Young Musicians' Accounts of Significant Influences in their Early Lives. 1. The Family and the Musical Background

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. A. Howe ◽  
John A. Sloboda
Keyword(s):  
Family Background ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Rich Source ◽  
Music School ◽  
Descriptive Information ◽  
Musical Background ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Musical Excellence

This article reports qualitative findings of an interview study in which 42 students (aged 10–18) from a specialist music school were encouraged to talk about various experiences in their lives which the individual children perceived as having been potentially significant influences on their progress in learning musical instruments. The parents of half the children were also interviewed. Observations concerning the following sources of influence are reported: the family background; sibling influences; listening to music. The insights of children and their parents, which complement and add depth to quantitative findings concerning the biographical precursors of musical excellence, help to provide a rich source of descriptive information about the circumstances in which children become competent young musicians.

TERTIARY EDUCATION, GENDER AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

1994 ◽  
Vol 01 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 473-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
AZLAN GHAZALI ◽  
SOON BENG CHEW ◽  
B C GHOSH ◽  
RICHARD S T TAY
Keyword(s):  
Family Background ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Employment Decision ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Binary Probit

This study empirically analyses the determinants of Singapore’s university graduates’ employment decision between self-employment and salaried-employment. The binary probit model is used to estimate the effect of three main groups of variables on the employment decision. The thee main groups of variables are the personal characteristics, experience and education, and family background of the graduate. A mailed questionaire survey was carried out on 7300 university graduates in Singapore. A final number of 2486 (34.1%) usable questionaire was obtained. The findings of this study suggest that the personal characteristics and the education and experience of the graduates are significant determinants of the employment decision. However, the family background of the individual was found to be insignificant.

The Context of Childhood Depression

1991 ◽  
Vol 159 (S11) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. Berney ◽  
S. R. Bhate ◽  
I. Kolvin ◽  
O. O. Famuyiwa ◽  
M. L. Barrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Childhood Depression ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Adverse Life Events ◽  
Premorbid Personality ◽  
Depressed Group ◽  
The Family ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual

This paper examines the family background, premorbid personality traits and adverse life events preceding childhood depression. The non-depressed group proved more likely to have experienced pre-school bereavement and familial disturbance, and to come from the more deprived background; there was also an excess of premorbid anxiety and hysterical personality traits in this group. School phobia and premorbid obsessional traits were associated with the depressed group. Although there was an association between depression and the total number of adverse life events, this was more substantial when the perceived impact of the events was taken into account. Of the individual classes of life event, only illness and a change in social relationships were associated specifically with depression.

scholarly journals John Franklin Enders, 10 February 1897 - 8 September 1985

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 211-233 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Maternal Grandfather ◽  
The Family ◽  
Paternal Grandfather ◽  
National Bank ◽  
The Individual

John Franklin Enders came from a family background marked by strong characters and remarkable achievements. His maternal grandfather was a close associate and financial adviser of Mark Twain, and his paternal grandfather walked from town to town selling insurance, later becoming President of the Aetna Insurance Company. His parents were active and of strong character and lived to a ripe old age. His father was President of the principal bank of Hartford and at his death he left a fortune of $19 million. The family is said to have been one with close ties and mutual respect and to have appreciated the needs of the individual. John had one brother, also President of the Hartford National Bank, and two sisters— all charming and accomplished people.

Young Musicians' Accounts of Significant Influences in their Early Lives. 2. Teachers, Practising and Performing

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. A. Howe ◽  
John A. Sloboda
Keyword(s):  
Interview Study ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Music School ◽  
Descriptive Knowledge

This article reports further qualitative findings of an interview study involving 42 students (aged 10–18) attending a specialist music school, and parents of half of them. The students were encouraged to talk about events and experiences that influenced their progress in learning musical instruments. Observations by the children and their parents concerning perceptions of instrumental teachers, various aspects of practising activities, and attitudes towards performing. These insights complement previous quantitative and qualitative findings (Sloboda and Howe, 1991; Howe and Sloboda, 1991) and contribute descriptive knowledge of the precursors of musical accomplishments.

