{"results":[{"id":"ss_b8d40348de9a8ca7cf48cb26c3f653bdcd1a7f74","title":"Generative AI-powered arts-based learning in middle school history: Impact on achievement, motivation, and cognitive load","authors":[{"name":"Jing Chen"},{"name":"N. A. M. Mokmin"},{"name":"Shen Qi"}],"abstract":"Abstract This study explores the potential of integrating generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technologies into middle school history education. Aiming to move beyond traditional teacher-led, text-based instruction, the study examines how GAI can support interactive, personalized, and arts-based learning experiences. Conducted in a 7th-grade history classroom with 66 participants, the study employed a quasi-experimental design. Participants were divided into an experimental group, which utilized an arts-based learning system incorporating ChatGPT and DALL-E 3, and a control group, which followed traditional learning methods. Results highlighted the effectiveness of the GAI-powered ABL learning system in enhancing students’ historical knowledge and motivation and reducing cognitive load. These results provide empirical support for the use of GAI tools in educational settings and highlight their potential to transform history instruction. The study offers broader implications for integrating GAI into K-12 curricula, emphasizing its role in fostering creative expression, personalized learning, and students’ overall development.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1080/00220671.2025.2510395","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/b8d40348de9a8ca7cf48cb26c3f653bdcd1a7f74","is_open_access":true,"citations":9,"published_at":"","score":69.27000000000001},{"id":"doaj_10.1186/s12903-025-06806-5","title":"Enhancing dental trauma management: insights into physical education graduates’ knowledge and performance","authors":[{"name":"Fahimeh Pakravan"},{"name":"Ali Yousefian Najafabadi"},{"name":"Zohreh Meshkati"},{"name":"Mehdi Nasr Isfahani"}],"abstract":"Abstract Introduction Injuries sustained during physical activities are a common concern among athletes, with dental trauma representing a significant yet often under-addressed component. Timely and appropriate intervention is critical to successful outcomes, making the awareness and performance of first-line responders—particularly physical education graduates—an essential focus. This study evaluates their knowledge and practices regarding emergency management of dental trauma. Materials and methods This cross-sectional descriptive study assessed 206 physical education graduates in Isfahan between 2024 and 2025. Data were collected using a researcher-designed questionnaire comprising 12 targeted items, validated with a content validity ratio (CVR \u003e 0.51) and confirmed reliability (ICC = 0.884). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (Version 26), including descriptive measures (mean, standard deviation, frequency) and inferential tests (independent t-tests, ANOVA). Results Participants demonstrated moderate proficiency in dental trauma awareness and self-reported practical knowledge, with an overall mean score of 9.74 ± 4.80 (scale: 0–20). Awareness and performance scores were closely aligned (9.08 ± 4.99 and 9.07 ± 5.39, respectively). Significant predictors of higher competency included academic achievement (P = 0.023), direct exposure to dental trauma (P = 0.001), engagement in high-contact sports such as martial arts (P = 0.016), and formal training in trauma management (P = 0.012). Conversely, gender, general athletic history, and school-level sports involvement were not statistically associated with performance outcomes. Conclusion Most PE graduates demonstrated limited preparedness for managing dental trauma. Academic progression, trauma exposure, and targeted training were associated with better awareness and applied knowledge. These findings support the integration of oral emergency response modules into sports education curricula and certification programs—promoting health literacy and alignment with WHO health promotion objectives.","source":"DOAJ","year":2025,"language":"","subjects":["Dentistry"],"doi":"10.1186/s12903-025-06806-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-06806-5","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":69},{"id":"doaj_10.56620/2587-9731-2025-2-134-150","title":"Traditional Regional Features in Xiangtong Xi Musical Drama","authors":[{"name":"Jianfu Li"}],"abstract":"\n    This article presents a discussion about Xiangtong Xi (香童戏), a traditional musical theatrical form associated with the Baoshan area of China’s Yunnan province. Xiangtong Xi drama originated from the folk religious and mystical rites of the southwestern regions of China. It organically combines elements such as singing, recitation, acting and martial arts techniques that are characteristic of the musical culture of the region. This genre has its own cult music and traditional performance style. At the same time, supporting and preserving the traditions of their art, Xiangtong Xi artists throughout the history of its existence have developed and continue to develop Xiangtong Xi music by studying the singing melodies and musical styles of other cultures, musical genres and movements and introducing their elements into their performances. The basis for such borrowings is primarily local folk music and songs, as well as other traditional musical genres of the region.