Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Marcia Rosal, Florida State University, College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance, Dept. of Art Education. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 27, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 84 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

This is an exploration of the circle through the lens of the African vernacular. The geometric circle is inherently rule based and requires only objective, geometric manipulation. The archetypal circle is subjective, an interpretation based on given characteristics of roundness. The archetypal circle is where abstraction and exploration occur. The plan of traditional African vernacular architecture is a circle, and as such, was the starting point. Rational manipulations of the geometric circle made the building. The mandala studies were subjective manipulations of the archetypal circle made to explore and develop the architecture. This became a Market in Nairobi. / Master of Architecture

nÃo hà / O presente texto de tese de doutoramento busca analisar as prÃticas curriculares nos currÃculos do curso de CiÃncias BiolÃgicas da UFC, modalidade Licenciatura, e as implicaÃÃes dessas para a formaÃÃo docente. O texto traz como referencial epistemolÃgico o materialismo histÃrico e dialÃtico, alÃm de apresentar como quadro teÃrico o estudo sobre os currÃculos e sobre a formaÃÃo docente reflexiva, atravÃs de uma articulaÃÃo teÃrica chamada de currÃculo como mandala. Metodologicamente, a pesquisa se enquadra em uma vertente qualitativa e traz como embasamento investigativo o Estudo de Caso, pois se pretende investigar um fenÃmeno contemporÃneo imerso no seu cotidiano real. Escolheu-se como ferramentas a anÃlise de documentos sobre os projetos pedagÃgicos dos cursos da instituiÃÃo, alÃm da aplicaÃÃo de questionÃrios e de entrevistas, com discentes, docentes e servidores que compÃem o local de investigaÃÃo. Somando-se a isso, foi feita uma sÃrie de observaÃÃes em caderno de campo, no qual se registrou uma sÃrie de conversas informais com professores do curso investigado. Como resultados, o trabalho aponta que o currÃculo formal porta um viÃs âbacharelescoâ, jà que a uma grande parcela de disciplinas que sÃo comuns a ambas as modalidades â Licenciatura e Bacharelado. Destarte, encontra-se nos resultados deste estudo de caso o papel atribuÃdo pelos discentes e docentes aos âoutros currÃculos dentro do currÃculoâ, como o Programa de EducaÃÃo Tutorial (PET) e o Programa Institucional de Bolsa de IniciaÃÃo à DocÃncia (PIBID). A interdisciplinaridade aparece formalmente em algumas disciplinas do curso, como as InstrumentalizaÃÃes para o Estudo/Ensino de CiÃncias (IPEC), e a Estudos SÃcio-HistÃricos e Culturais da EducaÃÃo. Essa interdisciplinaridade apareceu tambÃm na forma de currÃculo em aÃÃo nas IPEC e nas aulas de campo. Para os alunos, egressos e professores do curso, existem atividades de carÃter interdisciplinar nas InstrumentalizaÃÃes, pois elas tentam superar a fragmentaÃÃo do mundo acadÃmico, atravÃs de aÃÃes e projetos que ligam as disciplinas em torno do processo de transposiÃÃo didÃtica dos conteÃdos da formaÃÃo especÃfica do BiÃlogo para a atuaÃÃo docente na educaÃÃo bÃsica. Da mesma maneira, as atividades de excursÃo, chamadas informalmente pelo grupo analisado de âaulas de campoâ, tambÃm se constituÃram como possibilidades curriculares que reuniram os educadores das diversas Ãreas do currÃculo em torno de aÃÃes em comuns. / Such text seeks to analyze the curricular practices in the curriculum of the course of Biological Sciences at UFC and their implications for teacher practice. The text brings epistemological framework as the historical and dialectical materialism, as well as presenting the theoretical study of the curriculum and the teacher reflection, through a theoretical articulation that we call curriculum as mandala. Methodologically, the research fits into a qualitative aspect, and has as basis the investigative case study, as we intend to investigate a contemporary phenomenon immersed in their daily reality. Chosen as document analysis tools on the pedagogical projects of the institution and the use of questionnaires and interviews with students, teachers and servers that make up the site investigation. Adding to this, we made a series of observations in a field notebook in which he recorded a series of informal conversations with teachers of the course investigated. As some results, this work shows that the formal curriculum gate bias "research", since a large portion of disciplines that are common to both modes â Teaches Education and Bachelor. Thus, we find in our results of this case study, it was worth noting the role assigned by teachers and learners to "other curricula within the curriculum" as the Programa de EducaÃÃo Tutoria (PET) and the Programa Institucional de Bolsas de IniciaÃÃo a DocÃncia (PIBID). The interdisciplinarity appears formally in some course areas, InstrumentalizaÃÃes para o Estudo/Ensino de CiÃncias (IPEC), and Estudos SÃcio-HistÃricos e Culturais da EducaÃÃo. This interdisciplinarity has also appeared in the form of curriculum in action in the IPEC and field lessons. For students, graduates and teachers of the course activities are interdisciplinary in Instrumentalizations as they try to overcome the fragmentation of the academic world, through actions and projects linking the disciplines around the process of didactic transposition of training content specific biologist for teaching performance in basic education. Likewise, the activities of tour, informally called the analyzed group of "field classes" also constituted themselves as possibilities curricular gathered educators from various areas of the curriculum around common shares.

