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Cox, Frances Jayne. "The notion of physicality in vocal training for the performer in South African theatre, with particular reference to the Alexander technique." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002366.

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Voice training has been influenced by separatist attitudes which have allowed for classes which train the body to be separate from those which train the voice. This study acknowledges that to train an actor in separate compartments and then expect the completeness of human expression in performance, is to train under false pretences. There is a need to address the imbalance of separatism and this is examined within the context of voice training. An holistic approach to voice training forms the basis of the argument, which focuses on the need to re-educate the notion of physicality in voice training. Chapter one proposes an understanding of the notion of physicality by drawing on the attitudes of selected theatre practitioners towards the physical nature of the theatre encounter. The expressive energies of the actor's body are responsible for the physicalisation of a play; for this reason the movement of voice and speech is not only examined as source movement, but also as the movement of an actor's response and communication. Chapter two examines some practices which led to attitudes of separatism in voice training, and introduces prevalent practices which are attempting to involve the energy of the physical experience. Chapter three proposes that the Alexander technique be used as the foundation for an awareness of individual physicality. Where chapter one examines the theory of this notion, chapter three proposes an experiential understanding of the same. The Alexander technique is a training in effective body use and it's principles are fundamental to an awareness of body use and functioning. It is argued that these principles should underlie a re-education of physicality. The final chapter of the thesis argues for physicality in South African voice training programmes which would complement the physicality of contemporary theatre forms. It is hoped that this study will provide further incentive for the continued review and adjustment of drama training in South Africa.

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Olivier, Madelie Charlotte. "A critical study of voice teaching method, with specific reference to solo singing, choral singing and vocal health for the teenage singer." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019926.

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This dissertation presents a critical study of voice teaching method as this pertains to the high school learner studying voice within the South African educational environment, with learning outcomes determined for subject music within the GET (General Education and Training) and FET (Further Education and Training) bands of the Department of Basic Education at each school grade level, as well as by external examining bodies such as Unisa (University of South Africa), Trinity Guildhall and ABRSM (Amalgamated Board of the Royal Schools of Music). Emphasis is placed on the methodological principles applicable in the case of the Western classical music solo vocal repertoire, but reference is also made to the applicability of this method in other vocal genres and, in particular, in the case of choral music participation. Special attention is given to the subject of the vocal health of the developing teenage voice, which includes an overview of vocal disorders and suggestions for rehabilitation and remedial programmes where necessary. Triangulation of research results is achieved in this study through inclusion of: - A thorough survey of selected pertinent bibliographic sources - Description of and engagement with the researcher’s own numerous phenomenological encounters in this field - Interviews conducted in Port Elizabeth with Jill Nock, voice teacher, on the subject of voice teaching method, and with John Black, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, on the subject of vocal health. The researcher concludes that there is a need for continued education and training of music educators in the South African high school environment, many of whom are not trained voice specialists, in order to cater for the growing number of high school music learners who choose to specialise in voice. Although educator networking can go a long way towards creating an informal support system to address this need, it is ultimately the responsibility of the Department of Basic Education to address this in a formal and all-encompassing fashion.

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Nafziger, Shelli L. Crumpler Thomas P. "Online mentoring of a preservice teacher finding one's voice within the culture /." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1225138411&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1177940673&clientId=43838.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2006.
Title from title page screen, viewed on April 30, 2007. Dissertation Committee: Thomas P. Crumpler (chair), Donna Breault, Anthony W. Lorsbach, Cheri Toledo. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-202) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Hughes, D. "Teaching singing in Sydney government schools." View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36654.

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Thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Western Sydney, 2007.
A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Communication Arts, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references.

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Pardo, Dona. "The culture of clinical teaching." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185472.

