static, so that Islamic education has not shown its full role in creating an advanced civilization. Islamic education as a goal, tool for change, and social transformation should be directed to accommodate local culture and be future-oriented, namely religious and modern. In Ibnu Sina's view, education should aim to explore and develop the potential of students. The concept of Ibn Sina's thought that education is carried out in stages and given according to their expertise and in accordance with the characteristics: potential, interests and talents of students. Some of Ibn Sina's thoughts on education can and have become material for consideration in the implementation of education in Indonesia because the concept of education conveyed by Ibn Sina is in line with the values of Islamic teachings which originate from the Qur'an and Sunnah. By relevating Ibn Sina's thoughts today, it is hoped that education in Indonesia will develop and be able to achieve the goals of national education contained in the Law on the National Education System.

Visioner Leadership of The Head of Madrasah in Improving Teacher Professionalism

This study aims to determine how the visionary leadership of the madrasah principal in improving teacher professionalism at MAN 2 Padang Lawas. This research seeks to explain how the visionary leadership of the madrasah principal in improving teacher professionalism at MAN 2 Padang Lawas. The method used in this research is qualitative research. Data collection techniques used observation techniques, interviews, and documentation study techniques to obtain valid data about the visionary leadership of the madrasah principal in improving teacher professionalism at MAN 2 Padang Lawas located on Jl. Sibuhuan-Old Mountain No. 96, Binanga Kec. Barumun Tengah, Padang Lawas Regency, North Sumatra. The results of the study found that the visionary leadership of the madrasah principal in improving teacher professionalism at MAN 2 Padang Lawas can be seen from the ability of the madrasah principal to realize an advanced and anticipatory madrasa by doing various ways, including preparing the madrasa vision and mission that was agreed upon by the entire community, holding activities to improve the competence and profession of teachers, conduct activities to increase the competence and talents of students' interests, conduct environmental activities for Adiwiyata madrasas, use the latest curriculum in accordance with regulations and by establishing collaborative networks with various agencies. Then it can be seen from the innovative ability of the madrasah principal to improve teacher professionalism at MAN 2 Padang Lawas by doing: first formulating new ideas in the field of teacher professionalism, second, madrasa principals carry out classroom supervision, third: creating a conducive work culture and climate, then build togetherness and kinship by inviting teachers to do positive activities usually done after the end of the semester or the end of the year.

Principal Strategies In Improving Students’ Learning Achievement At Smpn 5 Padang Panjang

Students’ learning achievement is the result of school achievement which depends on the principal strategies in leading and creating a design school culture or in other words designing school colour. Therefore, the study was conducted to reveal the principal’s strategies and school culture to improve students’ achievement at SMP N 5 Padang Panjang in several ways including optimally involving all school members and parents, developing profesional and teacher self-dvelopment, exploring students talents/ interests both academically and non-academicly, take an exemplary approach (touch the heart), carry out continuous supervision, make a strategy for achievements every year and giving awards and full support to students. School culture is a unity and mutual agreement made and implemented by all school members starting from principal, teachers, non-educational staff, students and even security guards. These all are manifested in attitudes, actions taken together so it becomes habitsfor all school members to create a safe, comfortable and pleasant school environment in realizing good quality education in accordance with the school’s vision and mision.

How the Online Learning Assistant Program Supported Course Instructor Wellbeing during a Transition to Remote Teaching

Abstract When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, many leisure studies course instructors were asked to transition from in-person to remote teaching. Such a transition affected course instructors’ wellbeing and, in turn, students’ learning experiences in negative ways. At the same time, many talented work-integrated learning students were without work because of challenges faced by organizations that would typically host students. In response to this situation, the University of Waterloo created the Online Learning Assistant (OLA) Program. The programme hired, trained and mobilized over 300 co-operative education students in support of course instructors’ remote teaching. This case describes the positive impact of the OLA Program on one leisure studies course instructor’s wellbeing during a transition to remote teaching. In partnership with the OLA, the instructor created a supportive remote-learning environment for students that resulted in a remote-teaching award. The case offers an example of an innovative work-integrated learning programme that supported teaching and learning in leisure-related education. Information © CAB International 2022

