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Mindful Artmaking In Elementary Classrooms: A Path To Emotional Regulation, Christine Gober

Mindfulness Studies Theses

Abstract

In an era dominated by technological advancements and mounting external pressures, the emotional and mental well-being of the younger generation is a growing concern. This research paper explores the intricate relationship between mindfulness, art-making, and emotional regulation within the context of elementary classrooms. The modern world, filled with a plethora of stimuli, has escalated stress levels among individuals, especially children, leading to a surge in mental health issues. Mindfulness, deeply rooted in ancient traditions, teaches individuals to stay present, fostering a non-judgmental awareness of their thoughts and emotions. Art-making, on the other hand, serves as a medium for emotional …

“I Am Not Going To Hide Who I Am”: How Jewish Girl Activists Navigate Their Relationship To Voice, Visibility, And Representation, Cheryl Weiner

Educational Studies Dissertations

This dissertation examined how 32 Jewish activist girls, aged 14 to 18, who were affiliated with Jewish communities navigated their relationship with voice, visibility, and representation. A primary goal of the study was to understand the challenges they faced in their everyday lives and to make their knowledge known. Research questions that guided the study included: 1) How do Jewish activist girls navigate their relationship to voice, visibility, and representation?; 2) What are the unique challenges experienced by Jewish girl activists?; and 3) How do Jewish girl activists exercise resistance against the challenges they experience? The literature that informed this …

Examining Ableism In Music Therapy Education And Clinical Training: Student And Educator Perspectives, Rebecca Warren

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

Ableism is the discrimination against disabled people and favoring of nondisabled people. Ableism can pervade societal expectations, medical systems, educational systems, and culture. Within higher education, ableism can prevent disabled students from succeeding in programs with unique requirements, like music therapy. College music therapy programs combine aspects of music, psychology, and clinical training. While music therapy students frequently will work with disabled clients, there is a lack of consideration for disabled music therapy students and disabled music therapists. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine ableism in music therapy education and training. Participants completed a creative writing response …

Enhancing The Quality Of Life For Senior Citizens: A Facilitator’S Guidebook For Mindful Music And Movement, Shannon Sexton

Mindfulness Studies Theses

Music appreciation and enjoyment enhance well-being throughout the lifespan. The challenges and constraints that people experience as they age can lead to lack of access to music, decreased physical activity, and fewer avenues for creative expression. Group music and movement interventions created for older populations offer opportunities for social connection and improved quality of life. Mindful practices add further benefit when combined with these interventions. Current available programs are scarce and most often do not encompass mixed modalities. In addition, the benefits of these programs do not show long-term sustainability. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the effects …

The Impact Of The Strategy Of Multiple Senses In The Development Of The Trend Towards Learning English For Fifth Grade Primary Students, Faris Jumaah Mohammed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The aim of theresearch is to influence the strategy of multiple senses in the development of the trend towards learning English for pupils of the fifth grade of primary school, where a single zero hypothesis was developed to achieve the goal of research: (there is no statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.05) between the average grades of pupils of the experimental group taught in the strategy of multiple senses and the average grades of pupils of the control group that studies The researcher used the experimental curriculum, The research community is represented by all the fifth grades …

Tamim In The Qur’Anic Aromas, Its Patterns And Implications, Ali Farhan Jawad

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Tamim exhibition is a stylistic phenomenon, and it is a phenomenon in the Quranic expression, and I stood on the phenomenon in the Quranic expression. representations, patterns and units; Conclusion of three anonymous sections.

The Impact Of The Negotiation Strategy On Achievement And The Development Of Achievement Motivation Among Secondary School Students In Arabic Grammar, Thamer Najem Aboud

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The current research aims to investigate the effectiveness of the desire to achieve more activity in achievement among secondary school students in the requirements of Arabic language subjects to perform the research (45) students in two standard and control groups. A test was used to obtain and a measure of achievement motivation. The research concluded that the experimental group was superior in achievement and motivation to achieve achievements.