\nKeywords: Xiangtong Xi, musical drama, ritual music, religious music, Prince’s Chant, Even Chant, Universal Chant, Chant of the Black God, plague god’s chant, percussion instruments\nFor citation: Li Jianfu (2025). Traditional Regional Features in Xiangtong Xi Musical Drama. Contemporary Musicology, 9(2), 134–150. https://doi.org/10.56620/2587-9731-2025-2-134-150","source":"DOAJ","year":2025,"language":"","subjects":["Music"],"doi":"10.56620/2587-9731-2025-2-134-150","url":"https://gnesinsjournal.ru/index.php/CM/article/view/197","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":69},{"id":"ss_e8265aaf1b02c7c81bbbe10817ba976619257cf8","title":"STEAM practices connecting mathematics, arts, architecture, culture and history in a non-formal learning environment of a museum","authors":[{"name":"Shereen El Bedewy"},{"name":"Z. Lavicza"},{"name":"I. Lyublinskaya"}],"abstract":"This study adopts STEAM practices integrating architecture, arts, culture, and history into mathematics education in a museum learning environment. A workshop was conducted with five in-service mathematics teachers in an Egyptian museum, utilizing digital technologies such as GeoGebra, Augmented Reality, and 3D Printing to model, visualize and connect the museum collections to their teaching practices. Teachers’ modelled artefacts were qualitatively analysed for their artistic, cultural and historical connections. Findings indicate that participants followed the design expected outcomes of these STEAM practices by implementing a transdisciplinary approach towards mathematically modelling the museum objects while connecting to their mathematical, cultural, historical, and artistic relations. Participants’ reflections showed positive changes in their attitudes towards considering the museum learning environment for mathematics teaching during the implementation of these STEAM practices. Furthermore, such STEAM practices allowed participants to explore and connect disciplines through interacting with museum collections from artistic, cultural, historical, mathematical, and technological perspectives. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2024,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1080/17513472.2024.2321563","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/e8265aaf1b02c7c81bbbe10817ba976619257cf8","pdf_url":"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17513472.2024.2321563?needAccess=true","is_open_access":true,"citations":9,"published_at":"","score":68.27000000000001},{"id":"ss_85f64d12132c18217f22eb3c4a3e341d807a1b17","title":"The arts and humanities: rethinking value for today—introduction","authors":[{"name":"Isobel Armstrong"}],"abstract":"This kaleidoscope of short pieces derives from two Fellows Engagement Week sessions (2022, 2023) in which speakers from across the British Academy—Theatre Studies, Anthropology, Modern History, History of Science, English, Philosophy, Music—gave ten-minute talks on the civic value of the arts and humanities. The British Academy’s SHAPE acronym, answering the Royal Society’s STEM formulation, understandably stresses the economic importance of arts and humanities in today’s challenging technological world (E is for Economy). The remit of this forum, however, was to remake and reclaim arguments for the civic importance of arts and humanities, recognising that accounts of the arts are often based on 19th-century arguments that no longer have force today. Three themes emerge from this forum: the importance of collaboration, the non-instrumental significance of aesthetic experience, and the centrality of language to civic life. (This article is published in the thematic collection `The arts and humanities: rethinking value for today—views from Fellows of the British Academy’, edited by Isobel Armstrong.)","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2024,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.5871/jba/012.a32","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/85f64d12132c18217f22eb3c4a3e341d807a1b17","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/012.a32","is_open_access":true,"citations":1,"published_at":"","score":68.03},{"id":"doaj_%C4%AE%C5%BEangos+%C5%BEodis","title":"Įžangos žodis","authors":[{"name":"Algirdas Toliatas"}],"abstract":"\nĮžangos žodis\n","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Visual arts","History of the arts"],"url":"https://aaav.vda.lt/journal/article/view/265","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"doaj_10.56620/2587-9731-2024-4-112-134","title":"Interpretive