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Newcomer English Language Learners In High School Choral Music Education: An Ethnographic Case Study, Lisa Ann Serna
Newcomer English Language Learners In High School Choral Music Education: An Ethnographic Case Study, Lisa Ann Serna
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This five month long ethnographic case study seeks to add to the limited literature on Newcomers enrolled in choir (Carlow, 2006), by understanding the role a focused choral music education plays in their ability to listen, speak, read, and write in the English language. The study also seeks to contribute to the literature connecting language learning and choral music education. The purpose of the study was to understand Newcomer English language learnersâ?? (NELs) experiences of practice and performance in high school choir, as it relates to language learning and social belonging. Cultural Historical Activity Theory framed my study which allowed …
Newcomer English Language Learners In High School Choral Music Education: An Ethnographic Case Study, Lisa Ann Serna
Newcomer English Language Learners In High School Choral Music Education: An Ethnographic Case Study, Lisa Ann Serna
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This five month long ethnographic case study seeks to add to the limited literature on Newcomers enrolled in choir (Carlow, 2006), by understanding the role a focused choral music education plays in their ability to listen, speak, read, and write in the English language. The study also seeks to contribute to the literature connecting language learning and choral music education. The purpose of the study was to understand Newcomer English language learners' (NELs) experiences of practice and performance in high school choir, as it relates to language learning and social belonging. Cultural Historical Activity Theory framed my study which allowed …
Art As A Mediating Tool: Children And Learning In A Music And Arts-Based After School Program, Claudia Saldana
Art As A Mediating Tool: Children And Learning In A Music And Arts-Based After School Program, Claudia Saldana
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This study explores the experiences of primarily Latina/o children with learning music in a Music and Arts-Based Program (MABP) the context of a low-income neighborhood on the U.S- Mexico border. This year-long ethnographic study was conducted in an after-school art program in the Rio Grande Elementary School, in a low-income neighborhood located within one-mile of the U.S.-Mexico border. The purpose of the study is to understand how music and art can be used as a mediating tool for children to construct social and cognitive learning within a culturally diverse community, thus, enhancing the social environment in which they interact. The …