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Connecting Music To The Mathematics Classroom, Nicholas Parr

Honors Projects

This project investigates the importance of integrating music into mathematics classrooms K-12. By outlining the numerous connections between mathematics and music, and applying those to pedagogy, the project provides interdisciplinary overlaps that may be unknown to current teachers. Evidence supports the conclusion that mathematical abilities improve after musical infusion, yet the presence of this intervention is lacking in grades 7-12. Therefore, both mathematical and musical intelligence suffer as a result of the separation of electives and core classes. This project contains eight original mathematics content standards, which would coincide with the Ohio Learning Standards for Mathematics, as well as a …

The Kemp Foundation’S Teaching Excellence Award Ceremony (2023 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

The Kemp Foundation's Teaching Excellence Award Ceremony Programs

This video contains the entire event, including the address given by the current Kemp Award winner, Professor of Chemistry Ram Mohan. Retiring faculty are also honored (bios included in the program) and the Kemp Award winner for next year is revealed.

Volume Cxliii, Number 12, February 3, 2023, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

January 25, 2023, Faculty, Illinois Wesleyan University

2022-2023

No abstract provided.

Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum To Perform ‘Walking With My Ancestors, Mj Soria

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

2023 Spring And Winter - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

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11. Dreamers: Adventures In Dreams And Dreams Of Adventures ... By David Kennedy, David Kennedy

Middle School Curriculum

Dreamersis a philosophical adventure novel for ages 12 and beyond, told through the eyes of four pre-adolescent children of varying ethnic and racial backgrounds living in a small town in the American Southwest, who embark together on a school inquiry project centered on the phenomenon of dreaming. Not only do they record and share their dreams with each other, they inquire together into the role and status of dreaming in cultures past and present, the interpretation of dreams, the scientific analysis of dreaming, and the role of dreams in mythology and religion. The dramatic events of the novel are …

(2023) Dreamers: Adventures In Dreams And Dreams Of Adventures ..., David K. Kennedy

Collected Papers of David Kennedy

Dreamers is a philosophical adventure novel for ages 12 and beyond, told through the eyes of four pre-adolescent children of varying ethnic and racial backgrounds living in a small town in the American Southwest, who embark together on a school inquiry project centered on the phenomenon of dreaming. Not only do they record and share their dreams with each other, they inquire together into the role and status of dreaming in cultures past and present, the interpretation of dreams, the scientific analysis of dreaming, and the role of dreams in mythology and religion. The dramatic events of the novel are …

Racism And Resilience: Counter-Narratives Of Asian International College Students In The Age Of Covid-19, Katrina Liu, Richard Miller, Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola, Lei Ping

The Qualitative Report

Using Asian Critical Race Theory and Resilience Theory, this qualitative study explores how Asian international college students experienced racism before and after the eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they developed and used resilience to counteract that racism. Eleven Asian participants shared their counter-narratives through semi-structured interviews. Results reveal that, before the pandemic, participants were regularly subjected to racist acts and attitudes grounded in a deficit view of Asians that treated them as inscrutable foreigners, blamed them as individuals for perceived shortcomings in their home countries, dismissed their expertise outside of technical STEM fields, and failed to recognize their …

Using Popular Music To Engage The Multiculturally Diverse Secondary School Band, Todd Waldon Murphy

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Despite the increasing acceptance and enthusiasm for multicultural popular music in some high schools in the United States, traditional music teachers are often hesitant to embrace this trend. Even though the United States is responsible for creating many popular music styles, European music education philosophy is ahead with popular music education. Because of the United States' changing demographics, a new strategy must be developed to address this issue and implement it to the band director's advantage. Ethnic diversity and multiculturism have been creative factors in the United States, which explains why American culture has produced a wide variety of musical …

Cultivating Music Educators For Engaging In Varied Pedagogy Within An Increasingly Pluralistic Society, Maggie Brown

Honors Projects

As society continues to grow increasingly pluralistic, questions arise concerning how to better prepare preservice educators in teacher preparation programs. The purpose of this study was to determine the connections between P12 teachers’ training, experience, and what is being done in the classroom. Three participants were hand-selected for participation due to their proven track record employing varied curricular practice. The participants represented a varied range of areas of expertise and years of experience. After exploring the experiences of these three teachers, themes of (1) getting outside of one’s comfort zone, (2) engaging in musical amateurism, and (3) synergizing traditional and …

Volume Cxlii, Number 8, November 11, 2022, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Toybox: A New Approach For Auxiliary Percussion Instruments At The Beginning Level, Spencer Craig Jones

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Currently, there exist little materials to introduce elementary students to auxiliary percussion instruments. There is a need for the creation of more instructional material for this age group that provides pedagogy descriptions for the instruments as well as playing examples. The purpose of this project is to create a method book that provides pedagogy examples for auxiliary percussion instruments while also providing playing examples to use.

