scholarly journals Development of Concentration Future Musician-Teacher in the Class of Solo Musical and Instrumental Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena P. Krasovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Special Focus ◽  
Music Pedagogy ◽  
Instrumental Performance ◽  
General Psychology ◽  
Piano Performance ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Piano Lessons ◽  
Psychology Pedagogy ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Performing Art

The article examines the basic characteristics of concentration as most important property of attention of future teachers-musicians and the methods which help its effective formation during piano lessons. Studying of scientific approaches to this concept of a context of physiology, the general psychology, pedagogy showed that concentration acts as the most important psychological condition of deeper understanding of objects and the phenomena, optimum course of cognitive and practical activities of the person, especially in the course of the learning and creativity. A person activity, enthusiasm and continuing interest in a concentration subject help increase of attention concentration. The success of development of this property of attention in many respects depends on application by the teacher of special receptions for the organization of activity with an object, allocations in new aspects, their analysis and comparison, search for new properties of an object, ways and opportunities of its application or improvement. Special focus is placed on characteristics of the conceptual ideas of music pedagogy for development of attention concentration of students. The carried-out analysis of positions of authoritative representatives of performing art and music pedagogy showed that concentration is a starting point of musical and performing creativity and an important condition of efficiency of pianist work. Summarize experience of outstanding representatives of piano performance and theatrical pedagogy allowed to suggest the effective approaches to development of concentration as the significant quality in no small measure influencing disclosure of creative potential of future musician-teacher and defining a possibility of his productive self-realization in an instrumental and performing activity. The author comes to a conclusion that the ability to concentrate can be developed under the leadership of the teacher during training in a class, on rehearsals and also in homework when performing specially organized exercises. The persistence in mastering the concentration equipment by performance of specially organized exercises will allow the musician to operate consciously process of attention, it is essential to increase concentration time on the solution of a creative task.

scholarly journals Natural Law and Political Ontology: a Historico-Philosophical Outline of a Major Human Transformation

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-151
Author(s):  
Tomas Berkmanas
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Analytic Philosophy ◽  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Political Ontology ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Political Exile ◽  
Political Praxis

ABSTRACT The article explores the possibility of comprehending natural law, together with an alternative to the Schmittean political, through an inquiry into the layers of professional philosophy with a special focus on epistemology and analytic philosophy. The starting point of the research is the controversy surrounding the ideas of Carl Schmitt, in which it is unclear what lies at the origin of law and the political - sovereign decision or the situation (Part I)? The latter possibility directs the inquiry to the conceptual field related to natural law and epistemology. Proceeding via both diachronic and synchronic perspectives, the inquiry further analyses what has happened to natural law in modernity, and what its current status is, theorizing both streams of inquiry under the concept of political exile (Part II). The Schmittean political happens to be very much at home in this context, opening up the coherent ideological framework that may be called modern political ontology, which at first appears to camouflage Schmittean antagonistic political praxis (Part III). However, through inquiry into ideas mostly attributable to analytic philosophy (or philosophy of language), this ontology is also shown to function as an ‘anti-onto’-logy - that is, as a direct (i.e. open, not hidden) ideological basis for modern political praxis. The analysis here also discloses the rivalry inside professional philosophy in relation to ‘anti-onto’-logy, the latter finding its disciplinary origin(s) in language itself. It shows that at the level of professional philosophy there is a general trend that could be helpful in the attempt to revive natural law (Part IV).

scholarly journals Affective and musical understanding in piano chamber music pedagogy at the fundamental level

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Zhong Gui
Keyword(s):  
Chamber Music ◽  
Peer Interaction ◽  
Music Pedagogy ◽  
Fundamental Level ◽  
Music Program ◽  
Piano Lessons ◽  
Musical Embodiment ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Musical Understanding ◽  
Suitable Environment

