This study examines selected Igbo written poems so as to observe the extent to which the poets have represented various natural phenomena such as trees, sun, moon, rain, among others and the relationship between man and his environment in their poems. It is obvious that some Igbo poets like the Western poets represent some natural phenomena in their creative works. Their major concern is to project these natural phenomena and enhance the relationship between humans and these phenomena through their literary works. In spite of the efforts of many Igbo poets in representing different natural phenomena in their poems, previous studies have shown that some Igbo literary scholars, critics, teachers and students show more interest in studying other issues represented in Igbo written poetry like issues that border on the society, politics, leadership, gender, religion, culture, economy, among others. This shows that they do not have interest in the natural phenomena and the purpose for their representation in written Igbo poetry. It is against this backdrop that this study examines the natural phenomena prominent in the selected Igbo written poems so as to identify the nature of relationship between these natural phenomena and man as projected by the poets. The study adopted the ecocritical literary theory in analysing the selected poems and the data were presented descriptively. From the analysis, this study reveal that the selected poems represented the importance of some natural phenomena to man especially the economic values. This study also observed that there is good relationship between the natural phenomena projected in the selected poems, among other findings. It is hoped that this study would help to project and enhance the relationship between man his environment.
{"title":"Nzipụta Mmekọrịta Mmadụ na Ekerechi n’Abụ Ederede Igbo a Họọrọ","authors":"N. Nnyigide","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.7","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines selected Igbo written poems so as to observe the extent to which the poets have represented various natural phenomena such as trees, sun, moon, rain, among others and the relationship between man and his environment in their poems. It is obvious that some Igbo poets like the Western poets represent some natural phenomena in their creative works. Their major concern is to project these natural phenomena and enhance the relationship between humans and these phenomena through their literary works. In spite of the efforts of many Igbo poets in representing different natural phenomena in their poems, previous studies have shown that some Igbo literary scholars, critics, teachers and students show more interest in studying other issues represented in Igbo written poetry like issues that border on the society, politics, leadership, gender, religion, culture, economy, among others. This shows that they do not have interest in the natural phenomena and the purpose for their representation in written Igbo poetry. It is against this backdrop that this study examines the natural phenomena prominent in the selected Igbo written poems so as to identify the nature of relationship between these natural phenomena and man as projected by the poets. The study adopted the ecocritical literary theory in analysing the selected poems and the data were presented descriptively. From the analysis, this study reveal that the selected poems represented the importance of some natural phenomena to man especially the economic values. This study also observed that there is good relationship between the natural phenomena projected in the selected poems, among other findings. It is hoped that this study would help to project and enhance the relationship between man his environment.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129309686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the world as a terminal disease, different lexical items have been adopted by Nigerian News Editors in rendering news reports on the pandemic. Certainly, power and significance are embedded in these news reports and these headlines help to reveal hidden sociocultural ideologies. Thus, the present study investigates selected Covid-19 newspaper headlines in order to ascertain how newspaper headlines have been used to illuminate hidden sociocultural ideologies. The study adopts Fairclough's (1995) theory of Critical Discourse Analysis as a sociocultural practice where emphasis is made on the three dimensions (3Ds) of discourse analysis namely description, interpretation and explanation.Covid-19 newspaper headlines selected from five Nigerian Newspapers namely the Guardian, Daily Trust, Nation, Tribune and Punch newspapers are analysed thematically in a bid to ascertain how the choice of words by the editors have been used to reveal hidden ideologies. A critical analysis of the headlines reveals a covert underlying social and cultural motivation for the readers’ consumption. The study further shows that covid-19 newspaper headlines perform myriads of functions from the perspective of the readers as they have implications on the social, political, economic and religious life of the readers. It can be concluded that these headlines reshape the readers’ mind-set.