Restoration: Othmar Schoeck’s Das Schloß Dürande in a New Edition","authors":[{"name":"Yulia S. Veksler"}],"abstract":"\n    The article highlights a high-profile project by the Bern Academy of Arts to bring back into musical life one of the key works in the history of 20th-century Swiss music — Othmar Schoeck’s opera Das Schloß Dürande (1941). For many decades, despite its manifest musical merits, the performance of this composition seemed absolutely impossible due to the political overtones with which it is associated. Various “interpretive restoration” strategies were aimed at creating a new version of the opera. In the first place, the libretto, which was created by the Nazi writer Hermann Burte and based on the novella of the same name by the 19th-century German romantic author Joseph Eichendorff, underwent significant revision. The rather low literary level of the original libretto, which employed a large number of ideological clichés ad slogans, required the replacement of more than half of the text, essentially involving its rewriting based on the appropriate verse texts written by Eichendorff. The changes also affected the vocal part. In addition, a careful study of historical documents made it possible to clarify the circumstances of the opera’s premiere, which took place in Nazi Berlin in 1943. After a mere four performances, the opera was removed at the request of the Third Reich ideologist, Hermann Göring. New biographical information has also more fully revealed the position of Schoeck, who was not a supporter of National Socialism. Considering that “being Swiss” meant adopting a scrupulous attitude of “neutrality”, the composer collaborated with the Nazis for career reasons. The result of many years of work on the project was the performance of the updated opera Daß Schloß Dürande at the Meiningen Theatre in 2019. It didn’t convince everyone. However, the determining factor in assessing the opera was not so much the quality of the music and libretto, but rather the problematic history of its creation and reception in an ideological context. Thus, even in its new “denazified” version, Das Schloß Dürande remains closely connected with the past.","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Music"],"doi":"10.56620/2587-9731-2024-4-112-134","url":"https://gnesinsjournal.ru/index.php/CM/article/view/182","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"ss_81cc6eaa85cf87365ff9628b078cd810ee21f42f","title":"Metaphors or mechanism? Predictive coding and a (brief) history of empirical study of the arts","authors":[{"name":"Helmut Leder"},{"name":"Matthew Pelowski"}],"abstract":"Predictive processing (PP) offers an intriguing approach to perception, cognition, but also to appreciation of the arts. It does this by positing both a theoretical basis—one might say a ‘metaphor’—for how we engage and respond, placing emphasis on mismatches rather than fluent overlap between schema and environment. Even more, it holds the promise for translating metaphor into neurobiological bases, suggesting a means for considering mechanisms—from basic perceptions to possibly even our complex, aesthetic experiences. However, while we share the excitement of this promise, the history of empirical or psychological aesthetics is also permeated by metaphors that have progressed our understanding but which also tend to elude translation into concrete, mechanistic operationalization—a challenge that can also be made to PP. We briefly consider this difficulty of convincing implementation of PP via a brief historical outline of some developments in the psychological study of aesthetics and art in order to show how these ideas have often anticipated PP but also how they have remained at the level of rather metaphorical and difficult-to-measure concepts. Although theoretical in scope, we hope that this commentary will spur researchers to reflect on PP with the aim of translating metaphorical explanations into well-defined mechanisms in future empirical study. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Art, aesthetics and predictive processing: theoretical and empirical perspectives’.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2023,"language":"en","subjects":["Medicine"],"doi":"10.1098/rstb.2022.0427","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/81cc6eaa85cf87365ff9628b078cd810ee21f42f","pdf_url":"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.2022.0427","is_open_access":true,"citations":6,"published_at":"","score":67.18},{"id":"doaj_10.36317/kaj/2023/v1.i57.12324","title":"رمزية المكان (الطلل) في شعر حسام الدين الحاجري  ","authors":[{"name":"محمد المهداوي "},{"name":"صادق محمد "}],"abstract":"\nتعد الرموز من التقانات المهمة  التي تثير فضول المتلقي وتزيد رغبته في الوصول الى قصد الشاعر ، والكشف عن دلالاتها القارة داخل نتاجه الشعري ، فديناميكية الرمز تكفل ولوج القارئ الى عمق النص ، فعمل القارئ يصبح فضاء لقراءات متعددة ، ذات الدلالة البعيدة عن الواقع المذكور ، إذ ان الرمز المكاني في النص الأدبي أداة فاعلة في كشف الخبايا النصية المفروزة من دلالاته في بعده المعبر عن البوح المكنون في أهواء الشاعر المكبوتة في دواخلها والمنطوية على ذاتها ، لذا فان اختيار هذا الموضوع يعد محاولة لتسليط الضوء على تلك الرموز وبخاصة الطللية منها ، وإظهار أهميتها في شعر حسام الدين الحاجري ، وما دامت الرموز متعلقة بالقارئ أكثر من ارتباطها بالنص ، لذا وجب على القارئ تفكيك تلك الرموز ، فهذا البحث قائم على رصدها والكشف عن مكنوناتها وبخاصة الرموز (الطللية) بوصفها مكانا محملا بأبعاد وايحاءات كثيرة .