scholarly journals THEATRE MANAGEMENT INVESTIGATION OF FEMALE PROMISCUITY: PREGNANCY AND ABORTION IMPACT ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL THEATRES IN NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 023
Author(s):  
Vincent O. Diakpomrere
Keyword(s):  
Extensive Study ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Theatre ◽  
Theatre Arts ◽  
Female Promiscuity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Theatre Programs ◽  
The University ◽  
Theatre Management

This study investigates promiscuity impacts, pregnancy impacts and abortion impacts of female undergraduates on management of the University of Benin educational theatre program, with implications on general theatre practice including Muson and Nollywood, in Nigeria. There are widespread speculations that female undergraduate theatre students are promiscuous and therefore highly prone to pregnancies and abortions for reasons or factors not confirmed by research. At least no such specific extensive study has been carried out in the University of Benin Theatre on this topic. Yet many female students are branded and treated merely as ‘debased females and prospective prostitutes’, and do not enjoy the goodwill, support, respect and honor their counterparts in the social, basic and environmental sciences as well as other fields of academic studies enjoy. This would be tantamount to a great disservice and injustice that need to be urgently addressed if a rigorous academic inquiry proves otherwise. Not to mention the undiscovered negative impacts the problem may have had, or currently be having on the training and practice of theatre arts in Nigeria: hence this investigation. The methodology, the subjects of study and study sample were carefully and systematically determined. The findings are mostly positive regarding the negative behavior investigated. Hence the recommendations point to measures aimed at checking and restricting these vices as well as their impact to a minimum as well as towards improving the moral, academic and managerial framework of educational theatre programs in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Empowerment of Female Students at Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aqel Abdel Aziz Aqel
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Development Factor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Shed Light

ABSTRACT The study aims to shed light on the reality of empowering the female students regarding the activities, the extent of engagement, their autonomy, and the academic development among them. In addition, it reveals the empowering requirements from the perspective of the activities’ leadership. The study used the analytical descriptive method, and the tools of the study, and analysed the documents, the questionnaire form and the meetings with the university leaderships. Empowering the female students’ rate for the activities was fifty percent. The cultural activities represented the rate of thirty to forty percent and the social activities represented the rate of 28.38 percent. Secondly, the meetings results showed that the female students are empowered for the activities, which fit their nature and identity. First, they had the rate of 17.14 percent, and the first impediments rated 11.19 percent. Regrading unempowering the female students for the activities, there was no enough number for the competitions. The major requirements for empowering the activities and providing the activities according to the requirements of the female students, their desires and attitudes had the rate of 17.14 percent. The questionnaire showed that the factor of autonomy and assessment rated mathematical average of 1.90 out of 3. It came after the academic development factor, with general mathematical average of 2.18 out of 3. As for the factor of the activities and their fittings, it had the general mathematical average of 1.93 out of 3.

The American Musical and the American Dream: from ‘Show Boat’ to Sondheim

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-38
Author(s):  
David Hirst
Keyword(s):  
American Dream ◽  
Musical Form ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Theatre Arts ◽  
Critical Methodology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Post War ◽  
The University ◽  
Depression Era ◽  
International Success

The musical has long been recognized as one of the few distinctively American art forms. How far do these roots result in an ‘Americanism’ of ideological content – and how, indeed, does one measure the ‘content’ of a musical, with its fusion of the spoken word, song, and choreography? David Hirst, who teaches in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts of the University of Birmingham, here examines the problems of critical methodology posed by the musical form, and also traces the development of the musical as an expression (at times a critical expression) of the American way of life and the ‘American dream’. After demonstrating its reflection of themood of the Depression era, he analyzes its response to the social and political mood of the war and post-war years, and to the changing standards which made Hair an international success, yet which have consigned the work of Sondheim to Broadway failure – in a world where ‘failure’ and ‘success’ carry their own, pervasively American connotations.

Violence Onstage and Off: Drama and Society in Recent American Plays

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Vandenbroucke
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Theatre Arts ◽  
Cultural Violence ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
University Of Louisville ◽  
Tectonic Theater Project ◽  
Dead Man ◽  
The University ◽  
Artistic Director

Direct and bloody violence has a long history on stage. In recent years, a different mode of violence can be distinguished in the work of prominent American playwrights – less direct than indirect, more covert than overt, and likely to affect a group rather than individuals. In this article Russell Vandenbroucke applies concepts from Norwegian sociologist and Peace Studies scholar Johan Galtung to examine structural and cultural violence in Suzan-Lori Parks's Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3) and traces similar representations of violence in Anna Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror, Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Lynn Nottage's Ruined, Ayad Aktar's Disgraced, The Laramie Project by Moisés Kauffman and the Tectonic Theater Project, and Tim Robbins's adaptation of Dead Man Walking by Sr Helen Prejean. These writers have in common the status of traditional outsiders – black, female, gay, Muslim – and this informs their engagement in the social and political vitality of the stage. The shift in focus of these plays from direct violence echoes observations in Steven Pinker's recent The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Russell Vandenbroucke is Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Louisville and Director of its Peace, Justice, and Conflict Transformation programme. He previously served as Artistic Director of Chicago's Northlight Theatre. His publications include Truths the Hand Can Touch: the Theatre of Athol Fugard and numerous articles on South African theatre.