Belonging And Banding Together: Perspectives And Insights Of Newly Recruited Ell Musicians, Edward Luckey, Edward Luckey, Edward Luckey

Education Doctorate Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to bring forward the lived experiences of English Language Learner (ELL) musicians who were new to the band program as of the Spring of 2021. This study was born out of previous coursework and reflection where it became apparent that more must be done to provide access to our band program for students who are in our ELL program. Therefore, the research question that guides this study is “What are the lived experiences of ELL band students?” The methodology is primarily a pursuit of the stories and lived experiences of the ELLs via a …

Homage To Eleanora: A Musical Journey Through The Billie Holiday Songbook, Keith A. Dames

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Billie Holiday was a singer, songwriter, vocalist, bandleader and composer in the fields of music, black culture and more specifically the genre of jazz. The primary focus of this study is Billie Holiday’s discography, music, and compositions as treated in relation to the black culture of production. This study will explore a secondary content analysis of Billie Holiday’s music, musicianship, musicality and compositional skills within the American jazz mainstream, broader jazz audience and world at large. This project will take an analytical look at the structure and form of the compositions of Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday is credited with composing …

Carlos Bulosan And Filipino Collective Memory: Teaching, Transgression, And Transformation, Jeffrey Cabusao

English and Cultural Studies Journal Articles

Who is Carlos Bulosan? Why is he significant? Why teach Bulosan in our classrooms? These questions function as points of departure for this lecture delivered in Summer 2021 for the UNITAS International Lecture Series cosponsored by CLASS and Kritika Kultura. By reviewing the significance of Carlos Bulosan, this talk provides an opportunity to examine the continued relevance of Bulosan and his works for the twenty-first century. A pioneering Filipino writer of the twentieth century, Bulosan developed a unique transgressive aesthetic that travels across national and literary boundaries and, in the process, reimagines the boundaries of Filipino identity and literary categorization. …

Authentic Low-Stakes Practice To Make Meaning Lasting For Ells: Creating Vocabulary Chants And Songs To Enhance The Word Generation Curriculum, Lori Cohen

Masters Theses/Capstone Projects

This curriculum creation is designed to supplement the Word Generation (WordGen) vocabulary program for middle school students. It adds songs and chants of the weekly focus words for use as a mnemonic device to remember and synthesize word meaning. The WordGen curriculum is heavily based on reading and writing and English Language Learners (ELLs) are at a disadvantage when tasked with learning and understanding academic vocabulary due to the short length of time for mastery (Cummins, 1999; Collier, 1987; Thompson, 2017). This curriculum is inspired by the desire to appeal to ELLs who would respond favorably to music or kinesthetic …

We Are ... Marshall, February 2, 2022, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

2022 Spring And Winter - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

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แนวทางการจัดการเรียนรู้ตามแนวคิดการสอนแบบเน้นความสำคัญของวัฒนธรรมสำหรับนักศึกษาสาขาวิชาดนตรีศึกษา, ธีรวิทย์ กลิ่นจุ้ย

