scholarly journals Birthing from Within: Nature, Technology, and Self-Making in Silicon Valley Childbearing

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ford
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Valley ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Cultural Discourse ◽  
Rite Of Passage ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Kinship Relations ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Mutual Accountability ◽  
Gendered Expectations

Through examining childbearing in California’s Silicon Valley, this article describes how seeking “self-actualization” has become a rite of passage for contemporary childbearing people. This approach undermines distinctions between “technological” and “natural” approaches to birth, as people are coached to leverage both logistical and animalistic capacities to produce “self-knowledge” and enact new feminist ways of doing embodiment. Based on fieldwork conducted as a doula, this article describes new rituals, anxieties, and aspirations that draw from both the idea that self-authenticity stems from an unadulterated, primordial nature and that self-realization is enabled by a very modern, reflexive strategy of self-design. In this community, the way reproduction comes to matter has less to do with realizing gendered expectations and kinship relations than with creative self-optimization. This approach facilitates women’s self-determination, while simultaneously introducing new forms of pressure and advancing a dominant cultural discourse that minimizes thinking about structural conditions and mutual accountability.

scholarly journals Genesis and content concept of professional self-determination of personality

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Nataliia Оshurkevych
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Multicomponent Nature

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of professional self-determination of personality and its relevance in contemporary socio-economic conditions. An analysis of the work of domestic and foreign scholars on the problem of professional self-determination of personality, made it possible to find out that there is no single theory in the understanding of the process of professional self-determination of personality. The article reveals the essence of the concepts of «personality», «profession», «professional self-determination», «professional self-determination of personality», «self-determination». The genesis is analyzed and approaches to the definition of the essence of the concept of «professional self-determination of personality» are considered. The emphasis is placed on the professional self-determination of a personality as a multicomponent phenomenon that is interconnected with professional development and the formation of an individual. The author’s definition of the concept of «professional self-determination of personality» is proposed as a prolonged, dynamic and phased process of self-knowledge and professional choice, influenced by external and internal factors of the subject. It has been established that in the writings of leading scholars there is an increased interest in the problem of professional self-determination of personality. The great experience of the various concepts and theoretical approaches developed to understanding the problem of professional self-determination of personality points to the complexity and multicomponent nature of the phenomenon of «professional self-determination of personality», as well as its close connection with the person’s self-determination of the person, his self-realization, self-actualization and self-knowledge in professional activity.

scholarly journals The Role of Autodidactic Processes in the Artistic and Creative Self-Development of Students-Musicians

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-78
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Frolova
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Development Of Students

The Central task of modern professional education is the formation of students’ readiness for self-education, self-development. Autodidactic processes are of direct relevance to the solution of this problem, which, acting as the basis for independent educational and cognitive activity, help students overcome the difficulties of self-development, contribute to the activation of creative potential (“self” processes), and allow them to become the subject of their own development. The article reveals the nature of musical art, which opens up opportunities for the development of semantic aspects of reality from the standpoint of creativity and continuous self-development; highlights the structure of artistic and creative self-development, which includes three levels – professional and value self-determination; artistic and creative self-perfection; artistic and creative self-actualization; the basic strategy of artistic and creative self-development of students-musicians, which is a harmonious combination of adaptive (conformal) and non-adaptive (creative) types of activity with a gradual predominance of creative activity. Special attention is paid to the components of artistic and creative self-development, which, representing the facets of one process, complement and enrich each other.

Self-complemented perspective of self-knowledge

1998 ◽  
pp. 71-74
Author(s):  
M. E. Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Roles ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Self Knowledge

I suggest a description of the theory that I find applicable to understanding self-knowledge. The theory of its own complexity focuses on the structure of individual thoughts about themselves. Own complexity concerns two features of a person's self-determination: the number of social roles that a person has, and the ability of a person to differentiate among these roles. For example, I would be considered a weak bearer of the idea of ​​my own complexity if I considered myself as the bearer of a relatively small number of roles and I would describe existing roles as similar to those that I carry out. I would have a greater degree of my own complexity if I looked at the number of roles I increased and made more distinctions between them.

scholarly journals Epistemology and Ethics in Zhuangzi

Philosophies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
S. Evan Kreider
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Ethical Development ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Epistemological Debate ◽  
Coherent Picture

On a prima facia reading, Zhuangzi seems to endorse some form of skepticism or relativism. This seems at odds with Zhuangzi as one of the two main sources of classical Daoism, considering the ideals of virtue and self-development promoted by that philosophy. However, Zhuangzi’s metaphorical and allegorical style lends itself to a number of interpretations of his epistemology, as well as the kind of self-knowledge and ethical development it might allow. A survey of the relevant literature shows that the epistemological debate is not easily solvable, but by narrowing the range of interpretations, a coherent picture of his ethics begins to emerge, one in which some form of knowledge, especially self-knowledge, is still possible, as is an ethics of self-actualization.

