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Symposia Melitensia Selected Proceedings of the Conference ‘Connections’, University of Malta Junior College, 18-20 September 2017 Symposia Melitensia Selected proceedings of the Conference ‘Connections’, University of Malta Junior College, 18-20 September 2017 Number 14 (2018) UNIVERSITY OF MALTA L-Università ta’ Malta SYMPOSIA MELITENSIA Number 14 (2018) Editorial Board Editors: Louis J Scerri and (for this issue) Christine Borg Farrugia and Joan Borg Marks Members: Ernest Azzopardi Stephen Bonanno Martin Farrell Patricia Micallef David Mifsud Edward Mifsud Paul Xuereb The Editorial Board acknowledges the assistance of Prof. Emmanuel Sinagra, Chairman, and the University of Malta Junior College Board; Mr Paul Xuereb, Principal; Mr Roderick Vassallo, Vice-Principal. Articles: © respective authors Journal edition: © University of Malta Junior College Board Produced: Mizzi Design and Graphic Services Ltd., St Venera ISSN: 1812-7509 Published by: University of Malta Junior College, Msida, Malta Index Connectivity, Mobility and Island Life: Parallel Narratives from Malta and Lesvos Godfrey Baldacchino ....................................................................................7 Disconnection at the Limit: Posthumanism, Deconstruction, and Non-Philosophy David Roden ...............................................................................................19 Critical Attitude and Conceptual Development in Physics: What Connections? Laurence Viennot .........................................................................................35 Menz f’Narnia: (lil hinn mil)l-Ansjetà tal-Influwenza Letterarja fil-Qari mill- Ġdid tad-Dramm ‘Soċjali-Simboliku’ ta’ Francis Ebejer David Aloisio ................................................................................................47 In Search of the Fastest Sorting Algorithm Emmanuel Attard Cassar ...........................................................................63 The Connection between Literature and Aesthetics: Is it Problematic? Josette Attard ..............................................................................................79 Historical Connections between the Foundlings in Naples and in Malta Christine Borg Farrugia .............................................................................91 3 SYMPOSIA MELITENSIA NUMBER 13 (2017) Striving for Excellence: The Challenge of Educating Highly Able/Gifted Students Joan Borg Marks.......................................................................................105 A Pilot Study on e-Learning in Small Online Discussion Groups and Experimental Design in Biology Mariella Caruana ......................................................................................119 The Private–State Interface: A Social Network Analysis of the Board of Directors of Malta Enterprise and its Predecessors Aeden Chetcuti ..........................................................................................131 Rotture nette e recuperi latenti: Joyce e Pirandello nei confronti della tradizione letteraria Karl Chircop .............................................................................................139 The Eurovision Song Contest within Formal Educational Learning Contexts: A Critical Multimodal Interpretation of Possible Inter-Disciplinary Connections George Cremona .......................................................................................151 A Grounded Theory Approach Focused on a Holistic Supply Chain Integration Management Approach Ronald Cuschieri .......................................................................................161 Web-Based eTutor for Learning Electrical Circuit Analysis Jason Debono, Adrian Muscat, and Chris Porter ..................................181 Don Giuseppe Zammit detto ‘Brighella’ – vita, opere e rapporti con la realtà italiana e maltese dell’Ottocento Mario Debono ...........................................................................................195 The Impact of Technostress on Personal Well-Being – an Analysis of Individual and Group Differences Katya De Giovanni, Gottfried Catania ...................................................211 4 INDEX Changing Image of the University of Malta Library: New Roles, Challenges, and Services Agata Derkowska ......................................................................................225 Relazioni di coppia e scrittura: uno studio grafologico comparato sulla compatibilità e sulle modalità d’integrazione tra partner Simona Esposito ........................................................................................237 Translation and Interpretation: Building Connections for a Changing World Joseph Eynaud ..........................................................................................249 The Connections of Connections: New Results on the Centrality and Communicability of Networks Alexander Farrugia...................................................................................257 Highlighting the Green Face of Chemistry to Sixth-Form Students Mario Fenech Caruana .............................................................................271 Understanding Irlen Syndrome in the Classroom Olivia Galea Seychell ................................................................................283 Systems of Knowledge: Strategies in Challenging the Current Perceptions through Improvement of Lecturing Strategies Suzanne Gatt .............................................................................................293 Intercultural Communicative Competence as a Focus of Applied Linguistic Research in Poland Monika Kusiak-Pisowacka ......................................................................307 The Language of Design in Baroque Architecture: Looking for ‘Connections’ through Francesco Borromini’s Works Sandra Mifsud Bonnici .............................................................................319 Sense-making across Disciplines: Physical Models, Theoretical Frameworks, and the Connections between Education in the Humanities and Sciences Christopher Moore ...................................................................................331 5 Maltese Primary Classrooms – Uncharted Territory. A Blueprint for Classroom Observation Randolph Peresso ......................................................................................343 The Role of Translators as Cultural Mediators and its Implications in the Training of Prospective Maltese Translators Sergio Portelli ............................................................................................357 What is a Speculative Bubble? Gloria Sansò ..............................................................................................367 Marketing and Promotion of OAR@UoM: The Open Access Institutional Repository of the University of Malta Ryan Scicluna ............................................................................................377 e-Learning for older workers in SMEs? The perceptions of owners and workers in Maltese microenterprises Joseph Vancell ...........................................................................................391 Non-Voting – Disconnecting from Partisan Politics Mary Grace Vella .....................................................................................405 Connecting Authentic Educational Leaders and Their Followers Paul Xuereb ..............................................................................................419 Immagini dell’Eloquenza classica attraverso le figure emblematiche di Demostene, Pericle, Eschine, e Cicerone Stefano Zammit .........................................................................................433 Connectivity, Mobility and Island Life: Parallel Narratives from Malta and Lesvos Godfrey Baldacchino [email protected] Abstract: Modernity is increasingly about movement, with people navigating through different spaces and places throughout their lives and careers. Probably all the more so when we deal with islanders, who combine home and away in strategic ways: for adventure, education, work, career development. Islanders are not insular. This paper offers a contrast between the dominant narratives of mobility and immobility of the 21st century. At one end, there is the ‘kinetic elite’ which includes professionals who commute regularly between countries as part of their work and career development: university academics, corporate managers, software technicians, European Commission staff. Along with these is a select but growing number of HNWIs – high net worth individuals – those who exploit multiple residence and citizenship schemes (and various tax code loopholes) to park themselves, and their assets, temporarily in particular jurisdictions. Often with multiple passports, these persons face sophisticated marketeers and promoters keen to enlist them to their schemes. At the other end are the millions vying for a better life or seeking to escape famine, drought, civil war, and political persecution, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Often with no passports, these face multiple barriers to manage their movements. In between these two solitudes, are the lives and stories of the islanders themselves who may need to reconcile themselves with, but often disregard, these contradictory policies. Islands (and islanders and their governments) face these contradictory pressures and often label and stereotype the subjects of these divergent mobility patterns in dramatically different ways. These labels are often corroborated by equally stereotypical notions of race, ethnicity, and religion. The paper fleshes out these ideas by
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