1,874 research outputs found
Photo reclamations: new art from Moscow and St Petersburg - Victoria Buivid, Ludmilla Fedorenko, Gennady Gushchin, Vladimir Kupresnov, Boris Mikhailov, Maria Serbriakova, Alexei Shulgin
No full textToured to The Photographer's Gallery, London.Curated with Brandon Taylor and funded by the Arts Council England and Visiting Arts
Case study of the experiences and perspectives of Hispanic immigrant parents of heritage language maintenance and bilingual education in the rural community of Brandon, Manitoba, A
No full textThis study investigated and described the experiences and perspectives of Hispanic immigrant parents on heritage language maintenance and bilingual education in the City of Brandon, Manitoba. Hispanic immigrant parents were interviewed to explore how they perceived and experienced the maintenance of the home language and bilingual education of their children. The study used a qualitative embedded case study methodology (Yin, 2014). Data collection methods included five individual semi-structured interviews and three focus group interviews. Sixteen first-generation Hispanic immigrant parents took part in this study, and they were divided into two subunits of analysis: Colombian, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrant parents and non-Colombian, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrant parents. The results of this study reveal that despite the importance that both groups of Hispanic immigrant parents place in their native language as a fundamental core value in their ethnic identity, they perceived a gradual erosion of their children’s home language. Colombian, Salvadoran, and Honduran immigrant parents had more challenges and difficulties in preserving their home language in comparison with Hispanic non-Colombian, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrant parents. Data suggest that the Colombian, Salvadoran, and Honduran immigrant parents were less aware of the cognitive advantages of bilingualism and heritage language preservation in comparison with the Hispanic non-Colombian, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrant parents. However, both groups of parents perceived the need to implement heritage and bilingual programs in the school and in the community for supporting their efforts to preserve the home language. Language barriers that parents faced, along with socioeconomic conditions, repercussions of intrafamilial conflicts, separation, and family disruption were factors negatively influencing home language maintenance in children. In summary, this research sought to raise awareness of heritage language maintenance issues that affect the Hispanic immigrants in a rural city of Manitoba. The results confirm that changes in heritage and bilingual policy are needed to support the Hispanic immigrant community in their efforts to maintain the heritage language. Teachers, school personnel, and parents need to develop ‘collaborative power relations’ (Cummins, 2001; Ntelioglou, Fannin, Montanera, and Cummins, 2014) to achieve the outcome of empowering Hispanic immigrant children.
Author-supplied keywords: Language maintenance, bilingual education, heritage language, Hispanic immigrantsIncludes bibliographical references (pages 179-193)."In partial fulfillment for the requirements for the degree of Master of Education.
Oral history interview with Brandon Hobson
No full textBrandon Hobson, fiction writer, talks about his youth in El Reno, Oklahoma, and shares how he became interested in writing while in college and comments on other writers he admires. He discusses his book Where the Dead Sit Talking, a novel about a teenage Cherokee boy placed in foster care, that was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award. Hobson also explains some of the themes of his own stories, particularly that of obsession, and gives some advice for new writers.The Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Collection is a series of interviews with authors who discuss their lives, work, and creative processes
Shifts in regular music programming : engaging grade 3 boys in the singing process
No full textThe purpose of this teacher action research study was to explore how regular music programming in rural South-Central Manitoba could be designed to foster engagement in singing in grade 3 boys. Participants included ten grade 3 boys in two mixed-gender classes of Grade 3 General Music and one mixed gender class of Grade 2/3 General Music. Data sources included two initial surveys, feedback loop sessions, researcher journaling, and peer interviews. Findings indicated the following effective interventions for engaging grade 3 boys in singing: including students in the repertoire selection process, incorporating student interests into the selection of musical repertoire, accompanying songs on the guitar, drums, and piano, and incorporating male role models into the teaching of singing. Other effective interventions included: selecting songs with a strong beat and rhythmic interest, incorporating movement, incorporating singing games, providing opportunities for student creativity, incorporating humour, incorporating current music, choosing songs with appealing texts, and providing opportunities for rhythmic speech. Selecting repertoire that was challenging, but not too challenging, was also found to be an effective intervention.