{"title":"Sociocultural Relations: Perspectives from Covid-19 Newspaper Headlines","authors":"Adaobi Ngozi Okoye, Justice Ekenedirichukwu Adioha","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.9","url":null,"abstract":"Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the world as a terminal disease, different lexical items have been adopted by Nigerian News Editors in rendering news reports on the pandemic. Certainly, power and significance are embedded in these news reports and these headlines help to reveal hidden sociocultural ideologies. Thus, the present study investigates selected Covid-19 newspaper headlines in order to ascertain how newspaper headlines have been used to illuminate hidden sociocultural ideologies. The study adopts Fairclough's (1995) theory of Critical Discourse Analysis as a sociocultural practice where emphasis is made on the three dimensions (3Ds) of discourse analysis namely description, interpretation and explanation.Covid-19 newspaper headlines selected from five Nigerian Newspapers namely the Guardian, Daily Trust, Nation, Tribune and Punch newspapers are analysed thematically in a bid to ascertain how the choice of words by the editors have been used to reveal hidden ideologies. A critical analysis of the headlines reveals a covert underlying social and cultural motivation for the readers’ consumption. The study further shows that covid-19 newspaper headlines perform myriads of functions from the perspective of the readers as they have implications on the social, political, economic and religious life of the readers. It can be concluded that these headlines reshape the readers’ mind-set.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132835290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study centred on the influence of parental attitude on children’s music education in basic schools of Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested. Out of a population of 203, a sample size of 125 was used through a random sampling technique. The data collection instruments included a questionnaire, interview, and observation. Statistically weighted mean and percentages were used to answer the research questions while one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed to test the null hypotheses. The analysis revealed that there is a significant difference in the effects of parental attitudes towards children's music learning in the study area. It was further deduced that there is a significant relationship between parents' attitudes and pupils' music learning in basic schools in Obio Akpor Local Government Area. This further proved that there was a significant relationship between parents' attitudes towards music learning and their children’s performance in music in the study area. Another strong negative factor was peer group influence and quality of teaching and learning on the children's music performance in basic schools in Obio Akpor. It was also observed that there is a significant relationship between the academic qualification of music teachers and children's music performance in the study area. Based on these findings, the study concluded that improvement in music education in Obio Akpor Basic Schools is a necessity.
{"title":"The Influence of Parental Attitude on Children’s Music Education: A Case Study of Basic Schools in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State","authors":"Chinyere Amoyedo-Peter, E. Ojukwu","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.6","url":null,"abstract":"This study centred on the influence of parental attitude on children’s music education in basic schools of Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested. Out of a population of 203, a sample size of 125 was used through a random sampling technique. The data collection instruments included a questionnaire, interview, and observation. Statistically weighted mean and percentages were used to answer the research questions while one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed to test the null hypotheses. The analysis revealed that there is a significant difference in the effects of parental attitudes towards children's music learning in the study area. It was further deduced that there is a significant relationship between parents' attitudes and pupils' music learning in basic schools in Obio Akpor Local Government Area. This further proved that there was a significant relationship between parents' attitudes towards music learning and their children’s performance in music in the study area. Another strong negative factor was peer group influence and quality of teaching and learning on the children's music performance in basic schools in Obio Akpor. It was also observed that there is a significant relationship between the academic qualification of music teachers and children's music performance in the study area. Based on these findings, the study concluded that improvement in music education in Obio Akpor Basic Schools is a necessity.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"91 18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128787064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Culture comprises the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, intellectual and emotional features that characterize society, our thought about life, and our ideas. Culture has the capacity to bring about the change of attitudes needed to ensure peace and sustainable development which is known as the only possible way forward for life on planet earth; it shapes the way we see the world. Considering the prominence of Satellite television as a virtual medium, this study sought to know the influence of media imperialism and the claim that it has affected and undermined South-Eastern sociocultural norms and values. More so, this study examined the influence of satellite television stations in the south-eastern states of Nigeria, the region that is fully immersed with her culture. It specifically examined how satellite television has affected the knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by Nigerians as a member of the society. The research methodology utilizes descriptive statistics with a self-designed questionnaire used to elicit information from a sample of 180 respondents. The findings of the study revealed that the relationship between satellite television stations and sociocultural practices is high and statistically significant.
{"title":"The Influence of Satellite TV Stations on Cultural Practices in Eastern Nigeria","authors":"Somtoo Arinze-Umobi, Onyinye Princess Chiweta-Oduah","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.8","url":null,"abstract":"Culture comprises the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, intellectual and emotional features that characterize society, our thought about life, and our ideas. Culture has the capacity to bring about the change of attitudes needed to ensure peace and sustainable development which is known as the only possible way forward for life on planet earth; it shapes the way we see the world. Considering the prominence of Satellite television as a virtual medium, this study sought to know the influence of media imperialism and the claim that it has affected and undermined South-Eastern sociocultural norms and values. More so, this study examined the influence of satellite television stations in the south-eastern states of Nigeria, the region that is fully immersed with her culture. It specifically examined how satellite television has affected the knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by Nigerians as a member of the society. The research methodology utilizes descriptive statistics with a self-designed questionnaire used to elicit information from a sample of 180 respondents. The findings of the study revealed that the relationship between satellite television stations and sociocultural practices is high and statistically significant.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122574206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The human desire to live together as a community or a nation is predicated on the conditions of equity, justice and fairness to all. However, the urge to dominate others has entrenched social injustice in society. This nature of human living breeds different kinds of human reactions which philosophers have identified. In his phenomenological ontology, Jean-Paul Sartre developed some concepts he believed to define our relationships with the world around us and how that world responds to our desires: Being-in-itself, Being-for-Itself, Facticity, Bad Faith and Authenticity are some concepts explored in this study. Sartre argues that because humans are ongoing projects with future possibilities, attaining our full potential as human beings only become valued through the ways we respond to these ideals. In the application of the above concepts using Sam Ukala’s The Placenta of Death, this study, through a content analysis of the qualitative research method, interrogated human attitudes in an oppressive and unjust world seeking justification or otherwise for human actions that would provide us with what human society should be like for our experience of it to be what it ought to be. Our findings, among others, revealed that oppression and injustice in society breed political and material denials which lead to resentment and the consequent desire for political struggles. It also discovered that those who resign to bad faith (self-deceptive and compromised persons) are afraid to take responsibility for their past and present actions and thereby closing future possibilities for themselves and others. The study concluded that in a society of entrenched oppression and injustice, it is obligated and justified that one takes a political stand: one against oppression and injustice, but in favour of political emancipation and freedom.
