Developing ‘active citizens’: Arts Award,creativity and impact

Creativity has become the new watchword in UK academic and policy circles. Within this context, policy discussions about the arts and their impact emphasise economic benefits over educational value, drawing clear distinctions between quantifiable or ‘hard’ measures of impact and those described as ‘soft’, less tangible and lacking a strong evidence base. Departing from the binary logics often underpinning notions of arts impacts, this article is novel in exploring the entwined relationship between impacts seen as ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. We draw on research examining the links between arts education and young people's future trajectories and use the concept of ‘active citizenship’ to show how informal, softer skills fostered through creative learning are an important part of citizenship-making for some young people. Participants’ accounts show how improvements in soft skills can give young people opportunities for agency, which shape progression pathways leading to measurable change. This finding is directly relevant in the context of evaluations of arts impacts in the UK and abroad, and should encourage further examination of the impact of creative learning on transfer of skills as well as policy developments in this area.     

谈工笔画中线的形态与审美

工笔人物画用线条来造型称为“白描”,即用尖细而极小的毛笔单纯用线勾勒形体。线是工笔画的特点之一,工笔人物画中的线条运用和表现,是中国绘画的一个基本的特点。线是传统工笔画的最基本形式,是主要的造型手段。线,通过熔炼而提升,这在工笔画的线描稿中体现得最为明确。画面线条的组织与安排,不仅是一种推敲经营的能力和修养,而且也是一项具体的技术,有其自身的规则和要求,它奠定了最终的艺术之关。     

预科文科数学素质教育初探

关于数学素质教育的思想已经被广泛接受,虽然中学数学的“素质教育”改革还有很长的路要走,但大学预科学生特别是科学生却可以立即由“应试教育”向“素质教育”转移。这需要在教育思想上、在教学手段和教学内容上都有相应的变化。     

人性美与艺术美--关于2001年中国电影的审视

新世纪之初优秀的中国电影深入时代,深入民族,深入社会,从人性之美的深度表现生命;以多样化的叙事结构、富有中国文化特色的影像风格铸就艺术之美;进而多元地展现中国特有的民族风格与民族气派,立足本土,放眼世界,广征博取,开创中国电影民族化之路.     

粟特文化对北齐佛教艺术的影响

在陆续发现的一批北齐墓葬中,我们可以看粟特文化曾经对中原地区产生过重要影响。这种影响也发生在同时代的佛教艺术中。在遗存的北齐石窟以及青州、临朐等地出土的北齐佛教造像中都曾受到粟特文化的影响。北齐造像新样式就是结合了当时绘画风格变化而来的,这种画风变化与西域粟特画风的传入是密切相关的。当时的北齐皇室内部就有“尚胡”的风气。     

佛教对辽朝社会的影响管窥

从辽朝社会一直存在的钱币供应危机，元宵节燃灯供养佛塔、舍利，佛诞节、盂兰盆节的习俗，以及寺院成为社会文化中心，佛学成为契丹王朝的精神支柱这些社会现象来看，辽朝确实是一个宗教盛行、整个社会虔诚信佛的朝代。     

电脑美术教学初探

电脑是美术教学最可利用的工具之一.应用电脑美术教学不仅仅是一种新工具、新材料、新方法的引进,而且是新的观念、新的思维以及新的设计思想的转变.     

颂圣歌一统玲珑向日心——纪晓岚《乌鲁木齐杂诗》的情感主题之一

纪晓岚在《乌鲁木齐杂诗》中,通过对新疆历史、风俗习惯、文化艺术的记述与描写,以昂扬奋发的激情,最大限度的歌颂了皇恩的浩荡和祖国的统一,表现了一个封建时代知识分子的忠君爱国之心.     

The Buddhist approach to education: an alternative approach for sustainable education

This article is based on research undertaken as part of a study of sustainable school design in Thailand. Since school design solutions are inevitably affected by educational theory and practice, in the search for appropriate building solutions, it has been necessary to review Thai educational theories and practices that relate to the sustainability approach. Recently, there have been several attempts at the international level to respond to sustainability concepts and practices in both educational and architectural fields. These have included changes to the physical building through the introduction of techniques like passive solar cooling, and curriculum changes such as the use of native plants in the school grounds for science teaching. In Thailand, sustainable practices in both fields appear to be in their infancy. This article aims to explore one current Thai educational practice that presents the possibility of responding to sustainability concepts via culturally sensitive education. The practice is based on the three Buddhist principles of learning: sila sikkha (moral conduct); samadhi sikka (mind training); and panna sikkha (wisdom development). In this holistic approach, the principles are practised simultaneously and can be applied to many dimensions, including personal, family, school and communal levels, to cultivate responsive sustainable living practices for the learners. Because the majority of Thai people are Buddhists, this approach may be an alternative way of developing sustainable education in Thailand. It also presents a way to apply local knowledge to promote sustainable ways of living in particular contexts. This may be the first step in the development of sustainable school design in Thailand and could become an integrated part of the country's sustainable systems.     

经济学专业文理科生学习质量的差异性研究

基于4个年级258名经济学本科专业学生的数据,对文理科生在经济学专业学习质量上的差异性进行实证研究。研究结果表明：经济学专业文理科生的专业学习质量在整体上存在差异但统计不显著;文理科生专业学习质量的分布呈现显著差异,理科生学习质量相对较好但同时分化也相对较大;个体层面上理科生学习质量相对优劣的状况比较稳定,变动程度弱于文科生。针对文理科生专业学习质量上存在的差异,制定实施相应的对策和建议,有助于改善专业教学、提高教学质量。