scholarly journals Teaching Literature in a Post-Dictatorship Country

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Dhurata Lamçja
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
National History ◽  
Literature Teaching ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
University System ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Communist Ideology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Literature Curricula

Albanian literature curricula in a high school system has incorporated in a few years a lot of concepts, authors and methodology pretending in absorbed and integration of knowledge worldwide on literature teaching process and environment. Analyzing the academic process of constructing the base and the theoretical axis of the teachers, which actually are teaching literature can be noticed easily that a large number of them in their last ten years of their professional carrier has nothing to do with it. Their studies in university stage was only ideologized and focused on socialist realism. The university’s curriculum was strictly handicapped and based on the communist ideology on “creating the new people- the communist one”, as the literature itself, and every art form was “shaped” as it. Being such a teacher nowadays in Albania you have to face a challenge: You feel prejudged by your “experienced” colleges, who has not accepted and never “known” really the perspective of reading a fiction text as a “open text”. You felt yourself “trapped” in textbooks, their sources and their perspective is limited on their authors theoretical backgrounds. Having a parenting and student tradition, mentality as their academic success is based only on “the book” (even if in Albania we have more than 10 years practicing “altertext”-as a possibility of performing the subject program through the book chosen by teachers between three or four possibilities) makes it difficult to provide an “open” experience on learning through a based bibliography. The academic coordinators in pre-university system, aren’t always ready for the teacher who want to realize the teaching process leaded by the ideas of globalization, open minded individual, constructive perspective of the personality of the student, on national history and tradition versus “the other”.

Teaching Literature among Pre-Service Teachers: Challenges and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-103
Author(s):  
Ain Suraya Harun ◽  
Norhanim Abdul Samat
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Public University ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Literature Teaching ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

Teacher trainees should be prepared to teach and exposed to the approaches, models, and techniques of literature teaching. Being ready can also boost their confidence to teach literature so that the lessons can be delivered smoothly.  These teachers are so new to teaching that they might face difficulties when teaching English, specifically literature. There are teaching techniques, strategies and approaches that those pre-service teachers can investigate to understand better how to apply in their teaching. Additionally, their lack of exposure towards literature teaching can also affect the performance of teaching. This paper seeks to investigate pre-service teachers’ readiness to teach literature in schools and the challenges faced by them while teaching literature. It also attempts to offer suggestions to improve better literature teaching. This mixed method research study used questionnaires distributed to 22 TESL pre-service teachers from a public university in Johor. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were conducted with two lecturers who have vast experiences in supervising pre-service teachers at schools. Results show that a majority of fourth year TESL students are ready to teach literature with the training and courses provided by the university. Also, among the challenges that they faced are time management and their students’ feelings on the subject. This study hopes to provide insights to training teachers on literature teaching.

scholarly journals Konturer af intermedial litteratur og litteraturdidaktik i Fælles Mål og i danskundervisningen

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Ayoe Quist Henkel
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Multimodal Approach ◽  
Literature Teaching ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Art And Literature ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Blue Eyes ◽  
The Relationship

