Bookworms versus nerds: The social abilities of fiction and non-fiction readers

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond A. Mar ◽  
Keith Oatley ◽  
Jacob Hirsh ◽  
Jennifer dela Paz ◽  
Jordan B. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Non Fiction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities

scholarly journals Oscar Peterson: The Man and His Jazz by J. Batten

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Luyk
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Music Criticism ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Jazz History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Adult Reader

Batten, Jack. Oscar Peterson: The Man and His Jazz. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2012. Print. This young adult non-fiction novel explores the life of the legendary Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson. Beginning with an account of Peterson’s 1949 breakthrough performance at Carnegie Hall as part of the influential Jazz at the Philharmonic (JATP) concert series, Batten traces the seventy year musical career of Oscar Peterson in an engaging and insightful style. This book seamlessly combines a personal and musical biography of Peterson with a history of the development of jazz from the 1920s to the time of Peterson’s death in 2007. True to the title of the book, Batten’s is indeed one about both the man and his music. From Peterson’s humble upbringing as the son of immigrants from the West Indies living in poverty in Montréal, the influence of his family on his personal and musical development is a consistent theme throughout the book. Batten does not hold back when describing the social conditions Peterson was operating under throughout his career. The racism Peterson encountered both at home and abroad, as well as the drug use prominent among jazz musicians is honestly explored, as are the personal tragedies Peterson faced, including his failed marriages and consistently poor health. Peterson’s many longtime musical collaborations are explored in great detail, with Batten highlighting the influential performing and recording achievements of his career. From his longtime relationship with the jazz promoter Norman Granz, through the many iterations of Peterson’s famous trio, Batten doesn’t leave out the details at any point. The addition of multiple photographs, quotes from Peterson’s teachers and collaborators, and a selected bibliography and discography add to the historical richness of this title. This book is recommended to the young adult reader with an interest in jazz history, and the life and accomplishments of one of Canada’s most cherished musicians.Recommended: 3 out of 4 starsReviewer: Sean LuykSean is the Music Librarian for the Rutherford Humanities and Social Sciences Library at the University of Alberta. Sean holds an MA in Music Criticism and B.Mus from McMaster University, as well as an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario.

scholarly journals Emotional Cognitive Assessment and Enhancement for Mentally Disabled People

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Samir Abou El-Seoud ◽  
Samaa A. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Asperger's Syndrome ◽  
Asperger’S Syndrome ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Mentally Disabled ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
Develop Program ◽  
The Way

<p class="0BodyText">Autism spectrum syndrome well known as autism. Autism was delivered within the 1920s century especially in 1944. Autism is described as a development disease that influences the social abilities, nonverbal communication or what's called body language. Human beings with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome tends to have high IQ however very low EQ[1]. In addition, person who suffers autism has a tendency to have a specific habitual, aggressive reaction while converting this habitual. The Proposed concept is to develop an algorithm/method for growing emotional intelligence. The goal of the proposed concept is to assist human beings with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome that tends to have under common EI to approach normality [2]. The program will use the high IQ of the person to increase his/her EQ. To achieve this it is intended to develop program that refuse any miss behavior, or inappropriate mind-set. The advanced application acts like human, who will no longer accept to be treated in a particular manner. To enhance ones EI, people with autism ought to be taught on:</p><p class="0BodyText"> • A way to cope with people in a manner they would accept. </p><p class="0BodyText"> • The way to apprehend his/her emotion and accept it.</p><p class="0BodyText"> • The way to express their feelings. </p><p class="0BodyText"><br /> The goal of the evolved program is to help autism users be given human beings and be selves ordinary. The program ought to teach person how to make buddies in the real existence.</p>

scholarly journals The representations of LGBTQ themes and individuals in non-fiction young adult literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Bickford
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Trade Books ◽  
Community Interactions ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
White American ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Events

Purpose Social justice themes permeate the social studies, history, civics, and current events curricula. The purpose of this paper is to examine how non-fiction trade books represented lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and issues. Design/methodology/approach Trade books published after 2000 and intended for middle grades (5-8) and high school (9-12) students were analyzed. Findings Findings included main characters’ demography, sexuality, and various ancillary elements, such as connection to LGBTQ community, interactions with non-LGBTQ individuals, the challenges and contested terrain that LGBTQ individuals must traverse, and a range of responses to these challenges. Publication date, intended audience, and subgenre of non-fiction – specifically, memoir, expository, and historical text – added nuance to findings. Viewed broadly, the books generally engaged in exceptionalism, a historical misrepresentation, of one singular character who was a gay or lesbian white American. Diverse sexualities, races, ethnicities, and contexts were largely absent. Complex resistance structures were frequent and detailed. Originality/value This research contributes to previous scholarship exploring LGBTQ-themed fiction for secondary students and close readings of secondary level non-fiction trade books.