Invisible Hospitalities of the Art School

Public ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (61) ◽  
pp. 196-207
Author(s):  
Justin Langlois
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Art School

Across the art school, there are explicit forms of welcoming, of hosting, and othering. From the process of admissions to the structures of critique to the hiring process of both precarious and instrumental academic labour, the art school centers values built on invisible hospitalities that actively foreclose emancipatory social and political practices and continually reasserts dominant expectations of market-based practices. This essay traces the ways in which invisible hospitalities inform curricular, infrastructural, and administrative processes, while charting a course for cultivating new forms of hospitality that can support plural, complex, and radical forms of creative self-determination and artistic practice.

scholarly journals Riddle and secret: Laza Kostic and Branko Miljkovic around Heraclitus’ fire

Balcanica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 437-452
Author(s):  
Bogoljub Sijakovic
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Science Philosophy ◽  
Cultural Self ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Entire Cosmos ◽  
Creative Self

The culture of ancient Greece, and particularly its philosophy, contains paradigms that are predetermining, binding and eternally valid for the entire body of European culture. European culture and, in its distinctive way, Serbian culture, as an important dynamic motif has the need to constantly revisit Hellenic culture. This is in fact a productive (re) interpretation as a way of acquiring cultural self-awareness and self-knowledge. The entire cosmos and human fate in it are revealed in Hellenic thought as both a riddle and a secret. Both of these relationships to reality, in the model form found already in the work of Heraclitus, still characterize human thought and creation. The world seen as a riddle to be solved is the subject of many a discipline, and the secret that reveals itself to us provides the basis of faith and all arts. Two Serbian poets (although there are more) acquired their creative self-awareness around Heraclitus? concept of fire. In his scholarly and philosophical treatises Laza Kostic (1841-1910) turned to Heraclitus in a bid to solve the riddle of reality. In his contemplative-poetic works Branko Miljkovic (1934-1961) turned to Heraclitus seeking to uncover the secret of nothingness in the latter?s fire and to learn from the Ephesian?s foretokening that poetry is hermetic and loves to hide. Is there a deeper logic linking riddle and secret? Do science, philosophy, art and faith have a deeper unity? The answers are to be sought in Laza?s and Branko?s understanding of Heraclitus? fire.

scholarly journals Innovative forms of work with students in modern schools in the process of globalization

2021 ◽  
pp. 294-301
Author(s):  
Е.Ю. Рябова
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Creative Initiative ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Inner World ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
State Programs

Сегодня в центре внимания должна быть личность ученого, ее неповторимый внутренний мир. Основной целью современного учителя должен быть выбор таких инновационных методов и форм организации учебной деятельности учащихся, которые будут направлены на всестороннее творческое развитие личности. Это включает не только новые технические средства, а также новые формы и методы преподавания, новый подход к организации процесса обучения и общения между участниками образовательного процесса. Обновленное образование должно основываться на входе в инновационный режим работы и профессионализации педагогов, его творческом самоопределении, направленности на самообразование, саморазвитие и самосовершенствование. Только неравнодушие педагога к познанию и использованию в своей деятельности нововведений будет способствовать воспитанию успешной личности. Стратегические направления развития образования, определенные в рамках реализации государственных программ и национальных проектов, определяют формирование интеллектуального и культурного потенциала нации путем обеспечения постоянного духовного самосовершенствования личности. Трансформационные процессы в образовании предусматривают развитие творческой, инициативной стороны человека, который способен не только к трансляции знаний, но и готов создавать новые мировые образцы культуры и духовности, новых интересные навыки. Today, the focus should be on the personality of the scientist, her unique inner world. The main goal of the modern teacher should be to choose such innovative methods and forms of organizing the educational activities of students, which will be aimed at the comprehensive creative development of the person. This includes not only new technical means, but also new forms and methods of teaching, a new approach to organizing the learning process and communication between participants in the educational process. Renewed education should be based on entering the innovative mode of work and professionalization of teachers, their creative self-determination, focus on self-education, self-development and self-improvement. Only the teacher's indifference to knowledge and the use of innovations in his activities will contribute to the education of a successful person. The strategic directions for the development of education, defined within the framework of the implementation of state programs and national projects, determine the formation of the intellectual and cultural potential of the nation by ensuring the constant spiritual improvement of the person. Transformational processes in education provide for the development of the creative, initiative side of a person who is able not only to translate knowledge, but also ready to create new world models of culture and spirituality, new interesting skills.

