A group where we can share research, teaching, writings, and other work in public humanities.
John Mark R. Asio deposited Teachers’ Sleep, Religious Tasks, and Suicidal Thoughts: A Preliminary Assessment in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 days, 2 hours ago
Because of the unexpected and debilitating effect of the current pandemic, the impact of the pandemic on teachers is detrimental. This paper investigated the public-school teachers’ sleep, religious tasks, and suicidal thoughts. The study used a descriptive correlational de-sign with the online survey as the primary data…[Read more]
Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited WOMEN AND BIOMEDICAL HEALTHCARE IN A COMMUNITY IN GHANA in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 week, 3 days ago
The contribution of women to the development of societies and medicine around the world cannot be overstated. Their contribution to medicine is great; this is seen, in particular, in their role among other physicians, obstetricians, nurses, herbalists, and assistant physicians. Despite the significant contribution of women to medicine and health…[Read more]
Terry Carter deposited Exploring the Possibilities of Digital Scholarship for Faculty Performance in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 6 days ago
This article shares the author’s exploratory journey as a senior professor eager to understand and to showcase digital scholarship during periods of faculty performance evaluations. In 2019, a previous article was submitted to this digital repository using a similar exploratory narrative; however, this article differs from the previous submission…[Read more]
John Mark R. Asio deposited The Relationship between Academic Procrastination and Academic Performance of Freshmen Students from a Teacher Education Institution in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 3 days ago
The academic environment is full of challenges and obstacles. With this idea, students promote some unconventional practices in studying. One of which is academic procrastination. This study analyzed the relationship between academic procrastination and academic performance of freshmen students from a teacher education institution. The researcher…[Read more]
John Mark R. Asio deposited Disaster Knowledge and Household Preparations of Selected Communities in Central Luzon, Philippines: Basis for Enhanced Community Disaster Education Program in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month ago
Disaster is nature’s worst event that can happen anytime and anywhere. It creates unfathomable destruction to everything. This study aimed to analyse and explore the disaster knowledge and household preparations of individuals in selected communities located in Central Luzon, Philippines. The study used a descriptive r…[Read more]
John Mark R. Asio deposited Administrative and Instructional Issues in the Implementation of Voucher Program Among Selected Private Senior High Schools in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month ago
The primary aim of this research was to identify the issues encountered by school administrators and teachers in implementing the voucher program. We identified administrative issues in terms of the release of vouchers or billing statements, providing resources, application, and processing of documents, and career guidance orientation. Meanwhile,…[Read more]
Augustine Farinola posted an update in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 1 week ago
CALL FOR PAPERS
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Abstract SubmissionICDHAN2021 is a hybrid of ‘virtual’ online and in-person participation, thus we encourage individual submission of full or short papers as well as group paper proposals. Your submission could either be in English or French. Here is the procedure to submit your abs…[Read more]
John Mark R. Asio deposited Child Protection Policy Awareness of Teachers and Responsiveness of the School: Their Relationship and Implications in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
In every institution in the country, there are countless stories of children being bullied, abused, or maltreated. This can happen inside a school or outside its premises. A child protection policy is a must to protect these children. This study assesses the child protection policy awareness of teachers and the responsiveness of the schools. It…[Read more]
Augustine Farinola deposited HUMAN AND VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY RELATION: A POSTPHENOMELOGICAL ANALYSIS in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
In this essay, I shall examine VR technology so as to ascertain the kind of human-technology relations therein. This will be done using the framework provided by Don Ihde and Peter-Paul Verbeek (who are currently seen as postphenomenologists). My choice of VR technology, as an instantiation of technological advancement, is due to its impact on…[Read more]
Augustine Farinola deposited THE QUESTION OF RATIONALITY OF AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION AND THE CHALLENGE OF COMPARATIVE DISCOURSE in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
During comparative discourse, some scholars have ridiculed African indigenous concepts, phenomena, beliefs, and worldview in a forceful attempt to allow it to fit into western framework and to avoid the charge of irrationality. It is against this background this essay attempt to establish the basis for the rationality of discourse within the…[Read more]