External Variables Of The Russian Federation During The Term Of President Boris Yeltsin 1991-1999, Ali Jawad Kazim Al-Maliki

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

During the term of President Boris Yeltsin's rule (1991-1999), the Russian Federation witnessed important external changes, which represented Russia's attempt to play an active role in foreign affairs, including achieving integration with the West, as openness to the West and improving relations with the United States of America was one of the options it adopted. The Russian policy elite is to return to the international pattern, emphasize the importance of national security in the Russian foreign political discourse, and begin to develop political and military strategies to confront external threats represented by the Chechen problem, and the expansion of NATO …

A Pragma-Discourse Study Of “Donald Trump’S National Security Speech“ On Islam, Ammar Lateef Awad, Amin Ukaal Ghailan

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The present study aims to make A Pragma-discourse study for Trump’s speech: Donald trump’s National Security Speech” by applying Toulmin racial model. The application of Toulmin model enables the researcher to discover the ways Trump says his claims and how to support them. The researcher has come up with some results and conclusions, most important of which, is that Trump’s speech represents the negative discourse of the American presidency against Islam.

Grammatical And Rhetorical Patterns Of Honoring In The Holy Quran, Mahmoud Abd Hamad

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research deals with grammatical and rhetorical patterns that indicate honor in the Holy Qur’an. As the research showed that there are grammatical and other rhetorical patterns employed by the Qur’anic expression to show the honor of some creatures such as the Messenger of God, prophets, angels and some other creatures. Among the most important rhetorical patterns are: introduction, repetition, remembrance, showing and paying attention. The research was divided into two parts, the first dealt with grammatical patterns and the other with rhetorical patterns, and the research presented verses for each of these patterns, presenting the sayings of the commentators …

Significant Manifestations In Public Rhetoric, Walid Shakir Naas

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This study aspires to stand on the most prominent features that the public asks in its various responses, whether verbal or non-verbal signs, standing on the pampering manifestation of these sciences, and the emotional charge that depicts part of the audience's awareness of the stimuli that provoke its mentality and feelings. In addition, these signs are transmitted by the public, have the pillars of a continent in the general imagination, which makes them a response to have a communicative effect between the audience on the one hand, and with the consignee on the other hand. These media manifestations may be …

Context Of The Situation In The Book Referring To The Literature Of The Emirate, A Textual Study, Basheer Jassim Mohammed, Kazem Dakhl Al-Jubouri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The term context is one of the important terms that have roots in the Arab heritage, and these original roots have contributed to monitoring the meaning and removing the possibility of it. The semantic relations contribute to the communication between the addressee and the addressee, and by means of which persuasion and reporting takes place. In this research, I have relied on the analytical method to know the impact of context on meaning, and I dealt with this issue in a presentation and analysis, and the talk focused on the context of the situation in the texts of the book …

Analysis Of The Content Of My Science Book For The Sixth Grade Of Primary School In Iraq And Saudi Arabia According To Life Skills Standards, Ayed Khudair Lost

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to analyze the content of the science books for the sixth grade primary in Iraq and Saudi Arabia according to the life skills standards. Because it is one of the most widely used units of analysis in content analysis, as it consisted of a tool of (6) major skills (environmental - food - health - preventive - first aid - conducting experiments and after conducting the statistical analysis, it was found that the science book in Iraq and Saudi Arabia does not exist. They were deficient in terms of including good life skills, but they were not …

Geomorphological Analysis To Estimate The Volume Of Surface Runoff Of Vally Takbarah Basin In Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Zainab Mahdi Jafer, Neeran Mahmood Salman

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to estimate the volume of surface runoff according to the American Soil Conservation Hypothesis (SCS-CN) method. north, and arcs of longitude (45°28ʹ0ʺ / 12°0ʺ45°) east, And that is through the application of the mathematical equations for this model developed by the National Service for Conservation of Resources (NRSC) in the US Department of Agriculture, which are represented by the main inputs of this model (hydrological soil quality, land use / land cover, rainfall, morphometric characteristics), As for the outputs, they are represented by the numerical curve (Curve Number), which represents the volume of water that reaches the …

Characteristics Of The Water Network In The Abu Gwer Basin In The Badia Of Muthanna Governorate Using Rs And Gis Techniques., Safir Jasim Hussein

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to use modern geographic techniques to reveal the characteristics of the water network of the Abu Gwer Basin, which is one of the basins located within the Muthanna Governorate within the southern Badia of Iraq.

