scholarly journals The Bodily Experiences of Music Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Rūta Girdzijauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Music Teachers ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Van Manen ◽  
Bodily Experiences ◽  
Lived Time

This paper deals with the specifics of a music teacher's work in kindergarten and presents an empirical study, based on the approach of hermeneutic phenomenology. In the research outcomes, the experiences of the music teacher's work in kindergarten are presented through their stories about memorable moments of their professional activity. Initially, in accordance with the theory of Max van Manen, the research data were viewed through the prism of five dimensions (lived time, lived space, lived self-others, lived things, and lived body), typical of all phenomena. The paper discusses one of them, i.e. the teachers' experience from the perspective of the lived body. The stories demonstrate how through the looks, facial mimicry, and body language, moments of the teacher's everyday routine are revealed that would otherwise be overlooked or considered irrelevant.

scholarly journals Central Events and Causal Connections: A Narrative Inquiry-Study among Colombian Female Scholars in their Processes as writers

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 33-63
Author(s):  
Bertha Ramos-Holguín ◽  
Anna Carolina Peñaloza-Rallón
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Female Authors ◽  
Causal Connections ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Lived Time

In the Colombian context there has been an increase in the interest for publishing in high impact academic journals. This is due to various factors such as institutional requirements, hiring requirements, categorization of teachers and academic visibility. The purpose of this research-based paper, as a decolonial report, is to portray the central events and the causal connections of three female Colombian authors in their process as writers for academic purposes. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews that emphasized on Van Manen's (1997) four lifeworld existential dimensions that include lived time, lived space, lived body, and lived relation. These dimensions helped us uncover the essences of lived experience. Results indicated that central events and causal connections affect the authors’ experiences in their process as writers.  The key ingredients female authors judge as important events were social interactions with mentors and the context.

scholarly journals Sketch of clinical phenomenology of the lived experience in the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeastern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Virginia Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Online Psychotherapy ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The World ◽  
Clinical Phenomenology ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Lived Time

The clinical practice in clinical phenomenology, be it psychiatric or psychological, is based on the philosophical inspiration adopted by the clinician. In my case, I see the world ambiguously and Merleau-Ponty is my philosopher of inspiration. Through these lenses, I see the phenomenon I study as a researcher or the way I relate to my patient as a psychotherapist. I also look through these lenses to write this essay about my lived experience in the pandemic of COVID-19 in 2020. COVID-19 reminds us that we are human and vulnerable. Assuming this vulnerability in its full existential meaning can be empowering, considering vulnerability in its intrinsic sense as a place in life with its ethical and political meanings. In the case of the lived experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in northeastern Brazil, contact with vulnerability, in many situations, is confused with precariousness, which has a more social nature. I also mention that the quarantine imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic required us to communicate with our families and work at home exclusively through video and audio on our computers. Under these circumstances, it is worth reflecting on the changes that we are experiencing in our own functioning, in our lived space and lived body. On the other hand, the lack of fluidity in our existential movement in the lived time is concerning as it affects the structural core of the human being and existential continuity. In this context, I finally present some preliminary thoughts about on-online psychotherapy through phenomenological lens.

scholarly journals Understanding Youth’s Lived Experience of Anxiety through Metaphors: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4315
Author(s):  
Roberta Lynn Woodgate ◽  
Pauline Tennent ◽  
Nicole Legras
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Visual Metaphors ◽  
Participatory Arts ◽  
Lived Time

Living with anxiety can be a complex, biopsychosocial experience that is unique to each person and embedded in their contexts and lived worlds. Scales and questionnaires are necessary to quantify anxiety, yet these approaches are not always able to reflect the lived experience of psychological distress experienced by youth. Guided by hermeneutic phenomenology, our research aimed to amplify the voices of youth living with anxiety. Fifty-eight youth living with anxiety took part in in-depth, open-ended interviews and participatory arts-based methods (photovoice and ecomaps). Analysis was informed by van Manen’s method of data analysis with attention to lived space, lived body, lived time, and lived relationships, as well as the meanings of living with anxiety. Youth relied on the following metaphors to describe their experiences: A shrinking world; The heavy, heavy backpack; Play, pause, rewind, forward; and A fine balance. Overall, youth described their anxiety as a monster, contributing to feelings of fear, loss, and pain, but also hope. The findings from this study can contribute to the reduction of barriers in knowledge translation by encouraging the use of narrative and visual metaphors as a communicative tool to convey youth’s lived experience of anxiety to researchers, clinicians, and the public.

Body Memory and the Unconscious

2018 ◽  
pp. 456-470
Author(s):  
Thomas Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Depth Psychology ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Spatial Mode ◽  
Life Space ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Body Memory ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Horizontal Dimension

In traditional psychoanalysis the unconscious was conceived as a separate intra-psychic reality, hidden ‘below consciousness’ and only accessible to a ‘depth psychology’ based on metapsychological premises and concepts. In contrast to this vertical conception, this chapter presents a phenomenological approach to the unconscious as a horizontal dimension of the lived body, lived space, and intercorporeality. This approach is based (a) on a phenomenology of body memory, defined as the totality of implicit dispositions of perception and behaviour mediated by the body and sedimented in the course of earlier experiences. It is also based on (b) a phenomenology of the life space as a spatial mode of existence which is centred in the lived body and in which unconscious conflicts are played out as field forces.

scholarly journals Making her end of life her own: further reflections on supporting a loved one with motor neurone disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 284-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Andrea Harris ◽  
Kirsten Jack ◽  
Christopher Wibberley
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Motor Neurone ◽  
Motor Neurone Disease ◽  
Power Of Attorney ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Life Trajectory ◽  
Vicarious Experiences ◽  
Lived Time

