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Opinion | In Pakistan, a bizarre arrest shows how media freedom is being squeezed
No full textOped on media freedom and pressures faced by the media in Pakista
The New Business of Acting: The Next Edition - COVID Update
No full textWith the COVID pandemic has come the need to reinvent, to reimagine and to learn how to navigate the waters of a new landscape for most businesses - and that includes the business of acting, which is on the verge of the next great era of storytelling. Great art has always come out of challenging times and there will be - as there are now - great stories for actors and other content creators to tell from these challenges. The new normal includes new rules, new regulations and a new narrative about moving forward and thriving in this new artistic landscape. The New Business of Acting: The Next Edition - COVID Update provides actors with a perspective on the new landscape, resources for getting back on track and an action plan for getting back to business
Jazz trumpeter Jason Palmer’s disparate inspirations: stolen paintings and stolen lives
No full textTrumpeter Jason Palmer describes two recent Boston-centric projects
How Political Leaders in North America have used COVID-19 to improve their Polls
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Under-the-Hood Look at Social Media-Fueled Protest: Defining Interactions Between News Media Organizations, Activists, and Citizens on Twitter during the 2012 Quebec Student Strike
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“I’m just not that great at science”: Science self‐efficacy in arts and communication students
No full textResearch in science education confirms the importance of self-efficacy in students\u27 persistence and success in the sciences. The current study examined the role of science self-efficacy in nonspecialist, arts and communication-oriented students encountering science in a general education context. Participants (N = 275) completed a beginning- and end-of-semester survey including a Science Self-Efficacy Scale, a “connection to science” measure—the Inclusion of Science in Self Scale—and a Science Anxiety Scale. Participants also responded to two open-ended “sources of science efficacy” questions, and provided background/demographic information and access to their academic records. Results showed a significant increase in science self-efficacy and connection to science—although no change in science anxiety—over the course of the semester. The observed shift in self-efficacy for minority and international students was of particular note. These students started the course with lower confidence but, by the end of the semester, reported comparable science self-efficacy, and achieved similar grades to their White/Non-Hispanic and US resident classmates. Contrary to expectations, science self-efficacy did not predict performance in the class. However, students\u27 self-reported sources of efficacy indicated increased confidence in using science in daily life, and confirmed the value of mastery experiences and of personally meaningful, student-centered course design in scaffolding student confidence. Results are discussed in terms of the individual and instructional factors that support science self-efficacy and student success in this unique, general education science environment