{"title":"Narrativising Injustice, Political Emancipation and the Authentic Life in Sam Ukala’s the Placenta of Death","authors":"A. Asigbo, Chukwuemeka Anthony Ebiriukwu","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.4","url":null,"abstract":"The human desire to live together as a community or a nation is predicated on the conditions of equity, justice and fairness to all. However, the urge to dominate others has entrenched social injustice in society. This nature of human living breeds different kinds of human reactions which philosophers have identified. In his phenomenological ontology, Jean-Paul Sartre developed some concepts he believed to define our relationships with the world around us and how that world responds to our desires: Being-in-itself, Being-for-Itself, Facticity, Bad Faith and Authenticity are some concepts explored in this study. Sartre argues that because humans are ongoing projects with future possibilities, attaining our full potential as human beings only become valued through the ways we respond to these ideals. In the application of the above concepts using Sam Ukala’s The Placenta of Death, this study, through a content analysis of the qualitative research method, interrogated human attitudes in an oppressive and unjust world seeking justification or otherwise for human actions that would provide us with what human society should be like for our experience of it to be what it ought to be. Our findings, among others, revealed that oppression and injustice in society breed political and material denials which lead to resentment and the consequent desire for political struggles. It also discovered that those who resign to bad faith (self-deceptive and compromised persons) are afraid to take responsibility for their past and present actions and thereby closing future possibilities for themselves and others. The study concluded that in a society of entrenched oppression and injustice, it is obligated and justified that one takes a political stand: one against oppression and injustice, but in favour of political emancipation and freedom.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"23 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123499389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John E. Efiong, R. A. Idialu, Victoria E. John-Efiong
The forces of digital technologies are cohesive, penetrative and ubiquitous with the propensity to transform every human activity. Thus, the tempo of religious practices within the influence of this digital pull cannot remain unaffected. This study examines the influence of digital technologies on religious endeavours in the era of Global Information Culture (GIC), particularly on global missions and how humans cannot escape the glue. Descriptive and phenomenological techniques were adopted to x-ray the concepts. The study also identifies the roles of GIC in supporting socio-economic development, influencing cultural and cross-cultural practices, and affecting religious and inter-religious relationships. The study submits that innovations in the GIC have influenced spirituality and Christian witnessing in the 21st century and concludes that in the current webbed dispensation, humanity becomes techno-sapiens and remains so even in their religious practices. The paper, therefore, recommends that stakeholders in the religious sector and practitioners of mission need to embrace and imbibe GIC for their maximum output in their respective endeavours.