scholarly journals KEMAMPUAN SOSIAL ANAK KELOMPOK BERMAIN DITINJAU DARI POLA PENGASUHAN ORANGTUA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Isabella Hasiana
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
First Child ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
Permissive Parenting ◽  
New Finding ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Play Group ◽  
Parenting Pattern

This research can be informed by neightborsaround the residence that there were children who were not able to socialize with their peers. The aim of this study was to find out the social abilities of the children in the play group in terms of the pattern of Permissive Parenting. The subjects used in this study were two children with the same parenting pattern. (1) This research method uses descriptive Qualitative, so that it can explain in detail how the Socialization capabilities carried out by group children play with the pattern of Permissive Parenting from the Tuanua people. Observation and interview are data retrieval carried out in this study, (2) The results of this study get a new finding, where the first subject has not had a good development at this time, the habit of Permissive Parenting makes it difficult for children to Socialize and tend to be spoiled by their parents. While the second subject is equally nurtured with Permissive Parenting patterns, but the second subject has been able to achieve the desired Socialization according to the level of his age, the difference is in habituation to the second subject even though he is spoiled by his parents because of the first child but he is parents because of the first child but he is getting used to knowing which is good and bad so that children are able to reach their Social sense easily.

scholarly journals Social doctrine of Russian Orthodoxy: will it be two steps back?

2002 ◽  
pp. 14-24
Author(s):  
Oleksandr N. Sagan
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodoxy ◽  
Socialist System ◽  
Social Doctrine ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
The Social

The fall of the socialist system in the early 90's of the twentieth century. led to the return of the Orthodox Churches of Europe to the active social and political life of the post-Soviet countries. Therefore, the adoption in August 2000 by the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church of the social doctrine became a necessary stage in the development of Russian Orthodoxy, and at the same time marked the beginning of a new time of not only this Church, but the whole Ecumenical Orthodoxy. However, this serious doctrine did not cause any serious attention, except for one or two colloquiums organized by the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. The wave of theological and non-fiction works on the hot topics raised in the Doctrine also did not happen to the experts.

MASCARET

2011 ◽  
pp. 1137-1156
Author(s):  
Cédric Buche ◽  
Ronan Querrec ◽  
Pierre De Loor ◽  
Pierre Chevaillier
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring System ◽  
Pedagogical Agents ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Training Environment ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
Multi Agent

This study concerns virtual environments for training in operational conditions. The principal developed idea is that these environments are heterogeneous and open multi-agent systems. The MASCARET model is proposed to organize the interactions between agents and to provide them reactive, cognitive and social abilities to simulate the physical and social environment. The physical environment represents, in a realistic way, the phenomena that learners and teachers have to take into account. The social environment is simulated by agents executing collaborative and adaptive tasks. These agents realize, in team, procedures that they have to adapt to the environment. The users participate to the training environment through their avatar. In this article, we explain how we integrated, in MASCARET, models necessary to the creation of Intelligent Tutoring System. We notably incorporate pedagogical strategies and pedagogical actions. We present pedagogical agents. To validate our model, the SÉCURÉVI application for fire fighters’ training is developed.

PERKEMBANGAN INTERAKSI SOSIAL DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN SOSIAL EMOSIONAL MELALUI PERMAINAN CONGKLAK PADA ANAK USIA 5-6 TAHUN

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-137
Author(s):  
Siti Nurhayati ◽  
Melwany May Pratama ◽  
Ida Windi Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Test Results ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Descriptive Approach

The ability to behave socially needs to be educated since children are still small. Hampered social development of children from childhood will cause difficulties for children in developing themselves in the future. Efforts to help the social development of children, there should be cooperation between parents and teachers. In the social development of children, the interactions caused by the people around them will have a strong influence on the formation of children's emotional social behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of traditional Congklak games on social interaction in enhancing the emotional social abilities of children aged 5-6 years in RA Al-Kautsar Pekanbaru. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach, the researcher wants to describe factually and objectively the facts in the field. The results showed that the activities of playing congklak affect the social interaction of early childhood in RA Al-Kautsar Pekanbaru. This is evident from the pre-test scores carried out showing an average of 58.3% of children who still need help. After the researchers took action by showing the ways and rules of playing congklak to obtain the post-test results of 2.75% of children who need help. Abstrak Kemampuan berperilaku sosial perlu dididik sejak anak masih kecil. Terhambatnya perkembangan sosial anak sejak kecil akan menimbulkan kesulitan bagi anak dalam mengembangkan dirinya di kemudian hari. Upaya untuk membantu pengembangan sosial anak, selayaknya ada kerjasama antara orang tua dan guru. Dalam perkembangan sosial anak, interaksi yang ditimbulkan dengan orang-orang di sekitarnya akan memberikan pengaruh yang kuat bagi pembentukan perilaku-perilaku sosial emosional anak. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pengaruh permainan tradisional congklak terhadap interaksi sosial dalam meningkatkan kemampuan sosial emosional anak usia 5-6 tahun di RA Al-Kautsar Pekanbaru. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif, yaitu peneliti ingin mendeskripsikan secara faktual dan objektif fakta-fakta yang ada di lapangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa melalui kegiatan bermaian congklak berpengaruh terhadap interaksi sosial anak usia dini di RA Al-Kautsar Pekanbaru. Hal ini terbukti dari nilai pre tes yang dilakukan menunjukkan hasil rata-rata 58,3% anak yang masih membutuhkan bantuan. Setelah peneliti melakukan tindakan dengan menunjukkan cara dan aturan bermain congklak sehingga diperoleh hasil post test 2,75% anak yang memerlukan bantuan. Kata Kunci: Perkembangan, Interaksi Sosial, Sosial Emosional, Permainan Congklak, Anak

