Mathematics: A Vehicle for Better Global Understanding

1985 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-215
Author(s):  
Frank J. Swetz
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Global Understanding

Jacob Bronowski, in his prefatory comments to the magnificent public television series “The Ascent of Man,” related the particular event that drew his attention, as a scientist, to the changing human condition. In 1924 a humanoid fossil skull was uncovered at Taung in southern Africa.

The use of the Element “Passion” Applied to Microscopy

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1176-1177
Author(s):  
N. Crise Smith
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Television Series ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mind

Of all the meanings and definitions of the word passion, the two that are applied here are “a pursuit to which one is devoted” and “excitement of the mind.” These are the emotional feelings that drive artists, musicians, writers, and scientists to fervently apply their skills. Within the field of microscopy, scientists and technologists display their zeal when they pursue the development of new techniques and methodologies, when they invite the world into their laboratories through telepresence microscopy, and when they use only the highest of standards to execute their studies. It is the ardor that drives retired microscopists to deliver microscopes to school children, and the joy that makes teachers of us all, as we are so desirous to share our knowledge. Passion is the deep feeling that can motivate a microscopist to produce imaginative IMAX movies and films for public television series.

scholarly journals Renewal movements in the Spanish television series

Comunicar ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (30) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario García-de-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Television Programming ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa

The present paper analyzes the results of a qualitative investigation developed by the Spanish public television on the values and characteristics of the national television fiction genre, as well as other aspects of its latest evolution. The conclusions of this qualitative analysis and the audience ratings confirm the hegemony of the genre within the generalist television programming. In the same sense, the paper analyzes its latest tendencies and what is called the last renewal of domestic television fiction. El presente trabajo analiza los resultados de una investigación cualitativa desarrollada por la televisión pública de España en torno a los valores y características del género de la ficción televisiva nacional, así como otros aspectos de la evolución última del género. Las conclusiones del análisis cualitativo y los datos de audiencia confirman la hegemonía del género dentro de la programación televisiva generalista de nuestro país. De igual forma se analizan sus tendencias más recientes y lo que llega a calificarse como última renovación de la ficción televisiva doméstica que podría denominarse la del hiperrealismo, por sus características extremas.

scholarly journals Not a scintilla of light: Darkness and despondency in Yvonne Vera’s Butterfly Burning

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-132
Author(s):  
Chioma Opora
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
Female Protagonist ◽  
Light Darkness ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The Hill

The paper makes an attempt at exploring the concept of the absurd as it applies to Yvonne Vera’s Butterfly Burning. The inordinate quest for survival and human dignity is graphically etched on the sordid canvas of angst, grime and abject poverty. The author deftly links this quest with the quest of identity which is manifested in a stream of endless waiting. The world of the novel is patently portrayed as irrational. The absurd is depicted, in the vein of Camus, as the function of the conflict between the irrational world and the human being’s passionate desires. The grossly traumatised and colonised humanity in Makokoba, a microcosm of Southern Africa, represents a scathing human condition. The female protagonist Phephelaphi is cast as an emblem of a subjugated and struggling African person seeking an identity as well as self-fulfilment. Phephelaphi, as a matter of course, bears the Sisyphean burden which remains unmitigated for the stone continuously rolls to the foot of the hill. This futile, endless and laborious feat which is symptomatic of the individual’s relentless struggles on earth echoes the absurd in an irrational milieu. This is inextricably linked with an indomitable and immortal time against which African men, women and children contend as they are kept waiting in stark futility.

scholarly journals Todays Program Is Brought To You By The Letters Debit And Credit And By The Number Income

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
H. Francis Bush ◽  
Vonda K. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Sesame Street ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Feedback Cycle ◽  
Management Preferences

As each generation comes of age they receive a label. Currently, we are teaching the new millennials. Their learning style and time management preferences may respond better to a constant task and feedback cycle similar to the popular Public Television Series, Sesame Street. This paper examines the effects of requiring student to take an assessment as part of the grade in principles of financial accounting. In particular, this paper attempts to identify the effects on both performance and satisfaction.

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