\n","source":"DOAJ","year":2023,"language":"","subjects":["History of scholarship and learning. The humanities","Arts in general","Language and Literature"],"doi":"10.36317/kaj/2023/v1.i57.12324","url":"https://journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/kufa_arts/article/view/12324","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":67},{"id":"doaj_Un+orante+sumerio+en+el+Museo+Arqueol%C3%B3gico+Nacional+%28Madrid%29","title":"Un orante sumerio en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid)","authors":[{"name":"Miguel Jaramago"}],"abstract":"Analizamos en el presente trabajo una estatua del tipo convencionalmente denominado Orante sumerio, depositada en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid), y expuesta actualmente en sus salas de Egipto, Nubia y Oriente Próximo. Revisaremos la pieza en detalle, comentando sus características y estado de conservación, haremos una breve referencia al significado que pudo tener en la sociedad en que surgió, y finalmente nos plantearemos su posible origen geográfico y su cronología, así como ciertos elementos que tal vez podrían ser indicios de una discutible antigüedad.","source":"DOAJ","year":2023,"language":"","subjects":["History of the arts","Museums. Collectors and collecting"],"url":"https://www.man.es/man/estudio/publicaciones/boletin-info/2020-2029/2023-42-27-jaramago.html","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":67},{"id":"ss_d810a7c3d0b03bb58d0a4b7e408188152be83590","title":"Art and Blockchain: A Primer, History, and Taxonomy of Blockchain Use Cases in the Arts","authors":[{"name":"A. Whitaker"}],"abstract":"Abstract:Blockchain technology, while commonly associated with cryptocurrencies, stands to bring radical structural change to the arts and creative industries. This paper presents a history, primer, and taxonomy of blockchain use cases in the arts and then explores the implications of blockchain in three regards: the blurring of the for-profit / nonprofit distinction, changes in the ownership structure of art, and potential for new structures of public and private support and related policy changes. These developments raise important questions of governance of a technology which requires expertise in cryptography, coding, and securities law for implementation. Ultimately, blockchain holds the potential to tip the role of the arts toward democratic availability through collective ownership structures or toward further commodification of cultural assets.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2019,"language":"en","subjects":["Art","Business"],"doi":"10.1353/artv.2019.0008","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/d810a7c3d0b03bb58d0a4b7e408188152be83590","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.1353/artv.2019.0008","is_open_access":true,"citations":119,"published_at":"","score":66.57},{"id":"ss_efca59ceb2ba6dbca71016599f65e793ce7a45de","title":"A Brief History of Liberal Education in Ancient and Medieval Europe－Focusing on the Formation and Evolution of Liberal Arts","authors":[{"name":"Sung-Seob Song"}],"abstract":"This paper examined the history of liberal education in ancient and medieval Europe, focusing on the formation and evolution of liberal arts using materials concerning the history of education, history of university, history of philosophy, and history of science. The elementary form of liberal education emerged at Greece in the fourth century BC. The philosophers’ tradition and the orators’ tradition made two approaches to liberal education. Greek scholarship was accepted in the form of encyclopedic publications in the Roman era, and Disciplinarium libri novem, the first work which contained the idea of liberal arts, was written in the first century BC. In the early medieval ages, so called dark ages, secular scholarship maintained its existence through the medium of liberal arts. In the fifth century, liberal arts became actualized into the seven liberal arts through De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii. Since the sixth century, the seven liberal arts were divided into trivium and quadrivium. In the Renaissance of the twelfth century, ancient writings were extensively translated including Aristotelian works, and the attempt to relate Greek philosophies and the seven liberal arts was tried. Circa 1250, some universities were set up in the major cities of Europe, and medieval universities were mostly organized with the faculties of arts, theology, law, and medicine. Since the late thirteenth century, the arts faculty extended the scope of liberal arts by adding three philosophies to the existing seven liberal arts: natural philosophy, metaphysics and ethics. Based on the above examination, this paper showed that the scope of liberal arts was not fixed but continuously changed, and that humanities and science were not separated in ancient and medieval Europe.