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 1) เพื่อศึกษาสภาพของการจัดการเรียนรู้ และ 2) เพื่อนำเสนอแนวทางการจัดการเรียนรู้รายวิชาที่เกี่ยวข้องกับดนตรีเชิงวัฒนธรรมในหลักสูตรดนตรีศึกษาระดับปริญญาตรีประเทศไทย ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยผสมวิธี (Mixed Methods) กลุ่มตัวอย่างวิจัยทั้งหมดคัดเลือกเป้าหมายตามเป้าหมายแนวคิดทฤษฎี (Theory and concept-focused Sampling) มีขั้นตอนการวิจัยดังนี้ คือ a) ประกอบไปด้วยวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพโดยการศึกษาเอกสาร 37 หลักสูตร และศึกษาเชิงปริมาณด้วยการสำรวจความคิดเห็นอาจารย์ผู้สอนและอาจารย์ประจำหลักสูตร (N=20) จากนั้น b) สัมภาษณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ 5 ท่าน และทำการวิเคราะห์ผลร่วมกันจากทั้งสองขั้นตอน ผลการวิจัยพบว่า หลักสูตรดนตรีศึกษาทั้ง 37 หลักสูตร มีรายวิชาดนตรีเชิงวัฒนธรรมทั้งที่เป็นรายวิชาบังคับและรายวิชาเลือก สามารถแบ่งได้ 3 ประเภทได้แก่ a) แนวเน้นทฤษฎี b) เน้นทักษะปฏิบัติ และ c) แนวเน้นการบูรณาการกับศาสตร์อื่น และผลจากการสำรวจความคิดเห็นอาจารย์ผู้สอนและอาจารย์ประจำหลักสูตร (N=20) และสัมภาษณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ (N=5) สามารถสรุปสาระสำคัญได้ดังนี้ 1) ด้านจำนวนรายวิชา: รายวิชาดนตรีเชิงวัฒนธรรมในหลักสูตรมีจำนวนมากเหมาะสม (M=4.25) และเพียงพอต่อความรู้ที่ควรได้รับตลอดหลักสูตร (M=3.95) และรายวิชาดนตรีเชิงวัฒนธรรมเหมาะสมจะเป็นรายวิชาเลือก (M=4.00) มากกว่าเป็นวิชาบังคับ (M=3.70) 2) ด้านสถานภาพของรายวิชา: รายวิชาดนตรีเชิงวัฒนธรรมในหลักสูตรมีความจำเป็นต่อการเตรียมความพร้อมผู้เรียนสู่การเป็นครูดนตรี (M=4.65) และเหมาะสมกับการที่มีสถานภาพเป็นรายวิชาแนวผสมผสานบูรณาการกับศาสตร์อื่น (M=4.45) มากที่สุด ถัดมาเป็นแนวการบรรยายทฤษฎี (M=4.10) และแนวปฏิบัติทักษะดนตรี (M=3.90) ตามลำดับ 3) ด้านขอบเขตการจัดการเรียนรู้: ควรมุ่งเน้นเนื้อหาทางวัฒนธรรมดนตรีที่เชื่อมโยงกับชุมชนหรือท้องถิ่น (M=4.40) และมีการจัดการเรียนรู้ที่คำนึงถึงภูมิหลังทางวัฒนธรรมดนตรีของผู้เรียน (M=4.15) จากนั้นอาจมีการเพิ่มเนื้อหาที่มีความเชื่อมโยงกับนานาชาติ (M=4.25) และในประเทศ (M=4.20) ตามลำดับ การจัดการเรียนรู้ควรเป็นเนื้อหาที่กว้างและมีความหลากหลาย (M=4.35) มากกว่ากำหนดประเด็นที่ลงลึกและจำเพาะเจาะจงเพียงประเด็นเดียว (M=3.70) สำหรับแนวทางการจัดการเรียนรู้รายวิชาที่เกี่ยวข้องกับดนตรีเชิงวัฒนธรรมที่มุ่งเน้นความสำคัญของวัฒนธรรมมีหลักสำคัญใน 4 ประเด็นได้แก่ 1)กำหนดมโนทัศน์หลัก 2)เนื้อหาการเรียนรู้ 3)ผู้สอนและการจัดการเรียนรู้ 4)บริบทพื้นที่การเรียนรู้

Performing Kayepa Dordok Living Waters In Noongar Boodjar, South-Western Australia, Clint Bracknell, Pierre Horwitz, Trevor Ryan, Jonathan W. Marshall

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Performance through language, song and dance provides alternative knowledges and ways of understanding, in this case, developing deeper relationships with living water. Drawing on Indigenous Noongar culture from south-western Australia, this paper addresses the question: How can relationships between living underground, estuarine and riverine water bodies (kayepa dordok) be performed? Two new interlinked Noongar works in response to local riverscapes were developed for, and performed as part of, the 2021 Perth Festival. The first was to embody the return journey of the bullshark, from the salt water to the riverine fresh water; the second was to enact the …

Tempo Magazine, Fall 2021, Office Of Student Life

Tempo Magazine

Tempo Magazine is Coastal Carolina University's student-produced feature magazine. TEMPO #46. Editor: Sarah McGonigle. Faculty advisor: Colin Burch and Scott Mann. Listed as "Ekphrasis - Fall 2021".

