scholarly journals The Self-Portrait as a Means of Self-Investigation, Self-Projection and Identification among the Primary School Population in Croatia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 143-164
Author(s):  
Dunja Pivac ◽  
Maja Zemunik
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Concrete Form ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Psychological Sense ◽  
The Impact

The self-portrait is a reflection of the personality in a visual, physical sense, as a concrete form, a summary of the external characteristics of the artist, but also in a psychological sense, when the self-portrait becomes a mediator of communication with the self, a medium of self-investigation. In this way, the self-portrait exists as a means of self-reflection, self-awareness and acceptance of the Self. It contains three primary values: subjective, objective and the archetype. Considering that the self-portrait is not exclusively a means of introspection reserved only for artistic practice, but also includes activities of the entire population, ranging from early childhood to old age, the projective and reflexive features of this motif began to be used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. These findings, as well the need for a new role for art teachers arising from the cognitive, emotional and moral needs of children and youth involved in the regular education system in the Republic of Croatia, gave rise to the project The Self-Portrait as a Means of Self-Investigation, Self-Projection and Identification, which was realised in the regular primary educational process, in fifth-grade art classes. The expressive and projective dimensions of children’s drawings, which can indicate the possibility of diagnostic and potentially therapeutic activity within the regular primary education system, were taken as a starting point. The project also sought to examine the impact of rational-cognitive principles of teaching on children’s creativity and expression.

scholarly journals On the mental toughness of self-aware athletes: Evidence from competitive tennis players

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 113 (Number 1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Cowden ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Multivariate Regression ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
The Self ◽  
Mental Toughness ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This study examined the relationship between mental toughness (MT) and self-awareness in a sample of 175 male and 158 female South African tennis athletes (mean age = 29.09 years, s.d. = 14.00). The participants completed the Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire and the Self-Reflection and Insight Scale to assess MT (confidence, constancy, control) and self-awareness (self-reflection and self-insight) dimensions, respectively. Linear regression indicated that self-insight (β=0.49), but not self-reflection (β=0.02), predicted global MT. Multivariate regression analyses were significant for self-reflection (ηp²=0.11) and self-insight (ηp²=0.24). Self-reflection predicted confidence and constancy (ηp²=0.05 and 0.06, respectively), whereas self-insight predicted all three MT subcomponents (ηp²=0.12 to 0.14). The findings extend prior qualitative research evidence supporting the relevance of self-awareness to the MT of competitive tennis athletes, with self-reflection and insight forming prospective routes through which athletes’ MT may be developed.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Instructive-educational Process in Kindergarten

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-134
Author(s):  
Adela-Simina Câmpan ◽  
Mușata Bocoș
Keyword(s):  
Health Professional ◽  
Education System ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
The Impact

"We are all going through a difficult period, called into question by so many questions: the COVID 19 pandemic. Without a doubt, this pandemic has had and still has many implications both in the personal life of each of us and in our professional life. In addition to the fact that this virus affects our health, professional life has also been put to the test. The education system was not bypassed by challenges, therefore this period proved to be extremely demanding, with many implications on the instructive-educational activity. Preschool education has not been exempted from the impact of the changes that have occurred as a result of the outbreak of the pandemic. Teachers in the preschool education system have faced many difficulties in terms of teaching in the group. The instructive-educational process suffered in the context of the pandemic, being many variables to consider: the age peculiarities of preschoolers, the ways in which the teaching activities can be carried out through the platforms, the quality of the educational act through them, the lack of training of the teachers in this respect, the availability of parents to be able to supervise the preschooler during the synchronous online activities, etc. The present study presents the results of the application of a questionnaire addressed to teachers in preschool education, on the territory of Romania, which highlights the implications of the pandemic on the instructive-educational process in kindergarten. Keywords: “COVID 19 pandemic”, “instructive-educational process”, “kindergarten” "

scholarly journals EXPRESS: Identifying with the Beautiful: Facial attractiveness effects on unisensory and multisensory self-other distinction

