/library/oar/handle/123456789/104495 2025-10-24T18:03:03Z 2025-10-24T18:03:03Z Satariano, Bernadine /library/oar/handle/123456789/97499 2022-09-14T06:35:42Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Symposia Melitensia : number 18 Authors: Satariano, Bernadine Abstract: Table of contents:; 1/ ZAHRA CAMILLERI, K. - Celebrating the local historian : Kollezzjoni Programmi tal-Festa at the Junior College Library; 2/ GRACE VELLA, M. - The human body in sculpture : from glorified idealism, stark realism to pathological nihilism; 3/ MARIC, L. - Lecturers’ perspective of inclusive education at further and higher education; 4/ CREMONA, G. - Traditional textbooks and their multimodal nature : from misconceptions to pedagogical suggestions; 5/ SATARIANO, B., & BAJADA, T. - The emergent inequities and inequalities resulting from lockdown and social distancing measures taken to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic within a Maltese scenario; 6/ CARUANA, M. - Malta’s cultural diplomacy; 7/ SPITERI, J., & BORG AXISA, G. - Factors influencing students’ subject choice in year 8 within the Maltese education system; 8/ BORG, N., & PACE, M. - Needs and motivations of adults learning foreign languages : the Maltese perspective; 9/ ROLE, S., & GATT, S. - Students’ voice as a source of reflection and growth in the teaching and learning setting at a post secondary institution : lessons learnt after several months in pandemic circumstances

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Zahra Camilleri, Katja /library/oar/handle/123456789/97498 2022-06-10T10:39:00Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Celebrating the local historian : Kollezzjoni Programmi tal-Festa at the Junior College Library Authors: Zahra Camilleri, Katja Abstract: The Kollezzjoni Programmi tal-Festa within the University of Malta Junior College Library is made up of publications and pamphlets published annually by local parishes and festa organisations. These publications have proven to be an excellent source of information about local heritage, historical events, history, art, culture, folklore and biographies of local personalities. The aim of this commentary is to highlight the project being undertaken by the Junior College Library. The goals of this project are twofold: to enhance the Melitensia collection within the Library, both in print and online; and to better equip librarians, by enhancing the local authority lists to better suit the needs of the local scene. This collection has also contributed to the standardisation of local subject headings used by librarians.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Vella, Mary Grace /library/oar/handle/123456789/97491 2022-06-10T10:14:28Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The human body in sculpture : from glorified idealism, stark realism to pathological nihilism Authors: Vella, Mary Grace Abstract: From the glorified idealism of Classical Antiquity and the perfect proportions of the Renaissance, to the stark realism and bio-morphic surrealism of the Modern period, and the blood-stained nihilism of contemporary body-pain art, the human figure has been the subject and inspiration of art works from time immemorial. The human figure offers a common vehicle for the expression of aesthetic judgement alluding to how humans are, and should be, both inwardly and outwardly. Apart from its depiction of physical attributes, the human body provides a vehicle for deliberation on the human condition and the existential nature of reality. This paper explores the representation of the human figure throughout the history of sculpture by tracing its metamorphosis and transmutation from its former glorified idealism to its contemporary distortion and disfiguration. This historical analysis questions conventional conceptions of beauty which to a large extent still pervade aesthetic taste and judgement through idealised representations of the human body and romanticised views of the human condition. This idealisation, envisioning aesthetics as to what is pleasing to the senses hinders us from the full acknowledgement and realisation of the fragility of our bodies and the precarious conditions of reality; the bleak reality that after all; “we are born and we die, and that’s it... we are potential carcasses” (Bacon, 1966).

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Marić, Liliana /library/oar/handle/123456789/97480 2022-06-10T07:31:07Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Lecturers’ perspective of inclusive education at further and higher education Authors: Marić, Liliana Abstract: This paper focuses on the lecturers’ experiences and reflections on the environmental, educational and social enabling and disabling factors of inclusive education faced by students with physical and sensorial disabilities at Further and Higher Education levels in Malta. Critical disability theory was utilised in conceptualising the social disabling barriers that emerge from the lived experience of individuals while the social model of disability was employed in getting an insight from different lecturers about the oppression created by the socially constructed disabling barriers. In accordance with Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner 1994), this research revealed that over time, social relationship between different stakeholders, namely, the individual, family, friends, school community and society at large affect the lived experiences of diverse learners in educational institutions whether they are enabled or disabled. This shift is influenced by the extent to which a rights-based approach is adopted. The significance of this paper is to show the salient role of lecturers within a pro-inclusion model of inclusive education consisting of a nested system of intersecting relationships. The findings underline that lecturers have an important role in creating a transformative momentum that impacts the quality of inclusive education both on a philosophical and on a pragmatic level.

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