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The purpose of this exploratory case study was to describe the culture of clinical teaching through a symbolic interactionist framework, by identifying the rituals, faculty behaviors, and student behaviors and characteristics valued by faculty instructing in clinical settings, using content analysis, interviews and observation. Five faculty, one from each clinical specialty, were chosen using specific criteria. College of Nursing archives were content analyzed to ascertain written valued student behaviors and characteristics and faculty were interviewed to learn their stated beliefs. Faculty/student clinical interactions were observed to assess if faculty written and verbalized beliefs were enacted, and twelve students were interviewed for verification of transmission of the values. Peer debriefing, member checking and an audit trail ensured trustworthiness of the data. Faculty used eight rituals: Preparation, Tracking, Discourse, Closet, Repast, Selection, Maneuver, and Documentation, and three types of actions: Teaching, Role Modeling, and Caretaking to transmit their values. Teaching was utilized 55 percent of the time and involved questioning, instructing, guiding, correcting and observing. Role Modeling, used 22 percent, embodied promoting independence, helping, intervening, kidding and admitting fallibility. Caretaking was evidenced 23 percent of the instructor's time and included caring, praising, diffusing anger, allowing mistakes and sharing self. Over one hundred student behaviors and characteristics that faculty valued were identified and collapsed into six descriptors, listed in descending order: assertive, therapeutic, compliant, knowledgeable, disciplined, and skillful. Faculty placed emphasis on human, interactive skills versus knowledge and psychomotor skills, and responded to students with very caring behaviors. They utilized compassion as a way of effecting conformity, and their use of caring behaviors for the exercise of their power was evident.

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Callaghan, Jean, University of Western Sydney, and School of Science. "The relationship between scientific understandings of voice and current practice in the teaching of singing in Australia." THESIS_XXX_SS_Callaghan_J.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/730.

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Scientific knowledge of vocal function and vocal health has increased greatly in recent decades, with new technology capable of displaying the larynx in operation, measuring muscular effort, and acoustically analysing vocal sound. This research addresses five key questions: 1/. What is the current body of voice science knowledge relevant to singing? 2/. What do singing teaching practitioners currently know about the voice? 3/. How do practitioners' understandings of voice influence their teaching of vocal techniques? 4/. How does singing teaching in Australia relate to bel canto precepts? 5/. How does singing teaching in Australia relate to voice science? Data was collected from surveys conducted to answer these questions. Analysis of survey data indicates that practitioners see themselves less as teachers than as singers who teach, and that this role perception carries values that moderate voice knowledge and approaches to teaching. The implications of this conclusion for the professional training of singing teachers in Australia are discussed and suggestions made for further research. In particular, voice scientists and singing teachers need to collaborate more actively in research. Scientific research into singing would have broader application if a model appropriate to both male and female voices were utilised and if larger and better chosen selections of experimental subjects were used. Further research is needed into how the physical skills of singing are best imparted to students
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Callaghan, Jean. "The relationship between scientific understandings of voice and current practice in the teaching of singing in Australia /." View thesis, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030922.122808/index.html.

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Turnbull, Merrielle. "Becoming one with the university : basic writers and academic voice." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/932630.

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Basic writers often require different courses than traditional Freshman Composition 1 students to succeed in college. Ball State University's basic writing program offers a two-semester sequence that provides students with additional time and attention, thereby addressing these students' special needs. The program encourages students to see themselves as academic writers and as part of the academic community.This study examined the degree of presence of academic voice in students' writing as measured at four intervals during the program's initial year. A 2 x 4 analysis of variance measured change in academic voice for female and male students, using the Academic Voice Checksheet. In addition, students' levels of confidence was measured using the Daly-Miller Writing Apprehension Test (W.A.T.) and correlated to the presence of academic voice using the Pearson product-moment correlation. Findings are presented in an analysis of the study group as a whole and in an analysis of six individual students' work. Those students' profiles were examined for overall academic voice, discrete features of academic voice, the W.A.T. overall scores, and specific questions dealing with student confidence.The analysis revealed that a change in the degree of presence of academic voice occured during the two-semester sequence. However, male and female students were seen to have the same basic profile, thereby suggesting no difference according to sex of student, challenging current gender theory. A comparison of the initial measurement and the final measurement indicated a positive change in a majority of academic voice scores.A correlation between the academic voice score and a decrease in students' writing apprehension was found in the final measurements. Five percent of students' W.A.T. score may be explained by the academic voice measurement. In the study group, 65 percent of the students showed a decrease in W.A.T. scores between the two measurements, indicating a positive lessening of writing apprehension.This study suggests that the basic writing sequence at Ball State University is providing an environment that facilitates students' use of academic voice and lessens their writing apprehension. Both factors enhance students' opportunities for academic success.
Department of English

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Lindberg, Clara. "Voices on Apartheid - A Minor Field Study on Teaching and Learning in the South African Reconciliation Process." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27979.