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.46392/kjge.2022.16.3.45","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/efca59ceb2ba6dbca71016599f65e793ce7a45de","pdf_url":"https://j-kagedu.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjge-2022-16-3-45.pdf","is_open_access":true,"citations":2,"published_at":"","score":66.06},{"id":"ss_bd1bb5c7d39aa6a690f9502d4e8165548371364f","title":"The New Arts Entrepreneur: Navigating the Arts Ecologies","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Rueff"}],"abstract":"Within academia, business programs provide the history, tools and methods to manage and grow businesses. Entrepreneurship programs explore innovation and the creation of new business ventures. Arts Entrepreneurship is an emerging discipline centered on the unique needs related to launching and running creative practices in the fields of visual arts, performing arts, and design. Arts Entrepreneurship educators are preparing students for creative careers in the arts and cultural industries, be it as an art or design practitioner, or in a field working with or supporting artists and designers. Arts Entrepreneurship as a discipline is still being defined as researchers and educators seek to understand how to best prepare students for professional lives in the creative sector. The new Routledge publication The New Arts Entrepreneur, Navigating the Arts Ecologies (2022) by Gary D. Beckman presents a novel approach to combining elements of business, entrepreneurship and arts pedagogy while centering on the unique needs of artists and designers. In the introduction the author states that “Most established disciplines possess a codified curriculum of some sort” yet, “Serious discussions in our field [arts entrepreneurship] concerning a codified curriculum have not occurred” (p. 2). Arts Entrepreneurship educators are constantly searching for theoretical and experiential approaches that meet the needs of their programs. Since there are not established parameters for an Arts Entrepreneurship curriculum, faculty are often left to extract theoretical and experiential elements from business and entrepreneurship programs and adadpt them to their Arts Entrepreneurship courses with inconsistent results. Despite the rise in arts administration degrees and other attempts to bridge the business and art communities, Järvinen found a continuing reluctance among arts organizations to identify with business terminology or tap into business strategies. He acknowledges that the arts are not a traditional market, for example, the cost of creative labor generally increases while potential audiences for live performance are often fixed by a venue’s capacity, and there is an expectation that artists will lead, rather than follow, public demand. However, this is not an excuse to ignore strategic management. As Järvinen points out, an organization’s failure to identify their business model does not indicate that the organization does not have a business model, but rather that they have failed to articulate or capitalize on it (51), which can leave them vulnerable.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1080/10632921.2022.2080139","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/bd1bb5c7d39aa6a690f9502d4e8165548371364f","is_open_access":true,"citations":1,"published_at":"","score":66.03},{"id":"doaj_10.36317/kaj/2022/v1.i51.3530","title":"أسباب سقوط الدول دراسة لفلسفة التاريخ في ضوء التفسير الإسلامي","authors":[{"name":"Mohsen Al-Hajjaj"}],"abstract":"\nركز البحث على الدوافع والاسباب المؤدية الى السقوط من خلال حقل فلسفة التاريخ متعرضا الى أراء اهم فلاسفة التاريخ . ابتدأ البحث بتعريف فلسفة التاريخ وعلاقتها بعلم التاريخ واهدافها العامة . ثم تطرق الى نظريات فلسفة التاريخ التي صبت جهدها لمعرفة القوانين او السنن المتحكمة في حركة التاريخ والعوامل التي تنقل المجتمع من مرحلة الى اخرى . الشق الاخر من البحث هو التفسير الاسلامي لحركة التاريخ واسباب سقوط الدول ابتداء من القران الكريم مرورا بفلسفة الامام علي ()التي كانت اكثر دقة وتفصيلا لعوامل النهوض وملامح الانهيار التي اسماها ( مصارع القرون ) ثم تناول البحث اراء المفكرين المسلمين الذين سبقوا ابن خلدون في هذا الباب .  \n","source":"DOAJ","year":2022,"language":"","subjects":["History of scholarship and learning. The humanities","Arts in general","Language and Literature"],"doi":"10.36317/kaj/2022/v1.i51.3530","url":"https://www.journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/kufa_arts/article/view/3530","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":66},{"id":"doaj_10.1080/23311983.2022.2037229","title":"Combating fake news, disinformation, and misinformation: Experimental evidence for media literacy education","authors":[{"name":"Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey"}],"abstract":"This study investigated the effect of media and information literacy (MIL) on the ability to identify fake news, disinformation and misinformation, and sharing intentions. The experimental approach was selected to study both the control group and experimental group made up of a total of 187 respondents. Comparative analysis of the two groups revealed that although more respondents in the experimental group were able to identify the inauthenticity of information presented to them, some of the respondents in the control group were also able to do the same, even though they did not receive MIL training. Conversely, some respondents in the experimental group, even though they were trained in MIL, could not determine the inauthenticity of information, possibly because the one-off training given to them did not allow them to assimilate all the information in one sitting. Nonetheless, the results of the bivariate correlation computation showed that MIL trained respondents were more likely to determine authenticity or otherwise of information and less likely to share inaccurate stories. This means that when MIL increases, sharing of fake news decreases. This is yet another evidence that MIL enables information consumers to make informed judgments about quality information. It is recommended that MIL is incorporated into mainstream educational modules and consistently revised to reflect the demands of the times. MIL programs must also consider how to effectively reach those without formal education. Actors within the information, communications, and media ecology must contribute to their quota in making information consumers more discerning with the right MIL sensitisation.","source":"DOAJ","year":2022,"language":"","subjects":["Fine Arts","Arts in general","General Works","History of scholarship and learning. The humanities"],"doi":"10.1080/23311983.2022.2037229","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2022.2037229","pdf_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2022.2037229","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":66},{"id":"ss_0f5ed4dcd8ec7d367cb7c0f19e1aab195007c7c4","title":"NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN HISTORY AND HISTORY OF ARTS","authors":[{"name":"Chekanov Vsevolod"}],"abstract":"","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.24919/2308-4863/57-3-4","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0f5ed4dcd8ec7d367cb7c0f19e1aab195007c7c4","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.24919/2308-4863/57-3-4","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":66},{"id":"doaj_10.21608/mjaf.2021.52865.2109","title":"An Experimental Educational Approach through Teaching the History of Architecture and Heritage for a better Practice in Architectural Design","authors":[{"name":"Doaa Abouelmagd"},{"name":"Hager Mohamed Abdelrahman Ahmed"}],"abstract":"Many architecture schools do not apply experimental learning in teaching theoretical courses like the history of architecture courses. There is a gap between what the students learn in theoretical courses like architectural styles in history courses and design practices. History classes are taught with a teacher-oriented approach, where students miss active and experimental learning. As a result, in the Egyptian urban setting, we find buildings designed using architectural styles, mostly Classical designs, without respecting the technical, aesthetic, and human factors. Furthermore, nowadays, the Egyptian government is very active in constructing the new Administrative Capital of Egypt. The new city is located 45 kilometers East of Cairo, and it is planned to be Egypt's new business and financial center. The new Downtown of the new capital city, or \"The new Garden City,\" is planned to reassemble Khedival Cairo's peculiar value buildings with the renaissance, neo-classic, eclectic, and neo-baroque styles. As architectural education cannot be separated from current architectural practices, this paper introduces the research project results in the course \"History of Architecture-level two.