2021 ◽  
pp. 174702182110503
Author(s):  
Elena Panagiotopoulou ◽  
Laura Crucianelli ◽  
Alessandra Lemma ◽  
Katerina Fotopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Facial Attractiveness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Multisensory Perception ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Unfamiliar Face ◽  
Attractive Face ◽  
Body Image Disturbances ◽  
Embodied Self ◽  
The Impact

People tend to evaluate their own traits and abilities favourably and such favourable self-perceptions extend to attractiveness. However, the exact mechanism underlying this self-enhancement bias remains unclear. One possibility could be the identification with attractive others through blurring of self-other boundaries. Across two experiments, we used the enfacement illusion to investigate the effect of others’ attractiveness in the multisensory perception of the self. In Experiment 1 (N=35), participants received synchronous or asynchronous interpersonal visuo-tactile stimulation with an attractive and non-attractive face. In Experiment 2 (N=35), two new faces were used and spatial incοngruency was introduced as a control condition. The results showed that increased ratings of attractiveness of an unfamiliar face lead to blurring of self-other boundaries, allowing the identification of our psychological self with another's physical self and, specifically, their face, and this seems to be unrelated to perceived own attractiveness. The effect of facial attractiveness on face ownership showed dissociable mechanisms, with multisensory integration modulating the effect on similarity but not identification, an effect that may be purely based on vision. Overall, our findings suggest that others’ attractiveness may lead to positive distortions of the self. This research provides a psychophysical starting point for studying the impact of others' attractiveness on self-face recognition, which can be particularly important for individuals with malleable, embodied self-other boundaries and body image disturbances.

scholarly journals The Impact of Mindset on Self-Tracking Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elçin Hancı ◽  
Peter A. M. Ruijten ◽  
Joyca Lacroix ◽  
Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Implicit Beliefs ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Core ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Tracking Device ◽  
The Impact

Self-tracking technologies aim to offer a better understanding of ourselves through data, create self-awareness, and facilitate healthy behavior change. Despite such promising objectives, very little is known about whether the implicit beliefs users may have about the changeability of their own behavior influence the way they experience self-tracking. These implicit beliefs about the permanence of the abilities are called mindsets; someone with a fixed mindset typically perceives human qualities (e.g., intelligence) as fixed, while someone with a growth mindset perceives them as amenable to change and improvement through learning. This paper investigates the concept of mindset in the context of self-tracking and uses online survey data from individuals wearing a self-tracking device (n = 290) to explore the ways in which users with different mindsets experience self-tracking. A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches indicates that implicit beliefs about the changeability of behavior influence the extent to which users are self-determined toward self-tracking use. Moreover, differences were found in how users perceive and respond to failure, and how self-judgmental vs. self-compassionate they are toward their own mistakes. Overall, considering that how users respond to the self-tracking data is one of the core dimensions of self-tracking, our results suggest that mindset is one of the important determinants in shaping the self-tracking experience. This paper concludes by presenting design considerations and directions for future research.

scholarly journals A Health-improving and educational effect of gamified physical activities (Efecto educativo y de mejora de la salud de la actividad física del juego)

Retos ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 737-742
Author(s):  
Batilya O. Ermenova ◽  
Tursunai G. Ibragimova ◽  
Dulat Sovetkhanuly ◽  
Bolatbek A. Duketayev ◽  
Damir A. Bekbossynov
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Physical Mobility ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact

  Abstract. One of the main reasons for the decline in the level of the nation's health is the low manifestation of physical activity in school-age children. The study is relevant because it explores one of the effective ways to solve this issue – the introduction of physical folk games (PFG) in the educational system of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This will affect the physical development of schoolchildren and increase their involvement during physical education lessons. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of physical activities in traditional Kazakh physical games. For this, the types of Kazakh PFGs were studied, their classification was developed, a survey was conducted among schoolchildren to find out their interest in folk games. After that, an educational experiment was set up, during which the positive influence of PFG on the development of the physical skills of children at physical education lessons became evident. It was discovered that the indicators of physical mobility of schoolchildren significantly improved: the number of students with a low level of physical mobility (PM) decreased from 50% to 13%, and the average level of PM in schoolchildren increased from 31% to 62%. Due to the developments of this study, it is possible to continue work on the implementation of PFGs in the educational process, since this process is accessible. Physical folk games do not require complex equipment, expensive buildings, and special conditions. It is also important to study the impact of Kazakh PFGs not only on children with normal development but also on children with special educational needs. Resumen. Una de las principales razones del deterioro del nivel de salud de la nación es la baja manifestación de actividad física por parte de los niños en edad escolar. El artículo es relevante porque explora una de las formas efectivas de resolver este problema - la introducción de juegos folclóricos al aire libre en el sistema educativo de la República de Kazajstán. Esto afectará el desarrollo físico de los escolares y aumentará su participación durante las lecciones de educación física. El propósito de este estudio fue estudiar la efectividad de los juegos tradicionales kazajos al aire libre. Para esto se estudiaron los tipos de juegos populares kazajos al aire libre, se desarrolló su clasificación, se realizó una encuesta entre escolares para conocer su interés en los juegos folclóricos. Después de eso, se organizó un experimento pedagógico, durante el cual se hizo evidente la influencia positiva de juegos folclóricos al aire libre en el desarrollo de las habilidades físicas de los niños durante las lecciones de educación física. Se reveló que los indicadores de movilidad física de los escolares mejoraron significativamente: el número de estudiantes con un bajo nivel de movilidad física (MF) disminuyó del 50% al 13%, y el nivel promedio de MF de los escolares aumentó del 31% al 62%. Gracias al desarrollo de este estudio, es posible continuar trabajando en la implementación de juegos folclóricos al aire libre en el proceso educativo, ya que este proceso es accesible: los juegos folclóricos al aire libre no requieren equipos complejos, edificios costosos y condiciones especiales. También es importante estudiar la influencia de juegos folclóricos kazajas al aire libre no solo en los niños con normas de desarrollo, sino también en los niños con necesidades educativas especiales.

scholarly journals Changes in Pedagogical Interaction in the Context of Productive Learning

Pedagogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-60
Author(s):  
Auksė Petruškevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Self ◽  
School Level ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Educational Processes

Productive Learning, an educational innovation in the education system of Lithuania, whose theoretical paradigms and methodology enable widening the scope of the concept of pedagogical interaction to the conceptual scope of educational interaction, is presented in this article. Social actors surrounding the young person, i.e. peer students, local community, various entities of the labour market, are being consistently involved into the process of his / her self-education. A student in cooperation with a teacher and other actors of the self-educational process design the self-education content that meets his / her individual needs, while the process of self-education of a student is integrated into the process of learning at sites of practical training that are selected by himself / herself. Productive Learning is introduced as a “branch” of Alternative Education in Lithuania’s education system. Its target-group is students of Forms 9–10 who experience lasting failures at school and are attributed to the risk group of early school leavers. In this article, changes at student, teacher and school level caused by the educational interaction taking place in the context of Productive Learning are discussed and the main impediments for building the educational interaction in the new environment are disclosed. Building on the results of the empirical study that are corresponding those obtained in other countries (Germany, Finland) where Productive Learning is being adopted, an assertion can be made that the educational interaction being developed in Productive Learning leads to positive changes. Therefore, Productive Learning can be transferred and adopted in the education system of Lithuania as a feasible and effective pedagogical system. The results and conclusions of the study bear relevance for education policymakers, researchers and practicians who are looking for new and effective possibilities for development of (self-) educational processes and those who conduct a deeper analysis of the phenomenon of educational interaction.