Please join this experiential session which will provide an opportunity for meditative reflection on your conference learning and experiences. For those unfamiliar with mandala, brief introductory background will be provided before inviting attendees to create a personal mandala. Group discussion, including ideas for instructional uses of mandala creation, will conclude our time together. Added benefits of mandala creation include reduced anxiety, and increased relaxation and positive emotions

The history of landscape painting in the West has dictated and reiterated a phenomenological point-of-view derived from the Cartesian coordinate plane system. After having journeyed to northern India for eight months, I became influenced by other pictorial conceptions of space, namely the radial cosmological mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism and yantras of Hinduism. Unable to fully eliminate the coordinate plane system from the recess of my mind, I embarked upon a creative journey through consciousness in which my own studio practice provided the means to construct a new orientation, not only in terms of the perceivable, external world, but within the realm of my own embodied mind.

Among the extant examples of carved-stone deity mūrtis from Pāla-period Bengal, few express their subject matter in such dynamic and aesthetically refined visual terms as a sculpture now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Entitled Mañjuvajra Mandala, the stele depicts a three-faced six-armed form of the bodhisattva of wisdom, Mañjuśrī. It dates from the latest phase of Vajrayāna Buddhism in India and likely reflects sādhana practices that entail mandala visualization rituals and union with a female consort. Although a superbly carved piece and an unusual form, it has not yet been fully studied. Surviving relevant texts locate Mañjuvajra primarily within a mandala diagram as the focus of sādhana visualization rituals. The purpose of this thesis is to explore aspects of the sculpture's execution that add to its meaning and, in turn, provide an enriched understanding of Vajrayāna practice. The innovative composition and metonymic forms of this Mañjuvajra sculpture demonstrate the congruency of religious content and artistic depiction in a powerful and multivalent manner. / text

The history of landscape painting in the West has dictated and reiterated a phenomenological point-of-view derived from the Cartesian coordinate plane system. After having journeyed to northern India for eight months, I became influenced by other pictorial conceptions of space, namely the radial cosmological mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism and yantras of Hinduism. Unable to fully eliminate the coordinate plane system from the recess of my mind, I embarked upon a creative journey through consciousness in which my own studio practice provided the means to construct a new orientation, not only in terms of the perceivable, external world, but within the realm of my own embodied mind.

Holy circle whereat invoke waried in symbol and forms, people superimpose their understanding of life, therein lies phenomenon, secret force. Mandala – wayfaring to centre of a periphery, from emotions and minds topsyturvy to unseen poise, pivot, self. A symbol of mandala – eternal thought, fence in everlasting. Formation, transformation. Conceive symbol, to see him inly sight. They quasi to create the inne link power, the thank to event ones own interior reality. Aburden of my graphic collection ,,Internal composition” l created meditations space. Major only purposeis graphic creation whiteness, sublime.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1988. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 983-1001).

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