\" The course was taught in the first semester of the academic year (2018-19) in Fine arts, Cairo, Helwan University, Egypt. The students were asked to select a heritage building with a peculiar value from Khedival Cairo, analyze it with the seven principles of design, and propose a design for a building's facades in the new Capital city Downtown.This paper aims to introduce the results of the students' work, analyzing their designs, and the effect of experimental learning in developing their intellectual skills. The paper includes the results of a designed questioner answered by the students to evaluate the research project and the link between the history of architecture, heritage, and architecture design. The paper shows the importance of applying experimental learning and linking theoretical and practical courses for achieving better architecture practice.","source":"DOAJ","year":2021,"language":"","subjects":["Fine Arts","Architecture"],"doi":"10.21608/mjaf.2021.52865.2109","url":"https://mjaf.journals.ekb.eg/article_141606.html","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":65},{"id":"ss_6b2fff697dc68d600d5642eeceba3bebb61f667b","title":"The Imperative of Arts in General Education: Do the Arts Enhance Quality Learning?","authors":[{"name":"S. Leung"},{"name":"A. Hoshmand"}],"abstract":"abstract:The arts have been part of human endeavor throughout the history of civilization. They have defined cultures and enriched our lives. Despite their value, the arts have not been given equal priority with other academic disciplines, either in K–12 or in tertiary education. Recognizing the value of arts education for the overall cognitive development of students, this article evaluates the impact of arts courses in a university setting through a General Education program. Pre- and post-surveys (N=203 for the Study Process Questionnaire and N=163 for the Learning Experience Inventory) were conducted to evaluate what was learned in these courses, and the results show that there was a positive impact on students' capacity for quality learning. The study indicates the importance of arts education for student learning and the power of the arts in General Education.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2020,"language":"en","subjects":["Psychology"],"doi":"10.5325/jgeneeduc.68.3-4.0153","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6b2fff697dc68d600d5642eeceba3bebb61f667b","is_open_access":true,"citations":1,"published_at":"","score":64.03},{"id":"doaj_10.22455/2500-4247-2020-5-1-10-21","title":"Visualization of the Character's Appearance in Fiction","authors":[{"name":"Natalia A. Drovaleva"}],"abstract":"Numerous papers have been written on the topic of portrait creation in literature, viewing it both directly and indirectly, however it remains a topical issue up to this day. It is evidently necessary to systemize the data, gathered by numerous literary research on the portrait characteristics. In this regard, it appears productive to point out the theoretical and methodological particularities of researching a character’s appearance in literature, the existing research notions on the portrait in fiction literature and visual arts and the notable peculiarities of creating a character’s appearance, using examples from prose works of the Silver Age specifically. This period saw the rise of tendencies that consisted of moving away from an actual depiction of reality and the obligatory establishment of connections between external and internal features of the character. By examining various scholarly theories, the author points out that as a result of close attention to the artistic portrait, typical for the end of the 20th century, many works of that period that studied the particularities of characters’ appearance mirrored the notions about graphic and artistic portraits. Traditionally the portrait was researched in connection with the general history of art, and its depicting and artistic function was being actualized. However, it is not the primary function of the portrait, even if it could prove to be productive to research it in the case of painting writers or writing painters (for example M.A. Voloshin and K.A. Korovin). The author draws a specific conclusion that it would be impractical to distinguish a portrait as a closed integrity, and that the phrase “appearance visualization” seems to be the most fitting for describing the portrait features in works of fiction, as opposed to the literary portraits in biographical literature that portray and recreate the image of an existing person.","source":"DOAJ","year":2020,"language":"","subjects":["Literature (General)"],"doi":"10.22455/2500-4247-2020-5-1-10-21","url":"http://studlit.ru/images/NDrovaleva.pdf","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":64},{"id":"ss_b75a9f9faa10087ae33576b248611e7d2497ae93","title":"A History of Chinese Martial Arts","authors":[{"name":"Shao-nan Wang"}],"abstract":"The Chinese version of A History of Chinese Martial Arts was originally published in 1996. After the failure of Beijing’s first Olympic bid in 1993, the Chinese government made an earnest endeavour...","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2020,"language":"en","subjects":["History"],"doi":"10.1080/09523367.2020.1847088","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/b75a9f9faa10087ae33576b248611e7d2497ae93","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":64}],"total":2359208,"page":1,"page_size":20,"sources":["CrossRef","DOAJ","Semantic Scholar"],"query":"History of the arts"}