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This essay is a MFS case study conducted at a South African high school in 2010. The study examines how students and teachers perceive the meeting with apartheid in a post-apartheid classroom within the framework of History and English. The empirical data consists of observations and interviews with Grade 11 students and teachers in an affluent school environment in Cape Town. The study shows that there are gaps between how the teachers and learners perceive apartheid as relevant and relatable and how a silencing classroom climate limits the space for interaction on the subject matter. From the position of the South African steering documents and a socio-cultural perspective on learning, I discuss the didactical challenges that arise from a gap between the student and teacher perceptions.

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Parnell, Claudia Ann. "The crowd in the voice: An inquiry into the relationship between collaborative learning and composition theory." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/641.

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Joemets, Viivian. "Voice Outside the Verbal and the Musical. A Study on Human Voice in its relationto Body, Language, Writing, and Music in Western Culture." Thesis, Paris 4, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA040119.

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La thèse vise à clarifier la notion de la voix et sa place dans la culture occidentale. La multiplicité de la voix est ici étudiée à partir de son origine biologique, fondement de toute expressivité vocale. Cette multiplicité est distinguée du verbal et du musical, ses principales manifestations dans la civilisation humaine. Dans le Chapitre 1 nous proposons une réflexion sur les modes naturels de la vocalité non langagière dont la communication holistique des espèces proto-humaines et l’expression vocale des jeunes enfants forment les principales manifestations. Le Chapitre 2 analyse les rapports du corps avec la voix en tant que signe de l’identité personnelle et preuve de la présence corporelle. Dans le Chapitre 3 nous traitons du statut de l’oralité définie comme la dimension sociale de la voix. Nous étudions l’influence de l’écriture et la domination du visuel exercée sur la voix. Les rapports entre la voix, le langage et la musique sont observés dans le Chapitre 4: nous demandons dans quel sens la voix, en dehors des structures verbales et musicales, peut avoir une signification. Le dernier chapitre est consacré à la voix musicale : une histoire de la voix musicale non verbale dans la tradition savante occidentale est esquissée. Le chant y est défini en tant qu’un acte fondamental de l’expressivité vocale chez l’homme, et non pas comme un art susceptible de superposer des structures linguistiques et musicales. Nous proposons une réflexion sur quelques exemples de l’art vocal contemporain sélectionnés selon leur rapport aux questions théoriques traitées dans la thèse. La thèse se veut comme un outil théorique dans le cadre de la théorie de la culture
The present thesis aims at clarifying the notion of voice and its place in Western post-literacy culture from the aspect of vocal non-verbal expression and its artistization. The specificity of voice lies in its multiplicity, no single trait of voice may be viewed as representative of human vocality in its entirety. Rooted in human biology, vocal expressivity is inherently distinct from the verbal and the musical; Chapter 1 deals with natural modes of nonverbal vocality of proto-humans and pre-verbal children. A comparison of the functions of human and animal vocalization is made. In Chapter 2 the relation of voice to body is treated. We analyse voice as the mark of personal identity and physical presence. Chapter 3 looks into the question of orality, defined as the social dimension of voice, in post-literacy Western culture and analyse how the democratization of writing, printing, and recording may have influenced the status of voice. In Chapter 4 we ask whether voice outside the framework of language and music may convey meaning and whether such voice may be considered a sign. In the final chapter a brief historical overview of non-verbal vocal music is outlined and a proposition is made to define singing as a fundamental act of human vocal expressivity, not as an art form that superposes linguistic and musical structures. A selection of examples of contemporary voice art is subjected to theoretical reflection in the light of the issues related to vocal expressivity as discussed in the thesis. The aim of the thesis is to provide a theoretical tool for future researches on human expressive vocalization and its artistization in the field of culture studies

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Landström, Johanna, and Lecille Persson. "Four Shades of Culture - A study of four teachers' perception of culture." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27805.

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This study focuses on four English teachers’ perception of the concept of culture linked to teaching language. Semi-structured interviews were carried out in order to investigate how they perceive culture in relation to both their personal views and the steering documents for the educational system. To gain a more in–depth understanding of their perception we asked them about their own perception of their teaching methods and how they in turn perceive the students’ development with regards to intercultural understanding. We applied Eva Gagnestam’s four descriptions of culture to be able to explore the different ways in which the teachers worked with the concept of culture in the English classroom.

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Coleman, Cynthia Renee. "A study of methods used by exemplary college voice teachers in teaching improved vocal resonance /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487673114113603.

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Harper, Portia. "Comparative Study of the Bel Canto Teaching Styles and their Effects on Vocal Agility." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278170/.