<p>Individual piano lessons have limitations for peer interaction and cooperation, which leads to insufficient stimulation for children to achieve affective and musical understanding. This paper attempts to set up a piano chamber music program at the fundamental level in the first four years of learning piano, corresponding to children around five to nine years old) to close this gap. The program is a supplementary measure to solve problems deriving from a model of only individual lessons. It assists children in strengthening their existing knowledge as well as developing their abilities. The program is based on Piaget’s theory regarding cognitive development, and it combines theories of musical embodiment and music pedagogy. It promotes a rich musical environment and multiple opportunities for peer interaction so that children can make up for deficiencies arising from a single lesson model, using moderate stimulation from a suitable environment.</p>

scholarly journals From Necker Cubes to Polyrhythms: Fostering a Phenomenological Attitude in Music Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Van der Schyff
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Transformative Experience ◽  
Experimental Phenomenology ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Visual Phenomena

Phenomenology is explored as a way of helping students and educators open up to music as a creative and transformative experience. I begin by introducing a simple exercise in experimental phenomenology involving multi-stable visual phenomena that can be explored without the use of complex terminology. Here, I discuss how the “phenomenological attitude” may foster a deeper appreciation of the structure of consciousness, as well as the central role the body plays in how we experience and form understandings of the worlds we inhabit. I then explore how the phenomenological attitude may serve as a starting point for students and teachers as they begin to reflect on their involvement with music as co-investigators. Here I draw on my teaching practice as a percussion and drum kit instructor, with a special focus on multi-stable musical phenomena (e.g., African polyrhythm). To conclude, I briefly consider how the phenomenological approach might be developed beyond the practice room to examine music’s relationship to the experience of culture, imagination and “self.”

Molecular Structure and Properties of Polybutadiene Rubbers

1964 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 408-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Blümel
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Structure And Properties ◽  
Technological Properties ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Mixing Behavior ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
The One

Abstract A discussion of the development, present day applications, and the advantages of polybutadienes are presented. The variations of an over-all concept in products obtained through different preparations and having various molecular structures as well as differing service and technological properties were made the starting point for the present investigations. Section 2 provides a review of the basic characteristics of the most important processes for preparing polybutadiene and the associated structural or compositional characteristics. Fourteen typical polybutadienes encompassing the entire range of polybutadienes are compared to cold rubber and natural rubber with respect to their most importance analytical and polymer values corresponding to their arrangement into preparation groups. The correlations between the technological properties of the raw rubbers, of the compounds, including the mixing behavior, and the vulcanizates on the one hand and the molecular structure composition of the rubbers upon which they are based, on the other, are discussed using detailed synopses in Sections 3 and 4. In doing this, it was important to see the principal features of the different polybutadienes compared to one another, effects of the structural characteristics and of additives on the properties of the raw rubbers, compounds, and vulcanizates, as well as the differences encountered as compared to polymers which are considered most important for use in blends (cold SBR and natural rubber). Finally, in Section 5, in summary form, the effects were treated of the individually appearing structural and compositional factors in the initial polymers on the service and technological properties of the raw rubbers, compounds, and vulcanizates.

scholarly journals Conceptualization of an Indicator System for Assessing the Sustainability of the Bioeconomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Egenolf ◽  
Stefan Bringezu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
National Level ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Intersection Area ◽  
Global Impacts ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

The increased use of biogenic resources is linked to expectations of “green” economic growth, innovation spurts through biotechnology, development options for rural areas, and an increasingly regenerative resource base that is also climate-neutral. However, for several years the signs for unintentional and unwanted side effects have been increasing. In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was published at the international level in order to address this problem and deliver a starting point for a comprehensive sustainability criteria evaluation catalogue. Impact indicators to quantify the environmental burden induced by national activities in foreign countries are especially lacking. In this article a comprehensive framework for the evaluation of the sustainability of the bioeconomy, considering key objectives and relevant criteria for environmental, economic, and social sustainability is developed. A special focus is set to the intersection area of the three pillars of sustainability, where the particularly important integrative key objectives and the indicators assigned to them (e.g., resource footprints) apply. This indicator set can be used as a basis for bio-economy monitoring, which uses and produces differently aggregated information on different levels of action, with a focus at the national level but also including global impacts of domestic production and consumption.