Youth Culture Features in the Light of Preferred Role Models and Life Styles

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Amel Alić ◽  
Haris Cerić ◽  
Sedin Habibović
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
General Data ◽  
The University

Abstract The aim of this research was to determine to what extent different variables describe the style and way of life present within the student population in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this sense, in addition to general data on examinees, gender differences were identified, the assessment of parental dimensions of control and emotion, overall family circumstances, level of empathy, intercultural sensitivity, role models, preferences of lifestyles, everyday habits and resistance and (or) tendencies to depressive, anxiety states and stress. The survey included a sample of 457 examinees, students of undergraduate studies at the University of Zenica and the University of Sarajevo, with a total of 9 faculties and 10 departments covering technical, natural, social sciences and humanities. The obtained data give a broad picture of the everyday life of youth and confirm some previously theoretically and empirically justified theses about the connection of the family background of students, everyday habits, with the level of empathy, intercultural sensitivity and preferences of the role models and lifestyles of the examinees.

VALUE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Narayan Patra ◽  
Jayanta Mete
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Values are like seeds that sprout, become saplings, grow into trees and spread their branches all around. To be able to think right, to feel the right kind of emotions and to act in the desirable manner are the prime phases of personality development. Building up of values system starts with the individual, moves on to the family and community, reorienting systems, structures and institutions, spreading throughout the land and ultimately embracing the planet as a whole. The culture of inclusivity is particularly relevant and important in the context of our society, nation and making education a right for all children.

THE VALUE OF LOVE IN THE SYSTEM OF FORMATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL MATURITY OF THE EDUCATOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10(79)) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
G. Bubyreva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

The existing legislation determines the education as "an integral and focused process of teaching and upbringing, which represents a socially important value and shall be implemented so as to meet the interests of the individual, the family, the society and the state". However, even in this part, the meaning of the notion ‘socially significant benefit is not specified and allows for a wide range of interpretation [2]. Yet the more inconcrete is the answer to the question – "who and how should determine the interests of the individual, the family and even the state?" The national doctrine of education in the Russian Federation, which determined the goals of teaching and upbringing, the ways to attain them by means of the state policy regulating the field of education, the target achievements of the development of the educational system for the period up to 2025, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 4, 2000 #751, was abrogated by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 29, 2014 #245 [7]. The new doctrine has not been developed so far. The RAE Academician A.B. Khutorsky believes that the absence of the national doctrine of education presents a threat to national security and a violation of the right of citizens to quality education. Accordingly, the teacher has to solve the problem of achieving the harmony of interests of the individual, the family, the society and the government on their own, which, however, judging by the officially published results, is the task that exceeds the abilities of the participants of the educational process.  The particular concern about the results of the patriotic upbringing served as a basis for the legislative initiative of the RF President V. V. Putin, who introduced the project of an amendment to the Law of RF "About Education of the Russian Federation" to the State Duma in 2020, regarding the quality of patriotic upbringing [3]. Patriotism, considered by the President of RF V. V. Putin as the only possible idea to unite the nation is "THE FEELING OF LOVE OF THE MOTHERLAND" and the readiness for every sacrifice and heroic deed for the sake of the interests of your Motherland. However, the practicing educators experience shortfalls in efficient methodologies of patriotic upbringing, which should let them bring up citizens, loving their Motherland more than themselves. The article is dedicated to solution to this problem based on the Value-sense paradigm of upbringing educational dynasty of the Kurbatovs [15].

CHILD-PARENT RELATIONS AS A FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL PREFERENCES IN PEDAGOGICAL DYNASTIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
N. V. SHAMANIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Professional Preferences ◽  
Parent Child

The article raises the issue of the relationship of parent-child relationships and professional preferences in pedagogical dynasties. Particular attention is paid to the role of the family in the professional development of the individual. It has been suggested that there is a relationship between parent-child relationships and professional preferences.

The Emergence of Subjectivity in the Ancient and Medieval World

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Cultures

This work represents a combination of different genres: cultural history, philosophical anthropology, and textbook. It follows a handful of different but interrelated themes through more than a dozen texts that were written over a period of several millennia. By means of an analysis of these texts, this work presents a theory about the development of Western Civilization from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The main line of argument traces the various self-conceptions of the different cultures as they developed historically. These self-conceptions reflect different views of what it is to be human. The thesis is that in these we can discern the gradual emergence of what we today call inwardness, subjectivity and individual freedom. As human civilization took its first tenuous steps, it had a very limited conception of the individual. Instead, the dominant principle was that of the wider group: the family, clan or people. Only in the course of history did the idea of what we know as individuality begin to emerge. It took millennia for this idea to be fully recognized and developed. The conception of human beings as having a sphere of inwardness and subjectivity subsequently had a sweeping impact on all aspects of culture, such as philosophy, religion, law, and art. Indeed, this conception largely constitutes what is today referred to as modernity. It is easy to lose sight of the fact that this modern conception of human subjectivity was not simply something given but rather the result of a long process of historical and cultural development.

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