I Fælles Mål for faget dansk (2014) forekommer vendingen ”litteratur og andre æstetiske tekster” og begrebet ”multimodalitet” for første gang i danskfagets læreplan. Samtidig udvikles nye former for kunstarter og medier for realisering af litteratur i kraft af den teknologiske og digitale udvikling. Når børn i dag åbner en litterær tekst i danskundervisningen, vil det af og til være i form af digital litteratur, som fx en litterær app, en sms-novelle eller et andet digitalt format, der benytter sig af forskellige udtryksformer og varierende former for interaktion. Sådanne forandringer i læreplanen og i det litterære felt stiller nye spørgsmål til dels, hvad der karakteriserer litteraturundervisningens genstandsfelt, dels hvorfor og hvordan digital litteratur kan læses i modersmålsundervisningen. Disse fagdidaktiske spørgsmål diskuterer og svarer artiklen på ud fra en intermedialitetstilgang (bl.a. Mitchell 1994, Wolf 2007, Elleström 2010, Bruhn 2012 og 2016), eftersom denne i al sin diversitet er optaget af tværæstetisk og tværmedial betydningsdannelse i blandt andet litteratur. Denne tilgang komplementerer dermed multimodalitetsteorien, der orienterer sig mod alle tekster og deres sammensatte og kommunikative hensigt, ved at fokusere særligt på æstetiske tekster og disses mulige refleksions- og erkendelsespotentiale. Ud fra en analyse fokuseret på de to nye begrebsanvendelser og med nedslag i en digital og remedieret version af Karen Blixens fortælling ”De blå øjne” (2016) tegner artiklen konturerne af intermedial litteraturdidaktik, der afslutningsvis formuleres i tre praksisnære principper for litteraturundervisning: Sanse, sammenligne og skabe.  ”Contours of Intermedial Literature and Literature Didactics in Common Aims and Danish Teaching“ analyses current changes in the common aims for the subject of Danish Fælles Mål for faget dansk (2014) influencing the domain of literature teaching and its position in the teaching of Danish. The article discusses how and why literature for children and young adults in an intermedial and material perspective can be considered in the teaching and it discusses the relationship between intermediality theory and multimodality theory. The multimodal approach stresses the expanded textual concept for the purpose of communication, whereas the intermedial approach privileges texts as art and literature for the purpose of reflection and recognition. Following this, the article makes a case for the place of literature in Danish and for intermedial literature didactics which can include literature in various formats and media with the emphasis on their sensory appeal to the reader. With excerpts from the digital and remediated version of Karen Blixen’s story “The Blue Eyes” (2016) as illustrations, three practice-oriented principles for teaching literature are formulated: perceive, compare and create. 

THE USE OF VIDEO IN TEACHING LISTENING SKILL

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjulayana -
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Clear Explanation ◽  
Visual Aid ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Listening Process ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Clear Information

ABSTRACT The objective of this research is to give understanding and clear explanation about teaching students’ listening skill by English video. Commonly, teaching listening through tape recorder, but in this research teacher shows different way, video is collaboration between pictures and sound components, and it contains a recording of a movie or television program. Students can be able to know the activity or a topic being discussion through visual aid and knowing the pictures expression clearly, this way can help students to get clear information both pronunciations and expression. Grade VIII of SMPN 15 Tangerang with total number is 20 students and 10 English teachersas the subject of the research.  Qualitative descriptive method is applied in this research to explain teaching process through video clearly, however, literature and questionnaere with close answer form is given to get the data. The result of this research are: firstly, teaching listening skill through video can be used by the teacher to make a listening class is more enjoyable and understandable, because audio visual aid can cover students various learning style, finally at the end of teaching and listening process the objectives of study can be gained. Secondly; teaching listening through video is very useful way to encourage and foster students’ listening skill and their interest.      Keywords: Using Video, Listening skill, teaching listening

scholarly journals Hybrid team based learning-personalised education for teaching epidemiology in public health degrees

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Ha ◽  
B Kemp ◽  
M Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Failure Rate ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
University Education ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Team Based Learning ◽  
The Subject