Is Hijab a fashion statement? A study of Malaysian Muslim women

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadila Grine ◽  
Munazza Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Analytic Thinking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Religious Obligation

Purpose The purpose of this research is to analyze the motivation behind the hijab behavior in a multicultural environment of Malaysia; it is a religious obligation or fashion behavior. In an analytic thinking of motivation in influencing women in wearing a hijab, learning from the social environment on religious obligation and fashion in hijab has been discussed. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative analysis has been conducted for 100 hijab-wearing female students in the University of Malaya. Findings The findings were tabulated and the outcomes proved that most of the women took the hijab as a religious obligation instead of fashion motivation. Muslim women are still taking on the religious obligation in styling up the hijab. Modification in the hijab can be accepted in Malaysia, but the substantial design to wear the hijab is an obligation. Originality/value This study exclusively discusses the hijab as fashion and religious obligation within the context of Malaysia.

The university of sydneySocial-Economic Impacts of Sports Betting on Ugandan Youth. The case of Mbale Youth .

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-82
Author(s):  
Kutosi Ayub Masaba ◽  
Johnson Sekakubo ◽  
Alexander Blaszczynski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Sports Betting ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The University

Sports betting activities, particularly among youth, is increasing rapidly in Ugandan. The aim of this study was to determine the motivation for sports betting among Ugandan youth, and the social economic impact of this form of gambling. In a cross sectional quantitative research design, a questionnaire data was obtained from a sample of 181 youth attending betting houses in the Mbale district.  Results indicated that that most youths were motivated by the desire to win money. Findings also revealed that Ugandan youth socially and economically benefited from sports betting. The study concludes by recommending that even if findings do not show the negative impacts of gambling on youth, there is need for stricter laws to avert any future negative implications.

scholarly journals The cultural consequences of using social media as recognized by university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
May Abdullah Al-amer, Fawziah Bakr Al-bakr
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Education Students ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

    The aim of the study was to identify the reasons for using Whatsapp and Snapchat as recognizedby female students and to identify the cultural consequencesof the use of Whatsapp on the behavior of the university students in respect to social and knowledge field, and to identify the cultural consequencesof the use of Snapchat in respect to cultural and educational field and identify the statistically significance differences of the views among the female university students, which are related to the variables of the study: the stage of study and the number of hours of use. the researcher used the descriptive survey approach rely on a questionnaire that consisted of (58) sentences distributed according to the fields of the study, it was applied to a sample of (503) female students of College of Education at King Saud University. Preliminary data of the study showed that 33.2% of the sample used social media daily for more than 6 hours. The study found that the most important reasons for using Whatsapp is to communicate with family, friends and entertainment. They use Snapchat for entertainment, to learn about the cultures of other peoples and to follow up the influential people with experience, and of the cultural consequencesof using Whatsapp on the behavior of the female students in the social field are spreading rumors and mislead others through unreliable advertisements, and in the field of knowledge that Being preoccupied with Whatsapp messages reduces focus on task performance and facilitates the dissemination of ideas easily, and from the cultural consequencesof using Snapchat on the behavior of the female students in the cultural field, the predominance of entertainment and formal interests among female students and its role in dissemination of values contrary to our Islamic values and customs and in the field of education Students are seeing Snapchat as a tool to gain fame and show off and brag about. Given the importance of the role played by the social media in developing the social and intellectual mobility among the female university students, the researcher recommends to pay particular attention to this age group for their keen interest in knowledge to enable them to improve their skills according to their aspirations, thus contributing to the development of their society.   ، ، ، ، 

scholarly journals The Social Correlates of Anxiety among University Students

2018 ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Khisro Kaleem Raza Et al.,
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Social Correlates ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness experienced by an individual regarding his/her future-oriented tasks, where an individual feels apprehension regarding the worse happening which may not actually happen. The correlates of anxiety refer to the factors which lead towards the feelings of worry, whereby the social correlates of anxiety are the social factors which may lead towards anxiety. The current study was designed to investigate the social correlates of anxiety among university students. A total of 758 students from the University of Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were taken as a sample of the study including 442 male and 316 female students from all the disciplines of the stated university from its final year all masters programs. A proportionate sample of 30% from both male and female students was taken and the data were collected through the use of self-report four point liker scale inventory. The social correlates of anxiety among university students were divided into three broad categories including family (parents), friends and teachers. Data were collected, tabulated and analyzed for the stated correlates of anxiety among university students which revealed that all of the three social correlates of anxiety prevailed among male students. Finally, suggestions were made and recommendations were presented for minimizing the severity of anxiety correlates among university students.

