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Exquisite Work in the University Library of U.C.L.A in America
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2017
Pages:
38-41
Received:
22 December 2016
Accepted:
27 April 2017
Published:
6 July 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20170202.11
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Abstract: Today, version research and knowledge of ancient manuscripts, around the world, is very important. This is important to the extent that many manuscripts and old books adorn the shelves in the famous libraries of the world. Introducing these works and manuscripts lies in the public and private libraries is the first step in research and service to science. One of the exquisite and valuable works is the unique version of Niaz and Naz story, which is kept in the library U.C.L.A University of California with the accurate title of Niaz Prince and Ms. Naz Prince Story, with the number 483, and yet, it remains unknown. From this work, so far, have not found another version and its unique edition is written with a manuscript by an anonymous scribe. This study tries to introduce this Lyrical story for the first time and analyzes the lyrical and narrative aspects of this work.
Abstract: Today, version research and knowledge of ancient manuscripts, around the world, is very important. This is important to the extent that many manuscripts and old books adorn the shelves in the famous libraries of the world. Introducing these works and manuscripts lies in the public and private libraries is the first step in research and service to s...
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An Exploration of Teachers’ Challenges and Practices in Implementing Active Learning Strategies
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2017
Pages:
42-51
Received:
10 June 2017
Accepted:
26 June 2017
Published:
24 July 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20170202.12
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Abstract: The main objective of this study was to explore teachers’ practices and challenges in implementing active learning in teaching English in Grade Nine. In conducting the study, the researcher employed qualitative approach. To collect the data for the study, two main research instruments were employed. They are: class-room observation and un-structured interviews conducted with Grade Nine English teachers and students learning at the same grade level. Accordingly, the findings from classroom observation indicated that the classroom practices in implementing active learning strategies were not satisfactory. Even in their limited attempt to implement the strategy, the only technique most Grade nine English teachers frequently used was grouping students to solve various problems. Furthermore, the motivational techniques that the observed teachers were employing in the class were not in accordance with the principles of active learning. In investigating the data from the interview with Grade Nine English teachers, the results similarly revealed that most teachers had the perception that active learning was one of the significant strategies which could help students to facilitate independent learning. Nevertheless, most Grade Nine English teachers did not put it into practice fully due to various reasons. According to the present researcher’s exploration, the following difficulties were identified as major constraints affecting the implementation of active learning in Grade Nine: poor back ground of the students in speaking skills, lack of classroom facilities, lack of appropriate teaching materials, lack of deep awareness as to how implement active learning, were the most outstanding ones. Finally, recommendations were forwarded.
Abstract: The main objective of this study was to explore teachers’ practices and challenges in implementing active learning in teaching English in Grade Nine. In conducting the study, the researcher employed qualitative approach. To collect the data for the study, two main research instruments were employed. They are: class-room observation and un-structure...
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The Influence of Westernised and Hybridised Christianity on the Appreciation of Traditional Art in Nigeria
Endong,
Floribert Patrick C.
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2017
Pages:
52-59
Received:
29 June 2017
Accepted:
11 July 2017
Published:
1 August 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20170202.13
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Abstract: Christianity has been an active agent of westernisation and modernisation in contemporary Nigeria. Being more westernised than nigerianised, the phenomenon has, in many respects, challenged the idea of traditional African culture and art. Hinging on radical, though arguable exegeses of the Bible, neo Pentecostal Christian vitalities have questioned and utterly demonised core Nigerian cultural values, particularly traditional African art. This paper challenges the thesis that traditional art is inextricably connected with ancestral worship and inherently satanic. Though some of its constitutive elements – notably statutes of deities and goddesses as well as masks and artefacts associated with rituals – may have some connections with specific tenets of animism and idol worshiping, other aspects as ‘clean’ textile products, relevant rhythms within traditional music and architectural designs are visibly not antithetical to Christianity. It will therefore be expedient to delicately sort syncretic arts from the “spiritually poisonous” ones. Only syncretic art (those that may be concurrent to the concept of practicing Christianity) should be combated within Christian circles. This is in line with the fact that, external campaigns aimed at destroying traditional Nigerian art are not only anti-Africanist but clear violations of the principle of secularity of the state, spelt out by the Nigerian Constitution.
Abstract: Christianity has been an active agent of westernisation and modernisation in contemporary Nigeria. Being more westernised than nigerianised, the phenomenon has, in many respects, challenged the idea of traditional African culture and art. Hinging on radical, though arguable exegeses of the Bible, neo Pentecostal Christian vitalities have questioned...
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An Ecocritical Reading of Farley Mowat’s Never Cry Wolf (1963)
Mohammad Shaaban Ahmad Deyab
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2017
Pages:
60-68
Received:
7 June 2017
Accepted:
12 July 2017
Published:
4 August 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20170202.14
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Abstract: Using the Ecocritical theory as a framework, this study highlights the subtle Ecocritical issues in Mowat’s Never Cry Wolf, and aims at pointing out how Mowat draws heavily on humanizing wolves and joins the recent Ecocritical concerns over the ways in which humans should understand and deal with them.