Abstract Background University education in Australia and internationally involves teaching diverse students: in terms of age, life experience, previous degrees completed, and level of English competency. In Australia the Bachelors of Public Health (BPH) at The University of Wollongong, epidemiology is a core subject. It aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to design, critique and interpret studies that investigate why different populations experience different health outcomes. A student-centred learning strategy; Hybrid Team Based Learning and Personalised Education teaching strategy (HTBL-PE) was created to maximise academic success. Each phase has a distinct purpose based on learning theories (e.g. TBL, Bloom's taxonomy and Vygotsky). HTBL-PE aims to systematically build students abilities; strengthen self-confidence and belief, by teaching the way students learn and harnessing the capabilities of the team to strengthen the individual. Objectives HTBL-PE was evaluated in spring 2019 in the BPH, where their experiences at the beginning and end of semester were measured. Results In total 73 out of 84 enrolled students provided data at both time-points (87%). At the end of the semester, the vast majority of students indicated their interest in epidemiology had increased (93%), critical thinking had improved (92%), and confidence as independent learners had increased (86%). Outcomes did not differ significantly by gender or across learning styles. More than two thirds of students had already applied learnings from this subject in other settings (67%). Students' final mark for this subject was significantly higher than their Weighted Average Mark (WAM) prior to the semester (+17.4, p < 0.001). Average scores for the subject were > 84/100 with a < 0.5% failure rate. Conclusions HTBL-PE has positive learning outcomes; low failure rates, increased confidence in learning and themselves, increased interest in epidemiology and high overall scores in the subject. Key messages An effective new innovative teaching strategy resulted in a subject average score > 84/100 and <0.5% failure rate. The vast majority of students reported increased confidence as independent lifelong learners, critical thinking, confidence in epidemiology (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) and themselves.

Glorious Apollo: Poetic and Political Themes in the First Opera

1979 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Russano Hanning
Keyword(s):  
Art Form ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Early Opera

Historians of early opera have occasionally noted the appropriateness of Orpheus’ appearance as artistic spokesman for the new art form. Poet-singer par excellence of antiquity, whose music shook the very depths of the universe as he retrieved Eurydice from the Underworld, Orpheus surely appealed to the early opera composers and their humanist program—to recreate the moving power of an entirely sung drama by forging a new union of poetry, music, and gesture.In the history of opera, however, primacy of place must be given to the god Apollo, for the legend of Apollo and Daphne was the subject of the first favola per musica, La Dafne, written by Ottavio Rinuccini, with music composed by Jacopo Corsi and Jacopo Peri, and first performed in 1598 at Corsi's home in Florence.

scholarly journals Measuring logical competences and soft skills when enrolling in a university degree course

2021 ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Bruno Bertaccini ◽  
Riccardo Bruni ◽  
Federico Crescenzi ◽  
Beatrice Donati
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Exit Examination ◽  
University System ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Logical abilities are a ubiquitous ingredient in all those contexts that take into account soft skills, argumentative skills or critical thinking. However, the relationship between logical models and the enhancement of these abilities is rarely explicitly considered. Two aspects of the issue are particularly critical in our opinion, namely: (i) the lack of statistically relevant data concerning these competences; (ii) the absence of reliable indices that might be used to measure and detect the possession of abilities underlying the above-mentioned soft skills. This paper aims to address both aspects of this topic by presenting the results of a research we conducted in the period October – December 2020 on students enrolled in various degree courses at the University of Florence. To the best of our knowledge, to date this is the largest available database on the subject in the Italian University System. It has been obtained by a three-stage initiative. We started from an “entrance” examination for assessing the students' initial abilities. This test comprised ten questions, each of which was centered on a specific reasoning construct. The results we have collected show that there is a widespread lack of understanding of basic patterns that are common in the everyday way of arguing. Students then underwent a short training course, using formal logic techniques in order to strengthen their abilities, and afterwards took an “exit” examination, replicating the structure and the questions difficulty of the entrance one in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the course. Results show that the training was beneficial.

scholarly journals Relevance of intertextual links while studying A.A. Akhmatova’s oeuvre

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-97
Author(s):  
Marianna Yu. Borshchevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Contextual Approach ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Metaphorical Thinking ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

The author’s goal is to justify the contextual approach to studying the works of A.A. Akhmatova at school basing on the features of the poet’s oeuvre, as well as the tasks that a teacher of literature faces today: the development of logical and metaphorical thinking, interpretative abilities, interest in the subject, and formation of cultural memory. The presented materials are based on the analysis of the research that reflects the leading trends in the field of methods of teaching literature, and the results of pedagogical practice. We propose planning lessons on the work of A.A. Akhmatova in the light of intertextual links, examples of tasks for each of the topics, and we also suggest one of the possible options for comparative analysis based on the method of slow reading of poems by A.A. Akhmatova and A.S. Pushkin. Methodological materials were tested in school and gymnasium practice of teaching the subject «Literature» and confirmed their effectiveness.