Unforgotten Names. Mikhail Belashov and Georgy Kranz

The article “Unforgotten Names. Mikhail Belashov and Georgy Kranz” is the first in the cycle “VKHUTEIN, VKHUTEMAS. Sculptors. Teachers and Students”, dedicated to the unique creative and educational project, VKHUTEMAS - VKHUTEIN, which laid the foundation and within the framework of which a galaxy of outstanding Russian sculptors, who brought fame to our Fatherland in the fine arts immediately after the end of the Civil War in the country, was prepared. The author analyzes the work of outstanding sculptors. These masters of plastic art had a profound positive impact on the development of Russian and Soviet sculpture both through their creativity and their purposeful teaching activities. A start was made by some sculptors who were then students still studying at the Russe Studio in Paris in 1909. The VKHUTEMAS and VKHUTEIN sculptors-teachers’ pedagogical range was measured by the highest level of knowledge, teaching methods, laid down by the Russian Imperial Academy by taking into account relevant at that time new trends in art, sometimes extremely radical. Fortunately, this basic, main fundamental practice of studying sculptural craft was not interrupted but only improved. The invisible connection of generations of sculptural craft masters did not dissapear completely; it moved forward. The students who studied with the VKHUTEMAS and VKHUTEIN artist-teacher developed the methodology with their followers and students; in their own creative search, they addressed their teacher for advice in moments of artistic searches and doubts. The author of the article points out that such bright teachers-sculptors were the founders of the Russian, Soviet school of sculpture. They were masters and teachers of a whole galaxy of remarkable Russian sculptors who, by their example, their method and creativity, made a huge impact on the development of modern Russian plastic art not only in the USSR but throughout the world. They were organizers and ideological inspirers, active participants in many creative associations of the first third of the 20th century. The author notes that the works of sculptors-teachers and their talented students give us the opportunity to get an idea of their views, worldview, attitude to the creative process and, in general, to the profession of an artist-sculptor. This article presents the dialogues with teachers preserved in the notes and memoirs of students, their statements, which the Author believes is of exceptional relevance not only to the tasks of teaching in the field of sculptural craft, but also to the formation of the worldview of master sculptors and the concept of the school. The author analyzes and convincingly proves by concrete examples that the school of Vkhutein and Vkhutemas is a logically competently built pedagogical system based on the experience and skill of previous generations of artists, going from antiquity and Byzantium and related to classicism to Western European aesthetics and traditions and foundations of the Russian plastic school, its basic foundations and principles, ascending to the geniuses of the Quatrechento era. In this work, the author highlights the creative and pedagogical activities of these teachers and students of I.Efimov, S.Bulakovskiy, B.Korolev, V.Favorskiy, I.Tchaikov, V.Mukhina, N.Nisse-Goldman, M.Aisenstadt, N.Slobodinskaya, D.Schwartz, M.Belashov, A.Zelenskiy, E.Herzenstein, A.Grigoriev, G.Krantz, E.Belashova, I.Slonim, L.Pisarevskiy, A.Arendt, E.Abalakov. The author analyzes the learning processes of teachers-sculptors, names the main dates of their work, reveals the details of sculptural craft, talks about the variety of moves in plastic methods and principles of work in sculpture, shows the attitude of students to their teachers, and highlights the whole course of historical milestones in the creative biography of the sculptor. Today, the article is dedicated to two remarkable sculptors, classmates, peers, sculptors Mikhail Belashov and Georgy Krantz who went missing in the war.

A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life.

Over more than fifty years, I have studied how the logic that controls and integrates cell function is built into the dynamic architecture of living cells. I worked with a succession of exceptionally talented students and postdocs, and we discovered that the bacterial cell is controlled by an integrated genetic circuit in which transcriptional and translational controls are interwoven with the three-dimensional deployment of key regulatory and morphological proteins. Caulobacter's interconnected genetic regulatory network includes logic that regulates sets of genes expressed at specific times in the cell cycle and mechanisms that synchronize the advancement of the core cyclical circuit with chromosome replication and cytokinesis. Here, I have traced my journey from New York City art student to Stanford developmental biologist.

