The Road to Self-Assessment: Less-Traveled But Essential

Author(s):  
James M. Dubinsky
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2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-150
Author(s):  
AMY LYNN WLODARSKI

AbstractGeorge Rochberg often attributed his postmodern shift to the death of his son in 1964. Accordingly, the literature has described his practice of ars combinatoria (“art of combination”) as an “abrupt about-face”—a sudden rejection of modernist aesthetics. But the composer's unpublished essays, diaries, correspondence, and musical sketchbooks suggest that the road to ars combinatoria had well-laid roots in two of his least considered biographical periods: his service during World War II and his serial period. During these two decades, Rochberg actively sought positive models for humanistic composition, historical figures who rose to the level of musical heroes in that they served humanity through their art. But as the war had taught him, heroes are necessarily defined by their struggle against nemeses in ethical conflicts. Correspondingly, he constructed the other side of the artistic world as a realm of vain egoists who sought self-promotion and seemed unconcerned with humanistic modes of expression. As his ideas matured, Rochberg assigned different figures to these archetypes, but the guiding ethical criteria remained fairly consistent throughout. I therefore argue that ars combinatoria was less a sudden aesthetic reversal than it was the result of a longer cumulative process of self-assessment and compositional maturation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-416
Author(s):  
Brooks Berndt

Today’s climate crisis provokes dystopian and utopian narratives of the future faced by humanity. To navigate the theological terrain between the present and an uncertain future, this article explores passages pertaining to the journey of Moses and the Israelites to the Promised Land. The guiding point of orientation for this exploration comes from a verse that captures the seeming powerlessness of the Israelites in the face of the giants inhabiting the Promised Land. Numbers 13:33 reads, “To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.” Of crucial importance in coming to terms with such honest self-assessment is the period of discernment and growth that comes from being in the wilderness with the presence of a God who loves and empowers grasshoppers in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Because the future of the Body of Christ is inseparable from how the climate crisis is confronted, the journey through the wilderness becomes not merely a story for self-coping but rather a story about churches finding a way forward, even as some dystopian narratives place churches on the road to irrelevance and ultimately extinction. This article explores how the story of exodus provides a sacred ground for imagining a different, even if difficult, future.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-277
Author(s):  
Teodora Pashalieva ◽  
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Hristina Poparkova ◽  

Learning by integrating different topics from one subject to another helps students build a complete image of the topic they are working on and makes the learning process effective and meaningful. The theme „The Bulgarian revival and the road to immortality“ is suitable for conducting an interdisciplinary lesson, which overlaps these subjects: Bulgarian language, history, music, fine arts and information technologies. Through the time machine, the seventh-graders from our school found themselves in a revival café, where they witnessed an interview with Dobri Chintulov, Kiro Tuleshkov and Ivan Vazov. Touching on these personalities, the students easily understood and interpreted questions related to the changes that occurred in Bulgarian society in the renaissance era, the change of the ordinary Bulgarian and the main directions in which the Bulgarian renaissance developed. In pertinent moments they sang Renaissance songs, with brush and paints recreated they images of Bulgarian Revivals. Their appreciation for those personalities who worked with all their dedication to resurrect the Bulgarian and led it to new heights was felt. The preferred method is suitable because it develops teamwork skills, self-assessment and self-knowledge, improves their communication skills, builds their personal qualities, which is a huge advantage compared to the classical form of training.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Delnoij ◽  
Jose Janssen ◽  
Kim Dirkx ◽  
Hieronymus Gijselaers ◽  
Renate H. de Groot ◽  
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Non-completion is an ongoing concern in higher education, and even more so in higher online education. One way to address this problem is to take initiatives prior to student enrollment, enabling informed decision making. In line with this, an institution for open higher online education seeks to develop a (non-committal) online self-assessment for prospective students. To identify variables (tests) to be included in this self-assessment, the present study aims at validating variables–previously identified as “predictive of completion in higher education and open to intervention before enrollment”—within the current higher online education context. Results of correlational analyses indicate that the following modifiable variables are relevant to include: hours planned to study, employment hours, study intention, discipline, discipline confidence, basic mathematical skills, and social support. Based on a sensitivity cut-off of 95% (to minimize false negatives) about 13% of the actual non-completers could be identified correctly. Implications for future development of the self-assessment are discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 505-506 ◽  
pp. 1167-1171
Author(s):  
Ya Fei Wang ◽  
Dong Xu Zhang

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which needs less information and shorter time on decision-making, is selected for road traffic safety evaluation in this paper. Combined with the instance in Huai Yin district of Jinan city, the structural model that includes road conditions, intersections, straight sections, bends and ramps is proposed. Delphi method was used to construct the judgment matrix and then the MATLAB was used to calculate the corresponding weights of the various index of the entire road system. Combined with self-assessment of each index, then the safety level of the road is figured out.


2021 ◽  
pp. 138-150
Author(s):  
David Beaumont

The significance of spiritual health in the Māori model of health. Author notes resistance in secular society to the term ‘spiritual’ and broadens the term to encompass our search for meaning: why we are here, why we exist. Maslow and our esteem needs, notably an acknowledgement of our capacities, achievements, and adequacy, by others and ourselves, to gain a sense of ‘being useful in the world’. The definition of spirituality from the Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare as ‘the way people engage with the purpose and meaning of human existence’. Using the framework from acceptance and commitment therapy, the author’s personal experience of defining his personal values. His reflection on his own personal beliefs and his personal journey to self-discovery. The concept of inner child work and its role in existential health and healing. A client’s own experience of finding his inner child. The concept of ‘best me’. Maslow’s theory of motivation. The concept of flourishing and the author’s personal self-assessment. The US psychiatrist Dr M. Scott Peck’s book The Road Less Travelled, and his insight that it takes courage to make tough life decisions. The power of the stories we tell ourselves.


EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colby Jordan Silvert ◽  
Cody Gusto ◽  
John Diaz ◽  
Glenn Israel

This fifth publication in the Road to Recovery series discusses how Extension professionals can evaluate techniques to build trust when facilitating virtual programming. Specific recommendations are provided addressing concerns about short- and long-term virtual trust, inclusion techniques, Zoom fatigue, and cybersecurity. This new 5-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication was written by Colby Silvert, Cody Gusto, John Diaz, and Glenn Israel.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc388


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