Augustine Farinola deposited FACTS AGAINST SPECULATIONS: UNDERSTANDING PATRICIA CHURCHLAND’S NEUROPHILOSOPHY in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This essay focuses on Patricia Churchland contribution to this interdisciplinary approach towards gaining a holistic understanding of our human nature and realities surrounding us, with specific reference to the perceived framework needed for the development of a unified theory of the mind-brain. A critical engagement with Churchland’s ideas s…[Read more]
Augustine Farinola deposited THE QUESTION CONCERNING SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND RATIONALITY: KITCHER’S RESPONSE in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Philip Kitcher is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the past two decades. In “The Advancement of Science (1993)”, he endeavor to probe the notions of progress and rationality in science. His position, in line with his teacher, Thomas Kuhn, was a critique of what he called ‘a legendary view of science’. Thus, he gave new int…[Read more]
Augustine Farinola deposited A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF KARL MARX’S MATERIALISTIC INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This paper is a critical appraisal of Karl Marx’s theory of historical materialism and a deployment of its emphasis on economic factor in addressing Nigeria’s socio-economic situation. As we applaud Marx’s materialistic approach to history as an account that is rich enough to promote contextual understanding of past events in various part of the w…[Read more]
Katja Thieme deposited Surface and Depth: Metalanguage and Professional Development in Canadian Writing Studies in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 3 weeks ago
In the process of mentoring instructors of writing into the field of writing studies, there is a tension between practical surface of writing instruction and underlying theoretical depth. This paper calls for more systematic thinking about that tension between surface and depth. It emphasizes the important roles that metalanguage plays in…[Read more]
Eileen Joy deposited Not Self-Indulgence, but Self-Preservation: Open Access and the Ethics of Care in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 3 weeks ago
This chapter explores how certain forms of academic publishing—especially scholar-led, community-owned, open-access platforms and presses—might enable better forms of institutional life conducive to personal flourishing and the increase of public knowledge (and to lubricating the important connection between the two), especially at a time when the…[Read more]
Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited ILLICIT DRUG USE AND TRADE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF KUMASE (2000–2018) in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks ago
The illegal drug trade is a world phenomenon, which has had some adverse
impact on societies. Significantly, the impact is damning in developing economies in
Africa and Ghana in particular. This paper therefore seeks to address the causes and
effects of the use and peddle of these illegal drugs in three communities in the capital
city of the…[Read more]John Mark R. Asio deposited Disaster Management Program Compliance and Problems Encountered in Two Provinces in Central Luzon, Philippines in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Disaster management is one area in the field that comes with a heavy burden of administrative functions and compliances. Thus, it is vital to consider among managers to put the best man in the field. The purpose of this study is to find out the disaster management program compliance of participants in two provinces in Central Luzon, Philippines.…[Read more]
Narasimhananda Swami deposited Review Ethical Life: Its Ethical and Social Histories Reading Religion September 2020 in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 months ago
Is ethics innate to human nature? In Ethical Life Webb Keane tries to answer this question on the basis of empirical research. He attempts this through an analysis of natural and social histories—that is, the analyses of naturalistic research like “neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics, developmental psychology, and biological ant…[Read more]
Christiane Wagner deposited Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, no. 1 in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Art Style | Art & Culture International Magazine is an open access, biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine that aims to bundle cultural diversity. All values of cultures are shown in their varieties of art. Beyond the importance of the medium, form, and context in which art takes its characteristics, we also consider the significance of…[Read more]
John Mark R. Asio deposited Effect of Performance Review and Faculty Development to Organizational Climate in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Faculty performance review, faculty development, and organizational climate are an essential element of the educational institution. More importantly, the mentioned variables have certain connections and interplay with each other. This study describes the performance review, faculty development, and organizational climate of a tertiary education…[Read more]
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