Musical Color-Painting: In Memory of Yu. A. Pravdyuk

Leonardo ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Zorin
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Simple Instrument ◽  
The Subject

On 17 May 2002 the master of the art form known as musical color-painting, Yury Pravdyuk, passed away in Kharkov, Ukraine. Pravdyuk was the inventor of an ingeniously simple instrument for color-painters and the author of approximately 150 inimitable color-dynamic compositions to accompany the music of composers of different eras and peoples. How the idea of musical color-painting was born and Pravdyuk's creative path is the subject of the present article by one who had been a close assistant of Pravdyuk since 1965.

VALIDITY OF LEARNING TOOLS TO MEASURE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Nurul Hidayati ◽  
Elly Yustina ◽  
Sri Hendra Suryani ◽  
Juli Eka Nugraheni
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Validation Criteria ◽  
Final Score ◽  
The Subject

The success of a teaching process cannot be separated from the learning tools used, one of the requirements is that the learning tools must be valid. The success of a teaching process is measured by the extent to which students can master the subject matter presented by the teacher. A learning model is needed that can make it easier to develop critical thinking skills so that a truly valid learning tool is obtained to measure the potential and skills that exist in students. Among the learning models that emphasize the process of seeking and finding is the inquiry model. This study aims to prepare in measuring critical thinking skills of Madrasah Tsanawiyah students. The Learning Toolkit has been validated by 3 experts and will then be averaged to find the final score. The values obtained will be entered into the validation criteria table based on the validation criteria table and the results are that the tools made are very valid and can be used in the teaching and learning process because previously the tools made have been revised several times. Keywords: validity, learning tools, critical thinking skills AbstrakKeberhasilan suatu proses pengajaran tidak terlepas dari perangkat pembelajaran yang digunakan, salah satu persyaratan adalah perangkat pembelajaran harus valid. Keberhasilan suatu proses pengajaran diukur dari sejauh mana siswa dapat menguasai materi pelajaran yang disampaikan guru. Diperlukan suatu model pembelajaran yang dapat memudahkan dalam mengembangkan perangkat keterampilan berpikir kritis sehingga didapatkan suatu perangkat pembelajaran yang benar-benar valid untuk mengukur potensi dan keterampilan yang ada pada diri siswa. Diantara model pembelajaran yang menekankan kepada proses mencari dan menemukan adalah model inkuiri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempersiapkan dalam mengukur keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa Madrasasah Tsanawiyah. Perangkat Pembelajaran sudah divalidasi oleh 3 orang ahli kemudian akan dirata-ratakan untuk mencari nilai akhir. Nilai yang didapat akan dimasukkan ke dalam tabel kriteria validasi diberdasarkan tabel kriteria validasi dan hasilnya perangkat yang dibuat termasuk sangat valid dan dapat digunakan dalam proses belajar mengajar karena sebelumnya perangkat yang dibuat sudah dilakukan beberapa kali revisi.  Kata kunci: kevalidan, perangkat pembelajaran, keterampilan berpikir kritis

Specifičnosti onlajn nastave leksikologije i sintakse srpskog jezika na Filološkom fakultetu: izazovi i perspektive

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Raković ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Insufficient Time ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Case Based

The paper deals with the observation of the specifics of online teaching of lexicology and syntax of the Serbian language at the Faculty of Philology of students studying a foreign language. The aim is to notice possibilities of realization of online teaching. The research was conducted on the basis of the implementation of the teaching process in the subject Serbian language 2 (lexicology and syntax) and a survey of students on the advantages and disadvantages of online teaching. The analysis showed that online teaching provides shortcomings in the form of insufficient time for the teacher to deal in more detail with student ambiguities, but also provides numerous opportunities for progress in education – mostly in terms of student time organization and uninterrupted questioning, which is not always the case. Based on the obtained results, we will try to give methodological implications for teaching practice, which concern the possibility of improving online teaching of the Serbian language at the university level.

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