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Music, Informal Learning and the School: A New Classroom Pedagogy
This pioneering book reveals how the music classroom can draw upon the world of popular musicians' informal learning practices, so as to recognize and foster a range of musical skills and knowledge that have long been overlooked within music education. It investigates how far informal learning practices are possible and desirable in a classroom context; how they can affect young teenagers' musical skill and knowledge acquisition; and how they can change the ways students listen to, understand and appreciate music as critical listeners, not only in relation to what they already know, but beyond. It examines students' motivations towards music education, their autonomy as learners, and their capacity to work co-operatively in groups without instructional guidance from teachers. It suggests how we can awaken students' awareness of their own musicality, particularly those who might not otherwise be reached by music education, putting the potential for musical development and participation into their own hands. Bringing informal learning practices into a school environment is challenging for teachers. It can appear to conflict with their views of professionalism, and may at times seem to run against official educational discourses, pedagogic methods and curricular requirements. But any conflict is more apparent than real, for this book shows how informal learning practices can introduce fresh, constructive ways for music teachers to understand and approach their work. It offers a critical pedagogy for music, not as mere theory, but as an analytical account of practices which have fundamentally influenced the perspectives of the teachers involved. Through its grounded examples and discussions of alternative approaches to classroom work and classroom relations, the book reaches out beyond music to other curriculum subjects, and wider debates about pedagogy and curriculum.
Contents: Introduction; The project's pedagogy and curriculum content; Making music; Listening and appreciation; Enjoyment: making music and having autonomy; Group cooperation, ability and inclusion; Informal learning with classical music; Afterword; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Lucy Green is Professor of Music Education in The Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
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Exotiques مIles de la Madeleine
\"Les مIles de la Madeleine - a tiny archipelago nestled in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence - is one of Canada's most exotic and secluded destinations, luring adventure seekers and explorers from around the globe. [It reveals] ... beauty and stunning vistas combined with colourful Acadian architecture and the warmth and hospitality of an Acadian-Francophone community. Red sandstone cliffs and verdant hills overlook tranquil lagoons, pristine beaches and dunes that stretch over 65 kilometrs into the gulf, weaving these interconnected islands into the shape of a half moon. ...\"--Back cover.
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Visualizing Black Lives
A new generation of Afro-Brazilian media producers have emerged to
challenge a mainstream that frequently excludes them. Reighan
Gillam delves into the dynamic alternative media landscape
developed by Afro-Brazilians in the twenty-first century. With
works that confront racism and focus on Black characters, these
artists and the visual media they create identify, challenge, or
break with entrenched racist practices, ideologies, and structures.
Gillam looks at a cross-section of media to show the ways
Afro-Brazilians assert control over various means of representation
in order to present a complex Black humanity. These images--so at
odds with the mainstream--contribute to an anti-racist visual
politics fighting to change how Brazilian media depicts Black
people while highlighting the importance of media in the movement
for Black inclusion.
An eye-opening union of analysis and fieldwork, Visualizing
Black Lives examines the alternative and activist Black media
and the people creating it in today's Brazil.
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Stress relaxation in epithelial monolayers is controlled by the actomyosin cortex
Epithelial monolayers are one-cell-thick tissue sheets that line most of the body surfaces, separating internal and external environments. As part of their function, they must withstand extrinsic mechanical stresses applied at high strain rates. However, little is known about how monolayers respond to mechanical deformations. Here, by subjecting suspended epithelial monolayers to stretch, we find that they dissipate stresses on a minute timescale and that relaxation can be described by a power law with an exponential cut-off at timescales larger than about 10 s. This process involves an increase in monolayer length, pointing to active remodelling of cellular biopolymers at the molecular scale during relaxation. Strikingly, monolayers consisting of tens of thousands of cells relax stress with similar dynamics to single rounded cells, and both respond similarly to perturbations of the actomyosin cytoskeleton. By contrast, cell–cell junctional complexes and intermediate filaments do not relax tissue stress, but form stable connections between cells, allowing monolayers to behave rheologically as single cells. Taken together, our data show that actomyosin dynamics governs the rheological properties of epithelial monolayers, dissipating applied stresses and enabling changes in monolayer length.Stress relaxation in cell monolayers shows remarkable similarities with that of single cells, suggesting the rheology of epithelial tissues is mediated by the actomyosin cortex—with dynamics reminiscent of those on a cellular level.
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Can fish count? : what animals reveal about our uniquely mathematical minds
\"The philosopher Bertrand Russell once observed that realizing that a pair of apples and the passage of two days could somehow both be represented by the concept we call \"two\" was one of the most astonishing discoveries anyone had ever made. So what do we make of the incredible fact that animals seem to have inherent mathematical abilities? As cognitive psychologist Brian Butterworth shows us in Can Fish Count?, many \"simple\" animals--such as bees, which count trees and fence posts, and guppies, which can size up groups--have a sense of numbers. And unlike humans, they don't need to be taught. In telling animals' stories, Butterworth shines new light on one of our most ancient questions: Just where, exactly, do numbers come from? He reveals how insights gleaned from studying animals can help us make better sense of our own abilities. Full of discovery and delight, Can Fish Count? is an astonishing journey through the animal kingdom and the human mind\"--Amazon.com
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Media, Persuasion and Propaganda
Using case studies and exercises, this innovative study poses challenging questions
Living in a saturated media environment, we are crowded from all sides by persuasive messages and information. Advice, promotion and propaganda form a spectrum of persuasion - and everywhere we see it performed in its full theatricality, complete with actors, scripts, props and costumes.
Based on enduring rhetorical principles, these persuasive techniques and the psychology behind them have become increasingly sophisticated during the 'age of persuasion', a century of applied research in advertising, advocacy, public relations, mass entertainment and social control.Media, Persuasion, and Propagandaguides the reader through the many varieties of persuasion and its performance, exploring the protocols of rhetoric unique to the medium, from orality and print to film and digital images. Using case studies and exercises, this innovative study poses challenging questions:
How do individuals and organisations exert influence to build communities and networks?What role do media play in communicating persuasive messages?How do we use recent discoveries in cognitive science to promote a cause, advocate social change or market ideas and products?How do we defend ourselves against manipulation and undue influence, and when does persuasion turn into propaganda?
Key Features
Uses global examples and case studies to define the spectrum of persuasion, from promotion to propagandaExamines the performance of propaganda, from orality to new mediaIncludes exercises in each chapter to reinforce the key themes and promote discussion
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Connecting to the future : a blueprint for dynamic leadership
In Connecting to the Future, Alardhi speaks candidly about the big thinking needed to succeed at such a large scale. From setting bold goals for your organization to questioning the status quo to recognizing that your greatest asset will always be a motivated and passionate team, he walks you through his blueprint not just for growth but for leadership, awareness, and fundamental change.
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Storytelling with data
Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it!Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples—ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation.Storytelling is not an inherent skill, especially when it comes to data visualization, and the tools at our disposal don't make it any easier. This book demonstrates how to go beyond conventional tools to reach the root of your data, and how to use your data to create an engaging, informative, compelling story. Specifically, you'll learn how to:Understand the importance of context and audienceDetermine the appropriate type of graph for your situationRecognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your informationDirect your audience's attention to the most important parts of your dataThink like a designer and utilize concepts of design in data visualizationLeverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audienceTogether, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. There is a story in your data—Storytelling with Data will give you the skills and power to tell it!
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