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A Feminist Appraisal of Oromo Proverbs with Reference to Selected Districts in Bale Zone
Zewde Jagre Dantamo,
Ahmed Mahmud Hussein,
Mohamed Kawo Wariyo
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2017
Pages:
69-78
Received:
24 May 2017
Accepted:
6 July 2017
Published:
30 August 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20170203.11
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Abstract: The rationale behind this study was the fact that there was no former attempt to collect and analyze the Oromo proverbs of Bale area from feminist perspective. So, the main objective of this study was to collect and analyze the overall representations of females’ images in selected proverbs of Bale Oromos. Three woredas were selected for this study from the zone purposively. The proverbs were collected primarily from the elders of the woredas through unstructured interview and observation. Ten elders were selected from each woreda through snowball sampling, and availability sampling technique was used to identify informants for the observation. Proverbs were collected and written in Afan Oromo, translated into English, and analyzed qualitatively using feminist perspectives. The study has largely indicated that significant number of proverbs in Bale area depict women negatively whereby they appeared to reinforce the deep rooted patriarchal ideology. Women are depicted as compliant, less knowledgeable than men, weaker and less important than men, more troublesome, materials of their husbands, unwise, etc.
Abstract: The rationale behind this study was the fact that there was no former attempt to collect and analyze the Oromo proverbs of Bale area from feminist perspective. So, the main objective of this study was to collect and analyze the overall representations of females’ images in selected proverbs of Bale Oromos. Three woredas were selected for this study...
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Sacerdotium and Regnum in Late Byzantium: Some Notes on the “Imperial Deesis”
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2017
Pages:
79-83
Received:
2 August 2017
Accepted:
14 August 2017
Published:
5 September 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20170203.12
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Abstract: The aim of this study is to provide information from the field of art concerning the Church’s power over the late Byzantine state and society. This is based on the unequivocal fact that art works were always an appropriate source of information about the social, religious and political developments. So, in the introductory chapter a number of literary sources are submitted testifying that important political and religious events were destined to change the balance of power in Byzantium from the second half of the 13th century onwards. In the main chapter the iconographic subject of the “Imperial Deesis”, emerged in the 14th century, is looked at from all sides. This is due to the fact that this subject is more convenient than others in revealing the Church’s supremacy over the emperor. Given that every single one of the Orthodox Bishops constitute a vicar of Christ on earth as, it can be said that the portrait of Christ as High Priest and King of all Kings is indicative of the double role of the Church in Late Byzantium, religious and political.
Abstract: The aim of this study is to provide information from the field of art concerning the Church’s power over the late Byzantine state and society. This is based on the unequivocal fact that art works were always an appropriate source of information about the social, religious and political developments. So, in the introductory chapter a number of liter...
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Review of Aida Walqui’s Scaffolding Instruction for English Language Learners: A Conceptual Framework
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2017
Pages:
84-88
Received:
15 July 2017
Accepted:
22 August 2017
Published:
11 September 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20170203.13
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Abstract: The notion of scaffolding has been given greater importance among educators and within educational circles, especially those advocating the sociocultural role in enhancing learning. Apparently, this concept, as many other concepts and theories, survived for so many years in the face of the evolving theories and novelties in the field. It has also been refined and expanded to breed other forms of scaffolding. In this sense, this review examined the components of the socio-cultural theory (SCT) as scaffolding can somehow be situated within it. The SCT (sociocultural theory), which is greatly based on the work of Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934), that helped us understand the way scaffolding functions. To put it differently, an understanding of the SCT l made it easier for us to grasp the logic behind the pedagogical scaffolding, since the basic shared assumption is – social– ‘interaction’. Besides, the consequences of the social learning that affect learning as well as learners.
Abstract: The notion of scaffolding has been given greater importance among educators and within educational circles, especially those advocating the sociocultural role in enhancing learning. Apparently, this concept, as many other concepts and theories, survived for so many years in the face of the evolving theories and novelties in the field. It has also b...
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