Evaluation Of The Efficiency Of Green Spaces (Public Parks) In The City Of Samawah For The Year 2021, Yahya Abdel Hassan Fleih

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study aims to assess the reality of spatial distribution of green spaces (Public parks) in Samawah City, because these spaces are of environmental and recreational importance and reduce the density and urbanization. By reviewing the concept of green spaces and their importance and studying the reality of their distribution and efficiency, I have concluded that there is a significant deficit in the area of ​​public parks, especially in popular neighborhoods such as the neighborhoods of nationalization and jihad. (0.98, 0.69 m2/person) and the old Kasbah neighborhood, which lacks public parks, and has a low outlet ratio, so the population …

Linguistic Differences In Grammatical Structures The Phenomenon Of Tanween Is An Example, Ahmed Hussein Abd Alsada

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research deals with the linguistic differences in grammatical structures, not in single words, and the topic is limited to the phenomenon of Tanween and its impact on showing the semantic difference between two structures by looking at what was stated in grammatical codes and linguistic semantics books based on the principle of contrast between structures and the idea of ​​semantic differences stems from rejection The complete synonymy in the language, the different structures between them, even if they are close in the general meaning that includes them, in each of them a special meaning that distinguishes them from others, …

The Paradox In The Speech Of The Intellectuals Of The Insane By Abu Al-Qasim Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Habib Al-Nisaburi 406 Ah, Luay Kareem Atea

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This study presents a reading of the discourse of sane madmen as a marginalized discourse in the literary heritage despite the opposition of some of the ancients, including Al-Naysaburi 406 AH, to collect their news and narrations that reveal a real awareness that they are experiencing and a narrated wisdom that runs on their tongues, which indicates the contradiction of reason and madness in their personalities, which is the contradiction of dimension. And closeness at the same time to the society that rejected them and kept them away from integration at the social, political and religious levels.

Green Combo- Reading The Unnatural Narrative And Its Relationship To Ecology The Novel "Memoirs Of An Iraqi Dog", Rana Frman Mohammed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study aims to identify a type of literary narrative; It is the “ecological narrative” or environmental, which, although it seems old at the level of the text’s celebration of the elements of nature and existence at the level of employment, and which reveals the solid relationship between man and his environment, but it is recent at the level of goals that were brought by the voices of specialists in environmental studies and some literary critics; Calling for the necessity of human awareness of his environment and its elements as a partner and not as a manifestation of inspiration for …

Investigation And Study Of A Manuscript (Interpretation Of The Lights Of The Qur’An In The Lamp Of Faith) By Sheikh Ali Bin Murad (From The Media Of The Eleventh Century) Surat Al Imran As A Model, Sirin Hussein Kazem

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Scholars have shown a wide interest in the science of interpretation because it is the master of religious sciences and the most honorable, so those interested in the affairs of Islamic, which contained the valuable heritage manuscripts in libraries that would almost disappear without the responsibility of its people and their responsibility to preserve them, so I had a desire to participate in that through the realization of the manuscript of Ibn Murad (interpretation of the lights of the Qur’an in the lamp of faith), and the nature of this work necessitated that it be discussed into an introduction and …

The Effectiveness Of An Educational Program Based On Problem-Solving Strategy In Developing Creative Thinking Among First-Grade Intermediate Students In Schools For The Gifted ., Qusay Aber Abdul Hussein Al-Harshawi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The current research aims to identify (the effectiveness of an educational program based on a problem-solving strategy in developing creative thinking among first-grade intermediate students in outstanding schools), and to achieve the goal of the research,

The Levels Of Reading Performance And Its Impact On Contemplating The Holy Quran, Natiq Najm Abdullah Al-Zarkani, Ahmed Jassim Mohammed Al-Najaf

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The Noble Qur’an is distinguished from all other books in that it is read in a melodious manner, and in more than one method in terms of speed and slowness of reading, according to the reader’s need and what is required by the position. Generous.