scholarly journals Традиции гостеприимства у кряшен в свете автоэтнографии

2021 ◽  
pp. 304-316
Author(s):  
Иван Владимирович Севастьянов
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Cultural Specificity ◽  
Original Field ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Статья посвящена анализу особенностей традиции гостеприимства у кряшен, самобытного этноконфессионального сообщества, характеризующегося сочетанием татароязычия и православного вероисповедания. Изыскания автора основываются как на письменных источниках, так и на оригинальных полевых материалах, касающихся преимущественно двух этнографических групп кряшенского населения Республики Татарстан, молькеевской и заказанской, каждая из которых обладает собственной этнокультурной спецификой. Этнографический материал, анализируемый в статье, относится к хронологическому отрезку от рубежа к. XIX – нач. XX вв. до настоящего дня. Ставится задача, во-первых, исследовать проявления гостеприимства в конкретной этнической среде в его функциональных разновидностях; во-вторых, проследить трансформацию этого обычая в условиях современности. Показана саморефлексия автора-исследователя по поводу проблемы взаимовлияния объекта и субъекта изучения (этнографического наблюдения) и роль субъективности в научном постижении иной этнической культуры. Отношения диалога между исследователем и информантом рассматриваются как значимый приоритетный аналитический подход. В этой связи на примере опыта полевой работы в среде кряшенского населения Республики Татарстан выявляется воздействие, которое традиция гостеприимства в ее современном бытовании оказала на полевые исследования ученых-этнологов. Важнейшим ресурсом в процессе работы, по мнению автора, оказались взаимная расположенность и доверие, во многом базирующиеся на обычае гостеприимства. The article is devoted to the analysis of the tradition of hospitality among the Kryashens, an authentic ethno-confessional community, characterized by a combination of the Tatar-speaking and Orthodox faith. The research is based on both written sources and original field materials concerning mainly two ethnographic groups of the Kryashen population of the Republic of Tatarstan – Molkeevskaya and Zakazan, each of them having its own ethno-cultural specificity. The ethnographic material analyzed in the article refers to the period from the turn of the XIX – early XX centuries to the present day. The task is, firstly, to study the manifestations of hospitality in a specific ethnic environment in its functional varieties; secondly, to trace the transformation of this custom in modern conditions. The self-reflection of the author-researcher on the problem of the mutual influence of the object and the subject of study (ethnographic observation), the role of subjectivity in the scientific comprehension of another ethnic culture is shown. Understanding the relationship of the dialogue between the researcher and the informant is considered as a significant analytical approach. In this regard, the experience of fieldwork among the Kryashen population of the Republic of Tatarstan reveals the impact that the tradition of hospitality in its contemporary form had on the field research of ethnologists. Mutual disposition and trust, largely based on the custom of hospitality, turned out to be the most important resource in the process of an ethnological study.

scholarly journals Development of Human Resources in the Digital Environment: Strategic Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-161
Author(s):  
Anastasia Nikitaeva ◽  
Daria Mikhalkina
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Education System ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Strategic Perspective ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this article is to study possible directions and ways of developing human resources for the transition to digital economy using the potential of new technological solutions. The paper demonstrates the relationship of the Fourth industrial revolution and changes in the development of human resources, identifies key areas of the impact of digitalization processes on human resources, including the transformation of the structure of demand in the labor market changing the format of employment of workers and the emergence of new models of work changing the content of work, as well as changing the ratio of the importance of hard skills and soft skills. With this in mind, the important components of developing human resources in digital economy are identified, the emphasis is placed on the role of the education system in this process, covering the following aspects: creating a system of new professions, competencies and standards in correspondence with appropriate educational programs; incorporating innovative educational technologies into the educational process in order to develop a set of soft skills; creating a “smart” education system using intelligent ICT solutions affecting the content and process components of learning as key components of developing human resources. The paper determines the feasibility of implementing the proposed solutions on the basis of the partnership between educational institutions, public authorities and business.

scholarly journals Better Choice, Better Health? Social Integration and Health Inequality among International Migrants in Hangzhou, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4787
Author(s):  
Xiaoguang Fan ◽  
Fei Yan ◽  
Wei Yan
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Self ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of social integration and socioeconomic status on immigrant health in China. Taking the framework of social determinants of health (SDH) as the theoretical starting point, this paper uses the Hangzhou sample of the 2018 Survey of Foreigners in China (SFRC2018) to explore two core factors affecting the health inequality of international migrants in China: the level of social integration following settlement, and socioeconomic status before and after coming to China. The results show that having a formal educational experience in China helped improve both the self-rated health status and self-assessed change in health of international migrants; that the socioeconomic status of an emigrant’s home country affected self-rated health; and that the self-assessed change in health of immigrants from developing countries was significantly higher than those from developed countries. This study concludes that the health inequalities of immigrant populations in China must be understood in the context of China’s specific healthcare system and treatment structure.

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