Improvisation And Interpretation For High School Instrumental Students, Jeffrey J. Bianchine Jr.

Masters Theses

Improvisation is associated with jazz or rap in modern western culture, but classical music has a long tradition of improvisation featuring famous improvises such as Mozart and Liszt. Improvisation develops critical thinking and problem solving, essential skills in the American job market. The typical instrumental student does not often get the opportunity to use this. Bloom’s Taxonomy explains that students who do critical thinking activities in class have a better understanding of the course material. This course will equip students to improvise with others, make executive decisions about artistic elements in the repertoire, self-cretic playing, and compose a short cadenza.

Bi-Musicality In Kenyan Education: An Irrevocable Impact Of Colonization On A Culture?, Tania Mae Molendyk

Masters Theses

In Kenya today, music at all levels includes both Kenyan music and Western music. The inclusion of Western music in the Kenyan curriculum began when Britain made Kenya a colony. Due to certain circumstances after Kenya became independent, Western music continued to be taught in the schools. This research addresses the question “is the inclusion of Western music in the curriculum today a conscious choice or a remaining impact of British colonization?” To gain insight into this question, a variety of Kenyans from different backgrounds were interviewed. Their answers helped reveal the desires of the people today and whether the …

2021-August-25-Exploring Black Appalachian Music Podcast.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Aug. 25, 2021) — A six-part podcast series, “Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music,” is in the works, co-hosted by Dr. Ted Olson, an East Tennessee State University professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies, and Dr. William Turner, a noted scholar on African American communities in Appalachia.

The first two episodes are now available on all popular podcast streaming platforms through the Great Smoky Mountains Association’s “Smoky Mountain Air” podcast.

Dr. Ted Olson

Layers Of Inclusion: Arranging Music For Multi-Leveled Ensembles, John Myers

Early College Folio

This paper describes the author’s practice of “layered arranging” in music education. As a response to the range of ages and skill levels of students at Bard Academy and Bard College at Simon’s Rock, this pedagogical approach allows for experienced students to work with level-appropriate material while less experienced students may participate supportively through simplified chord progressions.

Becoming Culturally Responsive: A Guide For Music Educators., Bailey Haynes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As America sees an increase in minority groups, providing an education that is beneficial and responsive to all cultures is a growing focus in the education system. One of the many roles of a music educator is to expose students to allmusic and music that is most meaningful to the students. Music educators are charged with providing students with musical instruction that is well rounded, and that will aid in the personal and educational growth of learners. Through culturally responsive teaching, defined as “a research-based approach towards teaching that connects students’ cultures, languages, and life experiences with that they …

2021 Spring And Winter - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

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A Comparison Between Preschool Teachers’ Read-Aloud Techniques With Fictional And Informational Picture Books In Small Groups, Ariel Robinson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Relatively little is known about preschool teachers’ read-aloud techniques with informational picture books. The purpose of this investigation was to identify similarities and differences between preschool teachers’ read-aloud techniques with fictional stories, which are commonly read in preschool, and informational texts. Instrumental case study and purposive sampling were employed to investigate the reading techniques of two White female teachers in one preschool classroom as they read in small groups with children two-and-a-half to five years old. In terms of similarities across genres, teachers made personal connections, prompted children to interpret pictures, used multimodal instruction, and differentiated instruction. In terms of …

Rhythms: Music At The University Of Northern Iowa, V40, Fall 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Rhythms: Music at the University of Northern Iowa

Contents:

From the Director --- 2
Guest Artists 2020-2021 --- 6
Operatini --- 8
Jazz Studies Update --- 10
Community Outreach --- 11
Scholarship Benefit Concert --- 13
Student Awards and Honors --- 15
Student Spotlight --- 16
Recent Graduates Update --- 17
Faculty Spotlight --- 18
Faculty News and Activities --- 19
Retirements and New Faculty --- 21
Emeritus Faculty News --- 23
Alumni News and Updates --- 24
Alumni Spotlight --- 27
Spotlight Series 2021-2022 --- 28
Donor Spotlight --- 29
Opportunities to Give --- 30