RESEARCHERS’ MOTIVATION, INTERACTION CHANNELS, AND STRATEGIES TOWARDS UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION: A CASE STUDY APPROACH

The relationship between the university and industry is an important element to increase knowledge and technology exchange that benefits both. However, this collaboration remains unclear understanding how this relationship can be enhanced for better opportunities that impact the community and economic development. The decreased number of UIC grants is due to several influencing factors, mainly researchers’ motivation, interaction channel, and innovation culture. This study will have a deeper understanding of the researchers’ motivations, interaction channels, and strategies toward University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) from the context of a technical university. This research employed semi-structured interview sessions with top management of the university and academics and analyzed thematically. Through this study, it was found that the factors that influence the motivation of researchers are student talent, funding, enthusiasm to contribute, and appreciation as an expert. While the four interaction channels used to communicate with the industry are namely traditional channels, two-way channels, and commercial and service channels. Thus, strengthening channels of interaction, increasing the motivation of the researchers, and improving the culture of innovation will ultimately improve the UIC for the years to come.

The role of football school in maximizing students' talent to play football in kampak district

The focus of the research is how is the role of SSB Permata Kampak in maximizing the talents of students playing football in Kampak sub-district. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of SSB Permata Kampak in maximizing the talents of students playing football in Kampak sub-district. This research uses a type of qualitative research that is descriptive. The determination of informants was carried out purposively with the unit of data analysis being an institution, namely SSB Permata Kampak. Data collection was obtained through in-depth interviews and direct observation. Data were analyzed qualitatively through three stages, namely reduction, presentation, and conclusion. The conclusion in this study is the role of SSB Permata Kampak in maximizing the talent of students playing football which includes 1) the SSB Permata Kampak development program must have a talent development curriculum that is documented as a guideline for the implementation of coaching; 2) coaching requires collaboration with related parties, especially parents and guardians of students; 3) trainers at SSB Permata Kampak carry out self-development regarding science and technology in coaching science; 4) the SSB Permata Kampak training program has been going well, but the trainers are more creative and adaptive in making training programs to minimize obstacles during practice; 5) the facilities and infrastructure are sufficient but SSB Permata Kampak is trying to carry out maintenance and rejuvenation so that the training can take place effectively and efficiently.

Determinant Factors of Sports Achievement of State Senior High School Students Special for Sports Gifted South Sulawesi

Education is important in global life because it determines the quality of human resources. Education in Indonesia has begun to focus on providing educational services for children with above average intelligence through the Special Talent Education (PBI) program, which will contribute to the honor and reputation of the Indonesian nation among other nations in the world. This study intends to determine the effect of achievement motivation, self-efficacy, self-regulation, school environment, and social support on sports achievement of South Sulawesi State High School Special Gifted Students. The research method is quantitative with this type of correlational research and ex-post facto design. Data collection techniques were carried out by documenting primary sports achievement data and giving questionnaires to students. Descriptive data analysis, multiple linear regression requirements test, and hypothesis testing are the data analysis techniques used. This study found a significant influence between achievement motivation, self-efficacy, self-regulation, school environment, and social support, both partially and simultaneously, on the sports achievement of South Sulawesi State High School Specialized Sports Talent students. Finally, this study provides input for the future to continue sports achievement research which has aspects of self-regulation and the school environment as well as social support without excluding other variables that can affect the increase in sports achievement and student academic achievement

Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators

This monthly column features a teacher’s photographic self-portrait using shadows and reflections and a student’s pointillist drawing of a solitary rabbit that expresses her feelings of solitude.

Theories and Models: Anti-Racist, Culturally Competent Counselors for Black Gifted and Talented Students

This article focuses on what school-based mental health counselors need to know to be anti-racist and culturally responsive for Black students, while recognizing that many of the presented theories and frameworks have implications for other minoritized gifted and talented (GATE) students/clients. The authors provide an overview of the most promising works for guiding counselors (and all educators) in their efforts to effect meaningful, equity-driven changes, to disrupt prejudice and discrimination, and to be advocates and allies for Black clients/students.

Smart College Campus Recruitment System

The demand for an online college job board network and its copy in relating college pupils and careervacancies Traditionally, career sites are used by talent managers for candid exploration and recruitment. This task is based on an employment portal organized for one of the well-known engineering campuses and is a variation of a job council designed precisely for campus students. Providing job introduction riding to the talents of students and services such as candidate filtering for companies to survey candidates will help learners and companies to find suitable aspirants for the job. We aim to be beneficial. Keywords— Natural Language Processing, Recruitment, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Base