Fiction Strengthens Research: A Review of Patricia Leavy's Fiction as Research Practice: Short Stories, Novellas, and Novels

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1133 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Richard Rogers

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Short Stories ◽

Visual Art ◽

Real Life ◽

First Century ◽

Research Practice ◽

Research Writing ◽

Arts Based Research ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Twenty First Century Skills

Arts-based research (ABR) is a form of qualitative research that includes genres such as poetry, music, theatrical scripts, visual art, novels, and short stories. Fiction-based research is one type of ABR that utilizes the strength of fiction to connect with readers and to portray real life and genuine human experiences. The author, Patricia Leavy, wrote a text that thoroughly explains the meaning and evaluation of fiction-based research. In addition, she provides exemplar pieces and uses her eight criteria to assess the research. Lastly, the text explains why fiction is an important pedagogy to use with students. Twenty-first century skills and love of research, writing, and reading are important components to fiction-based research.

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Soft Skills and Positive Attitude : Science of Bridging Gap

International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology - Regular Issue ◽

10.35940/ijeat.b3512.129219 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 1301-1304

Keyword(s):

Positive Attitude ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Real Life ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

First Century ◽

Job Placement ◽

The Real ◽

Hard Skills ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Twenty First Century Skills

Soft skills are those essential traits and expertise that must be acquired by every person to be successful in life. These abilities, traits or skills are also most popularly called people’s skills and in recent times, also known as twenty first century skills. It is proven that the hard skills or the academic or professional qualifications maybe an inevitable component of any kind of employment or job placement but the success of a person depends upon the soft skills he has. Research has shown that attitude of the pupils and development or enhancement of these skills is correlated. The attitude is different in each individual and therefore the real life application of these skills is also varied. The study undertaken endeavours to find out the correlation between the positive attitude and negative attitude of the students towards soft skills and the real life application of it.

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The Status of K to 12 Basic Education Program: A Reference for Teachers' Twenty-First Century Skills Development Plan

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3039357 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Anthony Cenas Pa-Alisbo

Keyword(s):

Education Program ◽

Basic Education ◽

First Century ◽

Development Plan ◽

Skills Development ◽

The Status ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Twenty First Century Skills ◽

K To 12

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“Obligations to Negroes who would be kin if they were not Negro”

Daedalus ◽

10.1162/daed_a_00066 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 140 (1) ◽

pp. 142-153

Author(s):

Werner Sollors

Keyword(s):

Short Stories ◽

African American ◽

First Century ◽

Half Century ◽

African American Authors ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

American Authors

The 1965/1966 Dcedalus issues on “The Negro American” reveal how America's racial future was imagined nearly a half-century ago, and at least one of the prophecies - voiced by sociologist Everett C. Hughes - found its fulfillment in an unexpected way at President Obama's inauguration in 2009. Short stories by Amina Gautier (“Been Meaning to Say” and “Pan is Dead”), Heidi Durrow's novel The Girl WhoFellfrom the Sky, plays by Thomas Bradshaw (Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist and Cleansed), and poems by Terrance Hayes (“For Brothers and the Dragon” and “The Avocado”) suggest trends in recent works by African American authors who began their publishing careers in the twenty-first century.

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James Baldwin

10.31338/uw.9788323551317 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Short Stories ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Civil Rights Movement ◽

American History ◽

James Baldwin ◽

First Century ◽

Black Lives Matter ◽

Twenty First Century

The book is devoted to the works of James Baldwin, one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. The authors examine his most important contributions – including novels, essays, short stories, poetry, and media appearances – in the wider context of American history. They demonstrate the lasting importance of his oeuvre, which was central to the Civil Rights Movement and continues to be relevant at the dawn of the twenty-first century and the Black Lives Matter era.

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The Role of Education Colleges in Yemeni Universities to Develop Twenty-First Century Skills among Students

The Arab Journal For Quality Assurance In Higher Education ◽

10.20428/ajqahe.14.47.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (47) ◽

pp. 103-130

Author(s):

عبد الغني أحمد علي الحاوري ◽

محمد عبد الله حسن حميد

Keyword(s):

Creative Thinking ◽

Effective Communication ◽

First Century ◽

Self Management ◽

Colleges Of Education ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Study Results ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Twenty First Century Skills

The study aimed to examine the role of colleges of education in Yemeni universities in developing the twenty-first century skills among students. The skills include critical thinking and problem-solving; creative thinking; effective communication and cooperation with others; flexibility; adaptation and change management; self and continuous learning; leadership and working with a team; taking responsibility and making decisions; using technology efficiently; understanding and interacting with diverse cultures; and work and self-management. The followed the descriptive and analytical method, using a questionnaire that was distributed to a random sample of (408) students selected from the fourth level of the Faculties of Education in four public universities: Sana'a, Hajjah, Amran, and Hodeidah. The study results revealed a medium role that the colleges of education in Yemeni universities play in developing the twenty-first century skills among their students. The skill of effective communication and cooperation with others received the highest attention, while the skills of work, self-management and the skills of using technology efficiently received the lowest level of attention. The study concluded with a number of conclusions, including absence of a vision for the challenges and requirements of the twenty-first century and lack of support provided to colleges to purchase facilities and equipment. The study recommended that the colleges of education should pay more attention to developing the twenty-first century skills, especially work and self-management skills and the efficient use of technology. Keywords: role, education college, skills, twenty-first century, Yemeni universities.

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