{"title":"“Technosapiencing” and the Global Christian Mission in the Digit-shaped World","authors":"John E. Efiong, R. A. Idialu, Victoria E. John-Efiong","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.3","url":null,"abstract":"The forces of digital technologies are cohesive, penetrative and ubiquitous with the propensity to transform every human activity. Thus, the tempo of religious practices within the influence of this digital pull cannot remain unaffected. This study examines the influence of digital technologies on religious endeavours in the era of Global Information Culture (GIC), particularly on global missions and how humans cannot escape the glue. Descriptive and phenomenological techniques were adopted to x-ray the concepts. The study also identifies the roles of GIC in supporting socio-economic development, influencing cultural and cross-cultural practices, and affecting religious and inter-religious relationships. The study submits that innovations in the GIC have influenced spirituality and Christian witnessing in the 21st century and concludes that in the current webbed dispensation, humanity becomes techno-sapiens and remains so even in their religious practices. The paper, therefore, recommends that stakeholders in the religious sector and practitioners of mission need to embrace and imbibe GIC for their maximum output in their respective endeavours.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134240592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature and women have through all ages been victims of exploitation, oppression and subjugation. Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People recreates the exploitation of both nature and woman. While A Man of the People has enjoyed wide-ranging critical examination, and unlike Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God which have been examined from ecocritical perspectives, not much has been done to underline Achebe’s ecofeminist underpinnings as depicted in the novel. This study, therefore, examines A Man of the People through the Ecofeminist critical lens as this allows for a nuanced examination of the connectedness of the domination of women and natural resources in the novel. By engaging Achebe’s all-time famous text, A Man of the People, through the Ecofeminist lens, the study serves to underscore the complex gendered drama that unfolds when women and nature are exploited by capitalist patriarchs. The study draws attention to Achebe’s master craftsmanship in exposing the complex network of forces that have over time sought to objectify women and nature, in service of selfish interests. The study concludes by drawing attention to Achebe’s vision for emancipating women and nature from bearing the brunt of capitalist modernity.
{"title":"Women and Nature for Plunder: an Ecofeminist Study of Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People","authors":"Opeyemi A. Ajibola, B. Okoli","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Nature and women have through all ages been victims of exploitation, oppression and subjugation. Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People recreates the exploitation of both nature and woman. While A Man of the People has enjoyed wide-ranging critical examination, and unlike Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God which have been examined from ecocritical perspectives, not much has been done to underline Achebe’s ecofeminist underpinnings as depicted in the novel. This study, therefore, examines A Man of the People through the Ecofeminist critical lens as this allows for a nuanced examination of the connectedness of the domination of women and natural resources in the novel. By engaging Achebe’s all-time famous text, A Man of the People, through the Ecofeminist lens, the study serves to underscore the complex gendered drama that unfolds when women and nature are exploited by capitalist patriarchs. The study draws attention to Achebe’s master craftsmanship in exposing the complex network of forces that have over time sought to objectify women and nature, in service of selfish interests. The study concludes by drawing attention to Achebe’s vision for emancipating women and nature from bearing the brunt of capitalist modernity.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114268988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Global trends in music, dance and dramatic entertainment entrepreneurship such as composing and production of music, online music streaming, and dramatic acts shared on various social media platforms; show the developments as promising areas for human capacity development in Nigeria. With the unprecedented economic downturn, insecurity, high population index, diminishing GDP index, youthful restiveness, unemployment, and the devastations of Covid-19 ravaging the country; it becomes imperative that some alternative means of economic sustenance, wealth generation, job creation, and youthful engagement, be pursued through such an enterprise as music and dramatic entrepreneurship. This paper explored the feasibility of establishing Music, dance and dramatic entrepreneurial centres across the country where individuals can engage in learning several ramifications of entertainment entrepreneurship that behove them; sharpening their skills, learning the concomitant risks; and risk management strategies, with the hope of getting sponsorship from the government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), independent agencies, and private individuals after the completion of pieces of training. Data was sourced from accomplished entrepreneurs from the entertainment industry, youths, and the general public through questionnaires, interviews, and participant observation. Existing literature on music and drama entrepreneurship, Tik Tok also formed secondary data. The major Finding of this work shows that entrepreneurship in the entertainment sector can still foster despite the COVID-19 pandemic if stakeholders can draw on the unique opportunity of streaming via online platforms. It is recommended that entertainment content creators, investors, entrepreneurs, and managers should key into this window instead of continuing to bewail the pandemic.