Tourism SMEs and organizational learning in a competitive environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 184-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Imani Khoshkhoo ◽  
Zahra Nadalipour
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Purpose This paper aims to study the impact of increasing number of competitors on the organisational learning (OL) in tourism small and medium-sized enterprises. The focus of this study is the tourism and travel agencies (TTAs) of the City of Ahvaz where the OL was studied within TTAs insofar as increasing the number of competitors is concerned. The underlying question in this paper is whether or not the increasing number of competitors affects OL in TTAs of the City of Ahvaz. Design/methodology/approach Using a longitudinal survey, OL was studied at individual, group and organisational levels. The research is based upon quantitative and qualitative methods. Owing to the small number of samples, in addition to questionnaire and quantitative analysis, authors made use of in-depth interviews. The first research was conducted in 2012, while the second one was done in 2014. Findings It was found that in 2012, with its limited number of competitors in the market, learning in these organisations was desirable at individual level and not at group or organisational levels. On the other hand, both the quantitative and qualitative methods in 2014, with the increased number of TTAs, suggested that the quality of learning were desirable in all organisational levels in that year. Research limitations/implications Care should be taken in generalising the results of the research to other TTAs because the size of the sample in this study was small. Moreover, structure and performance of TTAs may be different among various regions. In addition to the said limitation, it must be noted that some variables such as experience, education and gender were not consider in analysing the results of the study. Furthermore, OL in the TTAs might be affected by other variables that were not considered in this study. Originality/value Originality of the study is to link “OL” to the “competition”. There is not any study with special focus on OL with approaching to competition, neither in travel and tourism literature nor in OL literature, and this study can be a starting point to raise further and future research and debates.

scholarly journals Riddle of the Sphinx: Emerging Role of Transfer RNAs in Human Cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhilin Qiu ◽  
Qin Wang ◽  
Lei Liu ◽  
Guozheng Li ◽  
Yi Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Cancer Susceptibility ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Human Cancer ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Knowledge Of Cancer ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis And Therapy

The dysregulation of transfer RNA (tRNA) expression contributes to the diversity of proteomics, heterogeneity of cell populations, and instability of the genome, which may be related to human cancer susceptibility. However, the relationship between tRNA dysregulation and cancer susceptibility remains elusive because the landscape of cancer-associated tRNAs has not been portrayed yet. Furthermore, the molecular mechanisms of tRNAs involved in tumorigenesis and cancer progression have not been systematically understood. In this review, we detail current knowledge of cancer-related tRNAs and comprehensively summarize the basic characteristics and functions of these tRNAs, with a special focus on their role and involvement in human cancer. This review bridges the gap between tRNAs and cancer and broadens our understanding of their relationship, thus providing new insights and strategies to improve the potential clinical applications of tRNAs for cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Model for marketing management at cultural institutions in the city of Zadar

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-136
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Krajnović ◽  
Marino Radović ◽  
Dražen Jašić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Marketing Concept ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The City

The purpose – the purpose of this paper is to research the role of marketing concept in the cultural institutions in the city of Zadar. Design – The special focus is given to analysis the importance and advantage of networking of all cultural institutions in Zadar, to create unique product and more creative supply. Methodology – a number of methods has been used in the research, including analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, compilation and detailed interview. The detailed interview has been carried out by means of a questionnaire comprising ten questions, while the sample has encompassed relevant cultural institutions in the City of Zadar. Approach – Implementation of Zadar Cultural strategy is important of cooperation and coordination on among of all cultural institutions in Zadar. Findings – Key findings indicate that marketing today, is indispensable for functioning of all business subjects and nonprofit institutions, whose primary goal is socially responsible behavior. Marketing strategies of cultural institutions are starting point for quality implementation of marketing in cultural institutions. The authors of this paper propose mutual interweaving of cultural institutions and cultural tourism, and suggest models for networking Zadar cultural institutions. The originality of this research – The originality comes from the model’s for networking Zadar cultural institutions, which provides the guidance and ideas for further research and improvements.

