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Integrating Psychological Insights into Flute Pedagogy: Enhancing Teaching Practices and Performance Techniques

VOLUME 21, 2024

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Wenjun Fan
Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography, Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen.
Bo Yu
Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography, Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen.

Abstract

Teaching the long flute demands a delicate balance of technical mastery and emotional expression. However, traditional pedagogical approaches often overlook integrating psychological principles, which could enhance teaching practices and performance outcomes. Understanding the cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions of learning can revolutionize flute pedagogy by addressing students' psychological needs. This paper aims to develop and analyze a psychological framework for long-flute pedagogy, incorporating motivation, memory retention, emotional regulation, and collaborative learning. The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies in improving skill acquisition, emotional expression, and performance quality. Data were collected through surveys and interviews with flute educators and students, focusing on the challenges of teaching and learning the long flute. Statistical and thematic analyses were employed to evaluate the impact of teaching strategies such as goal-oriented practice, emotional regulation training, and ensemble-based learning. Comparisons were drawn between traditional methods and the proposed psychological framework to assess student engagement, skill retention, and improvements in anxiety reduction. The proposed framework demonstrated significant improvements, with collaborative learning and expressive artistry development showing the highest effectiveness (95% engagement, 92% retention). Emotional regulation training reduced performance anxiety by 85%, and motivation-driven strategies enhanced performance quality by 90%. Integrating psychological insights into flute pedagogy fosters a comprehensive learning environment that addresses cognitive, emotional, and social aspects, improving students' technical proficiency and expressive artistry. These findings support the advancement of holistic teaching practices in music education.

Keywords : Flute Pedagogy, Long Flute Teaching, Psychological Principles, Collaborative Learning, Emotional Regulation, Motivation, Performance Quality, Skill Retention, Music Education, Expressive Artistry, Cognitive Strategies, Performance Anxiety Management.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty