Sun-Aristocrats: Heredity and Heraldry in D. H. Lawrence’s The Ladybird
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
128-131
Received:
19 September 2022
Accepted:
21 October 2022
Published:
28 October 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.scidev.20220304.11
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Abstract: Many critics have discussed the significance of the sun and its worship in D. H. Lawrence’s writing, which is very relevant to his theories of blood consciousness and mental consciousness and also his concept of dark love. Grahan Hough entitled his own study of Lawrence’s works The Dark Sun. For Professor Jack Stewart in The Vital Art of D. H. Lawrence, Lawrence’s sun-worship was related to primitive animism. However, a very significant aspect has been overlooked, which is the hereditary nature of this worship of the sun, termed by Lawrence as Aristocracy of the Sun. This essay aims to explore Lawrence’s presentation of sun-aristocrats in his novella The Ladybird (1923). The scientific concept of heredity, manifested particularly in physiognomy, is repeatedly emphasized to delineate the lineage of both Lady Daphne Beveridge and Count Johann Dionys Psanek. To illustrate ancestral traits, I have related Lawrence’s employment of the heraldic symbol of the Mary-beetle to his interest in Egyptology. Count Dionys claims pharaonic roots through this crest, which has a long genealogy. Whether it is the reckless blood of daredevils or that of the ancient Pharoahs, literary genetics is conspicuous in The Ladybird.
Abstract: Many critics have discussed the significance of the sun and its worship in D. H. Lawrence’s writing, which is very relevant to his theories of blood consciousness and mental consciousness and also his concept of dark love. Grahan Hough entitled his own study of Lawrence’s works The Dark Sun. For Professor Jack Stewart in The Vital Art of D. H. Lawr...
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Practices and Challenges of Diversity Management to Ensure Educational Equity in Some Selected Secondary Schools of Jimma Zone
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
132-142
Received:
26 July 2022
Accepted:
25 October 2022
Published:
4 November 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.scidev.20220304.12
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Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the current practices and challenges of diversity management to ensure educational equity in secondary schools of the Jimma zone. To carry out this study descriptive survey design along with mixed method was employed. Participants of the study were 88 teachers 16 school leaders. They were selected by using simple random sampling and optimal sampling method respectively. The data were collected by using questionnaire, interview and document analysis. Data collected through questionnaire were analyzed and summarized using statistical tool such as frequency, percentage; mean and standard deviation while qualitative data were analyzed using content analyze approach. The finding of the study indicates that the practice of secondary school creating effective diversity management was low. Due to this, the status of practice on creating school diversity management was not satisfactory. The study also shows that, poor relationship between the school leaderships and teachers of the school, teachers believe that school leaders are the only person responsible to maintain effective school diversity management, and the presence of multicultural background of the students were internal challenge that hindered creation of effective diversity management, Whereas, the interferences of external bodies and lack of support from woreda education office, were revealed as one challenge that hindered the creation of school diversity management. Based on the major findings, providing short term trainings, providing funds, active participation of stakeholders, empowering governing bodies, building stallholders relationships and sharing common vision and mission were recommended to create and enhance effective diversity management in the study area.
Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the current practices and challenges of diversity management to ensure educational equity in secondary schools of the Jimma zone. To carry out this study descriptive survey design along with mixed method was employed. Participants of the study were 88 teachers 16 school leaders. They were selected by using si...
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