RU WARE POTTERY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MINIMALISM: TO THE PROBLEM OF THE SENSE OF FORM

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
Ekaterina V. Vasil’eva ◽  
◽  
Yi. Bu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Song Dynasty ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Xxth Century ◽  
The Song Dynasty ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
German Art ◽  
The Common ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
The 1960S

The comparison of various artistic phenomena, which are separated geographically and chronologically, is a complicated analytical precedent. The matching requires stable criteria, and a distance (spatial, temporal, cultural or artistic) makes the difficulties to the formulation of analytical principles. Different historical epochs form their own independent systems, which do not always imply the possibility of the direct comparison. At the same time, such juxtaposition gives possibility to identify common pictorial and ideological principles of artistic structures, which don’t have the strict identical forms. The comparison of separated artistic phenomena allows to determine the common platform of culture and to discover the integral principle of various artistic systems. This article is devoted to the comparing of two independent art systems. The Chinese Ru ware pottery of the Song dynasty and the international minimalism of the 1960s and 1980s are distanced one from another both territorially and chronologically. At the same time, they are close artistic systems, where the unifying factor is the idea and the sense of form. Within the framework of the article, the very possibility of comparing different artistic systems is considered. The text examines the possible criteria of such comparison. It raises the questions on the principles of the artistic relations. The starting point of the work is the specification of the basic characteristics for the Ru ware pottery and the determination of the basic principles of international minimalism of the 1960s and 1980s. The article examines the specific features and peculiarities of Ru ware pottery, which, despite its popularity, is not enough studied in the Russian analytical space. Besides, the text indicates the specific features of European and American minimalism. This direction also presents material for systematic study. One of the main tasks for this work is the presentation of key parameters related to the form elements of Ru ware pottery and the description of conceptual components related to the international minimalism. Comparing these two systems, authors refer to the basic categories of European theory of art, which appearance is associated with the names of Wilhelm Vorringer and Henry Welflin. The main criteria that allows to compare these artistic trends is «the sense of form» - the concept that was determined in German art-theory in the first half of the XXth century. The use of this categories and the discovery of the concept of the sense of form, allows to show a parallel between the principles of Ru ware pottery and the system of international minimalism of the second half of the XXth century.

scholarly journals Sustainable Academic Motivation

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Blašková ◽  
Justyna Majchrzak-Lepczyk ◽  
Dominika Hriníková ◽  
Rudolf Blaško
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Final Part ◽  
University Management ◽  
Financial Evaluation ◽  
Theoretical Examination ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Basic Ideas

The article examines motivation in higher education and relates it to the concept of sustainability. It consists of a theoretical examination of the terms ‘sustainable motivation’ and ‘academic motivation’, and specifically postulates and explains the concept of ‘sustainable academic motivation’. Sustainable academic motivation is defined as proactive interconnection of basic ideas of sustainability and basic characteristics of academic motivation. With primary attention on disclosing appropriate measures for building sustainable academic motivation, an empirical part presents the results of sociological questioning carried out on n = 181 teachers, administrators, and managers of Slovak and Polish universities. Higher financial evaluation and creating good relationships were found to be the most desirable motivation measures. Results also emphasized a discrepancy between opinions of university managers versus opinions of scientists and teachers regarding effective motivation. Based on the results, and with the support of other opinions, sustainable academic motivation is subsequently defined from five perspectives: (a) As the most important component of conscious behavior; (b) as the starting point of behavior; (c) as the accelerator of behavior and development; (d) as the process; and (e) as the resultative level of all motivational efforts and powers at higher-education institutions. The final part of the article contains recommendations for university management, when affecting and building sustainable academic motivation.

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