scholarly journals Role of the University in the social mobility of the Saudi woman: A case of Prince Sattam University

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wadad Abdullah Sharabi
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Verbal Assessment ◽  
The University

The study aimed to identify the role of Prince Sattam University as a model in the development of the social mobility of Saudi women and to reveal the effect of some variables (the scientific specialization of the residence class) for the role of Prince Sattam University as a model in the social mobility of female students. (48) divided into four main dimensions of social mobility, and was selected a random sample consisting of (200) students from the University of Prince Sattam. The study found that the University of Prince Sattam as a role model in achieving social mobility with a mean average of 4.30, a standard deviation of 0.98, a verbal assessment (strongly agree), economic mobility with an average of 4.43, a standard deviation of 0.89, ), Cultural mobility at an average of 3.75, a standard deviation of 0.83, a verbal estimate of (I agree), political mobility at an average of 3.93, a standard deviation of 0.90, a verbal assessment of students The study showed that there is no difference in the responses of female students due to the variable (specialization of the academic class in residence) in all the social mobility. The study also presented a model from the point of view of the students to activate the role of the university in helping students develop their social mobility. The role of the university in developing the social mobility of its students, and urging students to participate in political, cultural, economic and social, and the importance of the role of the university in introducing students to the importance of social mobility  

scholarly journals Social phobia and its relation to university compatibility among the students of the Hashemite University: الرهاب الاجتماعي وعلاقته بالتوافق الجامعي لدى طلبة الجامعة الهاشمية

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Khalid Al-Riggad
Keyword(s):  
Social Phobia ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Social ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The University ◽  
Hashemite University ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to uncover the relationship between social phobia and university compatibility among the students of the Hashemite University, and to find out whether there were differences between the students in the level of these variables attributed to gender and specialization. The study sample consisted of (800) male and female students from the university with (456) males and (344) females, distributed according to scientific specialties by (377) and humanitarian specialties by (423). To achieve the objectives of the study, the social phobia scale and the university compatibility scale were used. The results of the study indicated that the level of social phobia among students is average (54%). The level of academic compatibility among students was average (56.6%). The results also indicated that there was a statistically significant correlation between social phobia and university compatibility at the level of significance (0.05 α). There were no statistically significant differences between male and female students in the level of social phobia and university consensus. The results showed no significant differences Statistics among students with scientific and literary disciplines in the level of social phobia and university consensus.

scholarly journals „VI ISLAMISTER.. Distinktion og drama i islamisk aktivisme

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connie Carøe Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Muslim Woman ◽  
University Campus ◽  
The Social ◽  
Minor Part ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The University ◽  
Political Groups ◽  
The Town

Connie Carøe Christiansen: “We, Islamists”. Distinetion and Drama in Islamic Activism In the town of Fes the Islamic activists have now accepted Islamist as a term of selfdesignation. In the continuous drama of a rivalry between comrades and Islamists at the university campus, the Islamists are recreating themselves as Islamists. This struggle, as well as other activities of the Islamists, is reinforcing an objectifying approach to the world. The social space of the university is a polarized space where both political groups are trying to obtain visibility by various activities on the campus, which in a sense can be regarded as a stage. Their offer of a political standpoint, however, is often rejected and the vast majority of the Moroccan youth present themselves as uninterested in politics. They are in reality exeluded from formal political participation. The ability to objectify may act as support for the ascendent middle class in Morocco where politics has been tumed into an activity for elite families which are allied with the powerful king, Hassan II. At the university, however, political organizing is something that is quite easily accomplished, but at the same time it is monitored and controlled by the police. The political activities of the university students, therefore, have little real effeet, which only adds to the impression of them as exaggerated, as if having a melodramatic character. The Islamist, female students are not involved in the physical confrontations between comrades and brothers. Rather, necessitated by stereotype ideas on the Muslim woman as dumb and duil, they are engaged in a struggle of distinction. In this struggle they are implicitly distancing themselves from their “ordinary Muslim” sisters, the uneducated Muslim woman and the female students who let the religion play a minor part in their lives. This also involves objectifying processes. The Islamist women place impetus on the hijab but have also realized that this device does not suffice as a signal of commitment to the Islamist cause, because anybody can wear a hijab, calling for evemew devices of distinction. At doser look, the Islamists may have more in common with their secularist rivals than might be expected if one judges from the dramatic rivalry at the university. The women at least seem to be more concemed with distancing themselves from the ordinary Muslim woman, in order to make it possible to be recognized as being, at one and the same time, a woman, a Muslim, and an intellectual.

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