Werte, Gewohnheiten, Haltungen. Eine Erinnerung an Emile Durkheims Konzept der Moralerziehung

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-261
Author(s):  
Rolf Schieder
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Moral Behavior ◽  
Social Character ◽  
Moral Ideals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Value Concept

Abstract The ethical value ofthe debate on values is dubious. The collision ofvalues, their implicit economic logic, the danger of a ›tyranny of values‹, and the gap between values and behavior show the problems of the value concept. Durkheims understanding of moral education insists on the social character of moral behavior. Morality has nothing to do with moral ideals and values. Morality is socially constituted in the first place. Durkheims programm of moral education goes from self-discipline over social abilities to autonomy. His plea for a universalistic morality can be seen in the context of Durkheims reflections upon bis situation as an assimilated Jew in France during the years of the Dreyfuß affaire.

scholarly journals Sunil Gangopaddhaya’s ‘An Unsent Letter’: A Harrowing Outburst of Long Smothered Wail of a Lacerated Psyche

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mozammel Haque
Keyword(s):  
Middle English ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
The Real ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Victorian Era ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Single Idea ◽  
Area Of Study

The statement that the poets are born after their death is universally known. There is hardly any writer who writes the criticism of his writings. They are the critics who criticize their works. It can be said that the writer himself may have only a single idea or message when he produces his piece of writings, but the critics have different views on the same work. Even one critic sometimes innovates miscellaneous ideas and messages from the same poetry, play, novel, short story, fiction, non-fiction etc. Furthermore, a post- colonial critic always tries to find the message of his area of study even in the writers of Anglo Saxon, Middle English, Romantic or Victorian era. A romanticist finds his theme in the writings of other periods. Similarly, a fan of feminism attempts to discover the messages related to females in the writings he studies. In the same way, the author of this paper, because of his being a writer for those who find themselves trapped in the social four walls, and who have no control over the situations around them, focuses on how Sunil Gangopaddhaya, in his short lyric titled ‘An Unsent Letter’, has picturesquely delineated the indescribable plight, predicament and quandary of a sub-continental girl who has been sold to a brothel for six thousand rupees. The paper also, besides showing how the women are neglected, abandoned, deserted and ignored in the male-chauvinistic society, emphasizes to show the real backdrop of the women in the society the poet lives.

scholarly journals Meningkatkan Kemampuan Sosial Emosional Anak Usia Dini melalui Permainan Menjaring Ikan

PALAPA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-220
Author(s):  
Sunandar Azma'ul Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Emotional Skills ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
Group B ◽  
Collection Methods

This study aims to improve children's social emotional skills through fishing games in group B PAUD KB Wanting Skilled Dusun Dasan Koak. Researchers chose this game to catch fish because the game of catching fish has never been implemented in PAUD KB Wants Skilled in improving children's social abilities. This type of research is qualitative research. The subjects in this study were 17 children of group B KB PAUD Want Skilled. The object of this research is the ability to interact, cooperate, and be responsible. Data collection methods used were observation, interviews, and documentation. The instrument used was the observation sheet. The data analysis technique was conducted in a descriptive qualitative manner. The results showed that the social emotional abilities of children increased after the action through fishing games. From the activity data before the research, it shows that the percentage of children's social emotional abilities is 23.52% or 4 children (BSH), 29.41% or 5 children (MB), and 47.05% or 8 children (MB). At the first meeting, the percentage of social emotional abilities increased to 29.41% or 5 children (BSB), 35.29% or 6 children (BSH), and 35.29% or 6 children (MB). At the next meeting, the percentage of social emotional abilities increased to 41.17% or 7 children (BSB), 47.05% or 8 children (BSH), and 11.76% or 2 children (MB). The game to catch fish is carried out in groups, there are groups that act as fish and there are groups that act as fishing nets. In group formation, the researcher involved the children by drawing and assigning two children to be the leaders in each group.

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