scholarly journals Insights of professional activity at the stage of professionalization

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 07008
Author(s):  
Svetlana Zholudeva ◽  
Irina Ulybysheva
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Specific Character ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
The Subject

Specific character of a dynamic development of economy and society place demands on new highly-qualified personnel of any sphere professional activity, especially the sphere connected with interaction with people who have modern high-tech skills. Demands’ changes on the subject of professional activity brings on a qualitative restructuring of professionalization’s process, that facilitates an integration of educational and professional spheres with a conceptional, technological and theoretical supporting. Successful professional activity depends a lot upon a successful period of early professionalization that is impossible without proper provided insights of a profession. This article shows the results of an empirical study regarding the analysis of peculiarities of professional ideas of pre-service teachers. A specific attention is given to the problem of study of professional activity ideas effect at the stage of early professionalization, which changes during the period of ideas’ transformation concerning professional activity and career building that is caused by the changes in the essence of professionalization from a socio normed event into an individual work of professional aimed at self-determination and self-actualization in profession.

scholarly journals Choreography as the basis for the development of students' creative abilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (118) ◽  
pp. 210-216
Author(s):  
Anna Y. Tikhonova ◽  
◽  
Aleksey A. Beshanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Specific Direction ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Creative Abilities ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Multicomponent Nature ◽  
General Creativity

The article considers the issues of studying and forming creative abilities as a scientific problem. Based on the analysis of scientific developments devoted to students’ creative abilities, it was determined that for the most part the professional and creative formation of a bachelor's personality is studied on the basis of a specific direction of training, quite often – on the basis of the analysis of the work of universities of culture and art, and pedagogical creativity in most cases – on the material of the pedagogical university. It was revealed that insufficient attention is paid by scientists to the analysis of the problems of educating creatively enthusiastic specialists in different areas of training, united by common projects, not always subordinate to future professional activities, but revealing internal individual resources, the creative potential of each and aimed at personal self-development. It was confirmed that the formation of creative abilities should be built on the desire for high achievements, and not on the motivation for the development of the student, while it is important to form such creative abilities that can be implemented in different fields of activity. The article provides a characteristic of general creative abilities and a hypothesis is put forward: the formation of general creative abilities of students is possible on the basis of non-core activities – choreography, in order later to show students the possibility of transferring the mastered skills of mastering general creative abilities to pedagogical activity. The article discusses the problem of using choreography as a means of forming general creative abilities, the multilevel and multicomponent nature of which has not been sufficiently studied. Researchers for the most part associate general creativity in choreographic activity with the development of creative thinking. The student choreographic collective isdefined as an open self-organizing system aimed at creative self-actualization and creative self-development of all its participants, regardless of the profile of training.

scholarly journals Methods for development of creative expression of college students in music composition

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Denis N. Pavlov
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Gradual Transition ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Music Research ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Russian Education

The development of a person's creative self-realization is one of the main guidelines for the modernization of the modern Russian education system. However, an analysis of the content of curricula, programs, the state of the modern practice of teaching students of colleges of culture and arts enrolled in specialties related to musical art, indicates a lack of attention of teachers to the problem of creative self-realization of students. Mastering by students of musical and compositional activity can contribute to their successful mastery of the means of musical expression, finding their own methods of creative self-realization. The author of the article concludes that the process of development of creative self-realization among students of colleges of culture and arts in musical-compositional activity is a gradual transition from self-knowledge and self-assessment by students of their capabilities in the implementation of this activity, through the formation of their skills and abilities of musical improvisation, composing music, developing motivation for self-development, developing creativity, for self-assertion of students and self-assessment of the results of musical and compositional activity. The article presents a methodology for the development of creative self-realization of students of colleges of culture and arts in musical and compositional activities, including: forms of education - small-group, individual and practical classes; forms of extracurricular activities - a music room, a music lecture hall, a creative workshop; teaching methods - observation of music, research, brainstorming, author's introspection, associative, portfolio; techniques - explanations of one's own actions, feedback, reflection; methods and techniques of creative work - combination, transformation, sketch work.

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