{"title":"Exploring Trends in Music Entrepreneurship for Human Capacity Development in Nigeria: the Inherent Risks, and Risk Management Strategies","authors":"","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Global trends in music, dance and dramatic entertainment entrepreneurship such as composing and production of music, online music streaming, and dramatic acts shared on various social media platforms; show the developments as promising areas for human capacity development in Nigeria. With the unprecedented economic downturn, insecurity, high population index, diminishing GDP index, youthful restiveness, unemployment, and the devastations of Covid-19 ravaging the country; it becomes imperative that some alternative means of economic sustenance, wealth generation, job creation, and youthful engagement, be pursued through such an enterprise as music and dramatic entrepreneurship. This paper explored the feasibility of establishing Music, dance and dramatic entrepreneurial centres across the country where individuals can engage in learning several ramifications of entertainment entrepreneurship that behove them; sharpening their skills, learning the concomitant risks; and risk management strategies, with the hope of getting sponsorship from the government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), independent agencies, and private individuals after the completion of pieces of training. Data was sourced from accomplished entrepreneurs from the entertainment industry, youths, and the general public through questionnaires, interviews, and participant observation. Existing literature on music and drama entrepreneurship, Tik Tok also formed secondary data. The major Finding of this work shows that entrepreneurship in the entertainment sector can still foster despite the COVID-19 pandemic if stakeholders can draw on the unique opportunity of streaming via online platforms. It is recommended that entertainment content creators, investors, entrepreneurs, and managers should key into this window instead of continuing to bewail the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129977704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The teaching and learning of keyboard pieces involves complex processes and multiple factors. This is to say that performing keyboard pieces especially during the individual performance examinations is the most difficult aspect of music examination that upset the students of music in a great way. Therefore, this study attempts to identify the causes of students’ challenges and difficulties in their keyboard learning. Through the adoption of some effective pedagogical approaches, the researcher hopes to minimize their challenges and maximize their individual performance examinations on the keyboard. The Department of Music, Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu was a reference point. The researcher adopted a survey research design. The population for the study comprised thirty (30) students selected through simple random sampling. Data were gathered through the use of questionnaire which was designed to find the causes of students’ difficulties in keyboard learning. The results show that the students of the above named institutions have three kinds of problems as regards keyboard learning such as practicing without setting up a goal, practicing without engaging in chordal analysis, and practicing only when they have spare time. These are unhealthy attitudes in keyboard learning. Different pedagogical approaches were proposed by the researcher to address the challenges such as engaging in goal setting, engaging in chordal analysis and constant practice. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that keyboard instructors should emphasize the importance of goal setting, chordal analysis and frequent practice to their students.
{"title":"Improving students’ performance examinations on the keyboard through selected pedagogical approaches: a study of the department of music, Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu","authors":"P. C. Ozoaghuta, E. Ojukwu","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i1.7","url":null,"abstract":"The teaching and learning of keyboard pieces involves complex processes and multiple factors. This is to say that performing keyboard pieces especially during the individual performance examinations is the most difficult aspect of music examination that upset the students of music in a great way. Therefore, this study attempts to identify the causes of students’ challenges and difficulties in their keyboard learning. Through the adoption of some effective pedagogical approaches, the researcher hopes to minimize their challenges and maximize their individual performance examinations on the keyboard. The Department of Music, Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu was a reference point. The researcher adopted a survey research design. The population for the study comprised thirty (30) students selected through simple random sampling. Data were gathered through the use of questionnaire which was designed to find the causes of students’ difficulties in keyboard learning. The results show that the students of the above named institutions have three kinds of problems as regards keyboard learning such as practicing without setting up a goal, practicing without engaging in chordal analysis, and practicing only when they have spare time. These are unhealthy attitudes in keyboard learning. Different pedagogical approaches were proposed by the researcher to address the challenges such as engaging in goal setting, engaging in chordal analysis and constant practice. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that keyboard instructors should emphasize the importance of goal setting, chordal analysis and frequent practice to their students.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"53 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132640660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reading literary texts help us develop critical thinking skills, but this fact is taken for granted in literary education by both teachers and students alike and this is the problem projected by the paper. Critical thinking itself trains our minds toward solving a problem and the ability to solve the problems that life presents is the key to success, according to Robert Harris. The objective of this paper is to show that with literary texts, readers and students can be taught to think critically. To demonstrate this, Bobkina and Stefanova’s four-stage model, Situated Practice Stage, The Overt Instruction Stage, The Critical Framing Stage, and Transformed Practice Stage, of using fiction to teach critical thinking were used. It was concluded that the human mind or brain uses the simulation effect as in computers to orientate itself to social realities as reflected in literary texts and that as a result, literary texts are very effective in cultivating critical thinking skills in us.
{"title":"Soji Cole’s Embers and its implications for critical thinking and development","authors":"Buchi Chinedu, Onyebuchi James Ile","doi":"10.4314/ujah.v23i1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v23i1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Reading literary texts help us develop critical thinking skills, but this fact is taken for granted in literary education by both teachers and students alike and this is the problem projected by the paper. Critical thinking itself trains our minds toward solving a problem and the ability to solve the problems that life presents is the key to success, according to Robert Harris. The objective of this paper is to show that with literary texts, readers and students can be taught to think critically. To demonstrate this, Bobkina and Stefanova’s four-stage model, Situated Practice Stage, The Overt Instruction Stage, The Critical Framing Stage, and Transformed Practice Stage, of using fiction to teach critical thinking were used. It was concluded that the human mind or brain uses the simulation effect as in computers to orientate itself to social realities as reflected in literary texts and that as a result, literary texts are very effective in cultivating critical thinking skills in us.","PeriodicalId":298106,"journal":{"name":"UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127757820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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