Grammatical Equations In Computational Linguistics (Similar Equations As A Model), Hassan Faleh Rashaash Al-Ziyadi, Amina Bint Omair Bin Suna

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Today, the language has become an important topic in the field of scientific and technological innovations; It is necessary for me to go to the world of computers, but unfortunately, the Arabic text still has many gaps in its interaction with these devices, and it is in dire need of computing, so I must go into this topic, and focus on the essence of the specialty that solves these obstacles and creates our language. Arabic for computer is based on the descriptive, descriptive, interpretive and programming model of the Arabic language, and its representation in the form of equations. Computer …

Reflections Of The Divine Revelation In The Features Of The Muhammadan Personality And Its Interaction, A Deductive Reading Through Orientalist Studies, Haider Majeed Hussein Alalili

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This study illustrates the characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad from the point of view of Western historians to prove their historical analysis of the condition of interaction between (Muhammad's personality) and the surrounding society has revealed brilliant personal characteristics that surpassed the abilities of traditional human genius to refutes the old fable of false Mohammedan prophethood.

The Concept Of Shura And Its Implications In The Rashidi And Umayyad Eras, Ali Dahash Halu Algaraawy

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

In this study, the researcher focused on tracking the occasions in which the call to shura appeared as one of the most acceptable mechanisms in public opinion regarding the transfer of power in the Arab Islamic state, a mechanism that remained in its theoretical framework and did not see the light except in a single experience throughout the Islamic experience in governance. It seems that this experience (in its age form) was the one concerned with most of the applications that appeared in the Rashidun and Umayyad eras, and that the public opinion understood them in that form. , The …

Abdul Razzaq Mutlaq Al-Fahd, His Biography, His Scientific Career, Suhad Hasan Ajeel, Ghanem Najib Abbas

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Iraqi Universities since along time gave a priority to studying the biography of the characters, for its large impact in disclosing the cryptics and facts of those characters, in the purpose of thoroughly studying their scientific and ideological outcome, this research is considered to be a continuity to what researchers have done in the revelation of the figures in the centers, and the study of their biographies and influence upon the academic and practical fields and acknowledging their favor on generations of academics. Thus Dr. Abdull Razaq Al-Mutlak was one of those who gave a lot for higher studies in …

Self-Determination In Pearl Cleage’S Flyin’ West, Hussein Hdheam Hbean, Ikhlas Mohammed Nati Al-Abedi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Self-determination has always been regarded as one of the most essential aspects of human existence. Even if they are compelled to abandon their ancestral homelands, one can give up their possessions to defend their rights. Pearl Cleage uses her female perspective to clarify her own perspective of population movement in order to reestablish the individuality of African Americans in the United States. Moreover, she emphasizes how her female characters endure multiple times because they are both female as well as black, resulting in their movement from one location, the south, to the next, the west. The research also discusses the …

The Influence Of Walt Whitman In The Poetry Of Saadi Youssef, Hashim Hameed Hamoodi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Saadi Youssef (1934-2021) is a poet, writer, and journalist whose political activities made him end up in his prison as a political prisoner (Poetry Foundation). Being a prolific poet after publishing more than 30 volumes of poetry, Saadi Youssef was actively engaged in translation, his translation of Walt Whitman is noteworthy. This paper intends to investigate the influence of Walt Whitman on Saadi Youseff's poetry from various perspectives, including and precluding politics. His poetry marked by its political aspect, which can be aspect shared elements in his poetry and Walt Whitman's political approach. It is intriguing to see that some …

Non-Divisible Claims In The Civil Procedure Code: A Comparative Study, Walaa Adil Ajeel, Haider Ali Mezher

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The lawsuits are indivisible in terms of the subject matter, in which there are multiple partners who are united by the unity of the subject, and this subject is not indivisible. And the appeal filed by one of the litigants benefits the others, whether they appeal or not, because they are harmed by the outcome of the appeal, or they benefit from it according to their appellant partner, and it is an exception to the relativity of the impact of the appeal, and its legal nature is different from the solidarity claims in that it focuses on the subject matter …

Political Developments In Poland 1923–1926, Hasan Atiyh Abdullah

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The conflict was reflected in Poland between the right, which was represented by Roman Dmowski, and the left, which was represented by Josef Pilsudski before World War I. On the political situation in the Second Polish Republic, which was established in 1918, This was embodied in all the institutions of the emerging Polish state, as the right wing tried to strip Pilsudski of all his powers as head of state and commander-in-chief of the Polish forces, which he contributed to its establishment. Then he was forced to retire from political work in 1923, and the right-wing began to rule Poland …