Keywords: Grade 3, boys, singing, engagement, general musicIncludes bibliographical references (pages 167-189)."In partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Music (Education), Brandon University
2009-2010 John Brandon
No full textJohn Brandon is the author of three novels, Arkansas, Citrus County, and A Million Heavens, and a new short story collection, Further Joy, all with McSweeney\u27s. His shorter work has appeared in Oxford American, The Believer, ESPN the Magazine, GQ, McSweeney\u27s Quarterly Concern, The New York Times Magazine, and numerous university journals. For two seasons, he wrote about college football for Grantland.com. He holds an undergraduate degree from University of Florida and an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. He\u27s recently spent time as the Grisham Fellow in Creative Writing at University of Mississippi, and as the Tickner Writing Fellow at Gilman School, in Baltimore, and is the recipient of a Sustainable Arts Fellowship.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/grisham_res/1010/thumbnail.jp
Orion: a novel
No full textOrion is the story of Iraq war vet Gene Temmens as he returns home to Michigan in an attempt to reconnect with family and start over. But when financial crises rear their heads and smoothing out the wrinkles in his family relationships proves almost impossible, Gene lapses into old habits that end in murder.M.F.A.by Matthew Brandon Blas
Exploring improvisation pedagogy based on participatory and M-base characteristics: an action research study
No full textThis action research study explored my personal pedagogy of improvisation through a combined lens of Thomas Turino’s (2008) participatory field of music and the M-base collective. Influenced by the imbalance between performance-based goals and presentational music-making in high school settings and my personal lack of experience teaching improvisation, this study focused on learning how to teach improvisation away from typical educational outcomes such as assessment, curricular outcomes, and presentational values. Four high school students and two post-high school musicians participated in four two-hour sessions which took place at the Bassment in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Through the use of an action research cycle, several key themes emerged based on the participants’ experiences in regards to the purpose, process and reason for teaching improvisation. I came to the following four conclusions based on the actions that occurred during the study: a teacher needs to create attainable levels for successful improvisation; the facilitator role requires time for reflection and practice; participating allowed me to recognize and challenge personal self-doubt around improvisation; and improvisation can thrive in a non-traditional environment through a balance between structure and freedom. The thesis concludes with future recommendations for educators, researchers, and myself.
Keywords: improvisation, participatory, M-base, secondary, music education, action researchIncludes bibliographical references (pages 133-147)."In partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Music (Education), Brandon University
Exploratory study of risks to stability in foster and kinship care in NSW
No full textThis report describes an exploratory study on various aspects and risks to stability in foster and kinship placements.The report finds that compared to foster care, risks to placement stability are more evident for kinship care. Kinship carers (predominantly grandparents) are older and few have formal agency support. They cope, some not easily, with challenging situations as they arise (e.g. death/separation/divorce of partner/spouse, their birth children’s substance abuse problems, children’s challenging behaviours, their own and grandchildren’s medical conditions). The concept of older carers ‘parenting again’ should not be taken lightly. For many carers there is a continuation and increase in daily housework chores and child care routines, with little time for leisure activities, holidays, hobbies and personal time. Parenting again also requires older carers to make significant changes in the way they conform/adapt to contemporary practices around parenting, child discipline and education. Common themes suggested by foster and kinship carers for keeping placements stable were providing children with routines and boundaries; developing/maintaining strong relationships (with workers, family and birth family); receiving respite; and being supported by workers
Brandon University campus master plan
No full textOffice of the Vice-President (Administration and Finance)Grant Hamilton, Director of Marketing and Communications, Brandon UniversityA physical copy of this document is held in the SJ McKee Archives
Dreams of the West: First-time author learns the ropes almost by accident
No full textDale Brandon, author of novel Dead Fal
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