MUSIC KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES: THE CASE OF MME RANGWATO MAGORO

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Masoga
Keyword(s):  
Arts Education ◽  
African Music ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Apparent Shift

There is an apparent shift that challenges the so-called ‘established music fields’ to begin dialogue with African music perspectives. In the process of such dialogues and developments, there is a need to recast the importance of unmentioned, unsung and uncelebrated indigenous African music practitioners, composers, performers, poets, and praise singers. In this regard, musical arts education and its process cannot eschew broad educational challenges. The paper argues for the place of indigenous musical arts education experts in the current or mainstreamed musical arts processes. Mme Rangwato Magoro, from Malatane village in the greater Ga-Seloane community, is included as the main research collaborator in this brief piece of work.

Linguocultural work on the lessons Russian and Russian as a native language as a means to promote learners’ cognitive activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
L. N. Verkhovykh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Descriptive Method

. The paper deals with the issues of using the linguistic cultural approach to teaching Russian and Russian as a native language to boost learners’ cognitive activity. During the study, the basic principles and types of linguistic cultural work are characterised. The paper also describes areas where linguistic cultural material can be used. Additionally, a number of specific tasks facilitating learners’ cognitive skills development are given. The descriptive method is the main research tool in conjunction with some elements of comparative analysis. It was found that the linguistic cultural approach to teaching Russian and Russian as a native language is an important component in education as it enhances learners’ cognitive activity. Moreover, it provides comprehensive solutions to teaching and educational challenges.

scholarly journals Educational Challenges in Shaping the Entrepreneurship of IT Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Lupa-Wójcik
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitudes ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Main Barrier ◽  
Social Importance ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

One of the key success factors in the IT industry is innovation. It is an integral part of this industry and determines its development and, in addition, there are clear links between innovation and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship in the IT industry is of significant economic and social importance as it currently affects virtually every sphere of our lives. This means huge challenges for the education system in the field of entrepreneurship education among future IT specialists. The aim of the article is to analyze entrepreneurial attitudes among IT students, as well as to identify opportunities and barriers to entrepreneurship development in the IT industry in the context of educational challenges. The author formulated the following main research issue: What are the educational challenges in the field of entrepreneurship of IT students? In the research, a survey questionnaire was used for IT students at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. Research has shown that in IT studies, the importance of shaping soft competences, which are necessary for running a business, are largely omitted. They should build confidence, which is very important for people who would like to start their business however are afraid of failure, and it is the main barrier to entrepreneurship development in the IT industry. Creative activities that stimulate business ideas also play an important role in educating entrepreneurship in IT students.

To Pamwe or to Play: the Role of Play in Arts Education in Africa

2002 ◽  
Vol os-39 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minette Mans
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
African Music ◽  
Musical Performances ◽  
Societal Value ◽  
Fundamental Goal

Based on ongoing field research into Namibian music and dance, this article deliberates on play as an important component of childhood and an important element of Namibian performance. Considering that socialization is often described as the fundamental goal of African education, and that play is central to Namibian musical performances, this article investigates traditional functions of music as a means of socialization. Because play reflects and responds to societal value systems, the meaning of play is briefly explored, and the characteristics of play in Namibia are described in detail. The paper then proposes the increased use of play in African music education and advances the proposition in terms of the construction of a musical world and identity. The construction of a person's musical world is described in terms of the mental templates formed by a specific cultural group and by the environmental rules of play, which establish the meta-communicative frame. The article concludes with a summary of general contributions play, as a means of learning, being, and expressing can make to music education.

Social exchange processes, health behaviour, and health behaviour change

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-134
Author(s):  
Urte Scholz ◽  
Rainer Hornung
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Smoking Behaviour ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Exchange Processes ◽  
Multi Method Approach

Abstract. The main research areas of the Social and Health Psychology group at the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, are introduced. Exemplarily, three currently ongoing projects are described. The project ”Dyadic exchange processes in couples facing dementia” examines social exchanges in couples with the husband suffering from dementia and is based on Equity Theory. This project applies a multi-method approach by combining self-report with observational data. The ”Swiss Tobacco Monitoring System” (TMS) is a representative survey on smoking behaviour in Switzerland. Besides its survey character, the Swiss TMS also allows for testing psychological research questions on smoking with a representative sample. The project, ”Theory-based planning interventions for changing nutrition behaviour in overweight individuals”, elaborates on the concept of planning. More specifically, it is tested whether there is a critical amount of repetitions of a planning intervention (e.g., three or nine times) in order to ensure long-term effects.

EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES AS ACTIVITY MOTIVATORS

2019 ◽  
pp. 2-7
Author(s):  
N. V. Brendina
Keyword(s):  
Student Feedback ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Cognitive Motivation

The article describes modern motivational schemes aimed at the initiation, formation and development of learning and cognitive motivation of students. The schemes were developed using elements of gamification based on mobile technologies, which made it possible to increase the overall involvement of students in the search for solutions to the problems posed. The didactic potential of the games-сhallenges is considered. The structure of the challenge "Explanation", and stages of a QR-quest are presented. The model is concretized by educational products and student feedback, successfully tested.

The “dividend puzzle” and the Russian stock market. Part 1

2020 ◽  
pp. 66-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Abramov ◽  
A. D. Radygin ◽  
M. I. Chernova ◽  
R. M. Entov
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
General Context ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Main Research ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Dividend Payments ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
Dividend Irrelevance

This article analyzes the key patterns of the dividend policy and the problem of the “dividend puzzle” in the general context of the development of the stock market in Russia. The article consists of two parts.In the first part we summarize main research trends of dividend policy in modern economic theory (the classical Modigliani—Miller theory of dividend irrelevance, agent and signal hypotheses, the smoothing model, the catering theory, etc.). We emphasize the theoretical analysis of motivation of the largest Russian companies for profit allocation and dividend payout, based on a sample of 236 joint stock companies. Since 2012, a steady increase in dividend payments has been revealed in both private and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The bulk of dividend payments from SOEs accounts for only 12 major companies. Along with an increase in the market value, dividends have become an important factor in the total return on shares. Under current conditions, the probability of paying dividends depends not only on the size of the company and indicators of its’ financial stability, but also on the presence of the state in the capital of companies. However, the relationship between the probability of paying dividends and state participation in the ownership structure is not universal and can be explained by specific factors that go beyond the classical dividend theories.In the second part we will analyze the patterns of stock market performance and dividend policy of the largest Russian companies, motivation for dividend payouts and special aspects of SOEs policy.

Borders, Conflicts and Bargaining in Federations and Communities of Governments

2009 ◽  
pp. 83-99
Author(s):  
A. Libman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Distribution Of Power

Economic policy in the modern world can be treated as an outcome of interaction of multiple territorial centers of public authority: nation-states, subnational and supranational jurisdictions. In the last decades economics has increased its attention to the factors which influence the distribution of power among jurisdictions. The paper surveys two main research areas in this literature: economics of conflicts and theory of endogenous decentralization. It discusses the basic models of both approaches and their modifications applied in the literature as well as factors of conflict formation and bargaining over devolution.

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