Background: People can live for many months without knowing why their body is failing prematurely before being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND); a terminal neurodegenerative disease which can be experienced as ‘devastating’ for the person and their family. Aim: This study aimed to explore the meaning of supporting a loved one with MND to die. Methods: This study uses reflection and autobiographical story to connect with broader cultural, political and social meaning and understandings of dying. Findings: Four themes were identified relating to the end-of-life trajectory of MND. Loss of person (lived body experienced in silence); loss of relationships (lived relations are challenged); loss of home and loss of time (lived space and lived time take on new meaning); loss of future (dying—facing it alone). Conclusion: Dying with MND is a complex phenomenon. When a person can no longer move and communicate, relationships between those involved in end-of-life care are challenging. A person with MND needs the support from those acting as power of attorney to make their end of life their own, and they themselves need support to find meaning in their suffering. This autoethnographic reflection provides vicarious experiences for nurses and other healthcare professionals working with people with MND and similar conditions.

scholarly journals Two Ends of the Leash: Relations Between Personality of Shelter Volunteers and On-leash Walking Behavior With Shelter Dogs

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao-Yu Shih ◽  
Mandy B. A. Paterson ◽  
Fillipe Georgiou ◽  
Leander Mitchell ◽  
Nancy A. Pachana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Video Recording ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Hand Gestures ◽  
Walking Behavior ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Human Personality ◽  
Shelter Dogs ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory ◽  
And Behavior

Human personality influences the way people interact with dogs. This study investigated the associations between the personality of animal shelter volunteers and behavior during on-leash walks with shelter dogs. Video recording and a canine leash tension meter were used to monitor the on-leash walking. Personality was measured in five dimensions (neurotic, extroverted, open, agreeable and conscientious) with the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). Neurotic volunteers pulled the leash harder and tended to interact with dogs using more body language; dogs being walked by neurotic volunteers in turn displayed more lip-licking and body shaking and were more likely to be rated as well-behaved. Extroverted volunteers were associated with stronger maximal leash tension at both the human and dog ends of the leash, and they praised the dog more, often in a high pitched voice. These volunteers eliciting more tail-wagging and body shaking by the dog. Extroverted volunteers were also more tolerant of different dog behaviors. Volunteers with personalities characterized by “openness to experiences” were less likely to verbally attract the attention of dogs, praise dogs and talk to them in a high-pitched voice; however, dogs walked by these volunteers were more likely to pull on the leash, and engaged in more lip-licking but less sniffing. “Agreeable” volunteers liked to verbally attract the attention of the dogs and more commonly initiated hand gestures and physical contact, causing the dogs to pull less frequently; dogs in these dyads displayed more gazing and lip-licking behaviors. Conscientious volunteers were less likely to pull the leash and tended to have more physical contact with the dogs but did not favor verbal communication and did not use a high pitched voice.

scholarly journals Developing soft skills of music teachers through involvement in student project office activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 268-275
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Dubrovskii ◽  
Yaroslav A. Gorbik ◽  
Larisa A. Pidzhoyan ◽  
Irina V. Efremova
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Legal Documents

  The aim of this paper is to analyze the results of soft skills development of music teachers through involvement in student project office activities. The content analysis of normative and legal documents regulating professional training and professional activity of a music teacher resulted in the following soft skills content for this category of employees: communicative competences, self-management skills, critical thinking, and managerial competences. The study of music teachers' soft skills development in the process of their involvement in project activities was carried out through a pedagogical experiment. 76 students (3-4 years) of the Institute of History and Culture, 15 teachers and 12 social partners took part in the research. The conducted research confirmed the effectiveness of developing soft skills of future music educators in the process of involving students in project management. The implementation of this activity began with the creation of student project office, which is a necessary tool to organize project management in the student environment.  

scholarly journals POTENTIAL OF MEDIA EDUCATION IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF MUSIC TEACHERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (43) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Zhang Tanglin
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Future Teacher ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Modern Music

         The article examines pedagogical activity as a way of social and cultural practice of the individual, which implements the tasks of preserving national traditions, adapting and regulating the process of professional development of a future teacher. The modernization of the educational system of Ukraine is determined by the tendencies of European integration, which can be considered an essential lever of success not only for the economic and political transformation of society, but also for strategic changes in the educational policy of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the practical importance of media education, taking into account modern trends in the modernization of the educational system in Ukraine in the era of globalization of the world educational space. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were set: to consider the role of media education in the professional activities of future music education specialists, to substantiate media education as a component of general education, and media literacy and media competence as a component of the professional and general culture of a modern music teacher; identify ways to solve the problem of the need for media education in the professional activity of a future musician teacher; to reveal and analyze promising directions for increasing the level of media educational training of future music teachers in social relations, new dimensions of his self-realization; substantiate the conclusions and directions for further consideration of the selected problem. The main methods used in the study are comparative, analytical, systemic and structural. Conclusions. We consider media education as a component of ICT, which includes, on the one hand, knowledge, skills and abilities of their application, on the other hand, media literacy, media competence and media culture. We associate the training of future teachers of musical disciplines using ICT tools with the need to improve the state educational standard by introducing new specialties, the need for which is dictated by the current state of art education and culture. The practical implementation of media education requires a change in scientific views on the need to introduce media education as a component of general education, and media literacy and media competence as an integral part of the professional and general culture of a modern music teacher. The solution to the problem posed also depends on the understanding of the value of professional activity, which occurs only through the actualization of the processes of self-awareness by future teachers-musicians, revealing themselves in the search for the meaning of artistic values.          Key words: media education, modernization of professional training, musical and pedagogical activity, information and communication technologies, future teacher-musician.

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