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This thesis examines the historical significance of the vocal methods employed from the middle of the seventeenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century in what became known as the bel canto era. It provides further exploration into the pedagogical procedures of the bel canto technique through a study of the premier instructors and singers from this period. The resurgence of interest in this tradition is addressed along with its impact on current vocal pedagogy. The vital role that vocal agility played as one of its most distinguishing traits is the primary factor under investigation. A discussion of the bel canto teaching styles in relation to their approach to agility is a major point of inquiry. By maintaining a link between present artists and pedagogues and the old Italian school, it helps the singer understand the historical implications of vocal agility as an integral part of healthy vocal development.

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Woo, Jung-Im. "Culture teaching in EFL through computer/critical thinking." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1677.

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The purpose of this project is to develop computer-assisted language learning (CALL) lesson plans using the Internet and to offer an example for academic senior high school teachers in South Korea of exemplary treatment of cultural topics that promote critical thinking and incorporate crosscultural understanding based on cooperative learning.

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Cromwell, Robert G. "Consuming music and teaching music : a case study in creativity." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1995. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7001.

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Lin, Dai. "Culture teaching in ELT : a study of a culture-based course in undergraduate English programmes in China." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50658/.

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This research is designed to investigate the treatment of culture in education policies, teachers’ beliefs and the current practices of culture teaching in undergraduate English programmes in China, with a particular focus on the teaching of the culture-based course A General Survey of English-speaking Countries. This qualitative research involves documentation, interview and classroom observation as the main methodological tools for data collection. The National Curriculum for English Majors is analysed to find out how culture is treated in ELT education policies. 10 teachers from 10 higher institutions in Shanghai, China were interviewed and two individual case studies were carried out using interview and classroom observation data and other supplementary data. A model of multi-layered analysis is adopted. Through the triangulation of various methods and data sources, policy-making at the macro-level is linked to teachers’ perceptions of culture-teaching, then to their classroom practices at the micro-level. In this way analysis, description and explanation of how culture is being taught in English language programmes in China are provided. The findings of the current study suggest that: 1) the national guidelines for undergraduate English programmes have a clear intention for a strong commitment to promote students’ cultural understanding and intercultural communicative skills, but the impractical curricular policies can become potential constraints to the teaching of culture. In the process of interpretation, institutions and departments are not playing a sufficient part in curriculum and syllabus design and development, and teaching in the classroom is often without clear guidelines; 2) Teachers are increasingly aware of the dynamic and variable nature of culture, which academia strongly suggest should be incorporated into its teaching. However, concerning target cultures in ELT, teachers are predisposed to British and American cultures. They have encountered a series of challenges such as an overloaded syllabus, the overwhelming task of preparation, fear of lacking overseas experience and knowledge, lack of institutional support and relevant training, students’ lack of motivation and large classes. These challenges can be attributed to two major factors: the complex nature of culture teaching and the low status of culture-based courses in language programmes; 3) Teachers’ attitudes, beliefs and their cultural experiences have impact on their pedagogical choices. There are shared patterns as well as variations in teachers’ pedagogical approaches. The actual classroom practices are mostly teacher-centred and involve merely transfer of knowledge centred on the surface level of cultural knowledge. The cultures of the UK and the US are considered to be representative of the target cultures and dominate the content in teaching. In addition, the integration of culture and language in the classroom practices manifests itself in different ways. In one approach, language instruction is frequently inserted into teaching as it is considered to be one aspect of culture teaching. In another, and more common approach when culture teaching is equated with imparting cultural knowledge, teachers often give up English as the sole medium of instruction and make use of Chinese as a support for culture teaching. Furthermore, Chinese culture is also integrated to enhance cross-cultural comparisons and make culture teaching more efficient. The research findings have a number of implications for further study, as well as tentative suggestions for curriculum design and implementation, teacher education and teaching practices. It is hoped that they will provide a new perspective on the complexity and intricacy of the matter of culture teaching.

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Nárez, Enrique Fernández. "Culture and ethnic identity in the curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/947.

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Ho, Meng-Ching. "English language teaching in Taiwan : a study of the effects of teaching culture on motivation and identity." Thesis, Durham University, 1997. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1711/.

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Pletz, Janet, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Literature-as-lived in practice : young children's sense of voice." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2008, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/730.

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This study, situated in classroom practice and grounded in pedagogic wakefulness (Clandinin and Connelly, 2000), explores the nature of young children’s sense of voice as indicated through sustained interactions and representations of experiences with picturebook literature. The naturalistic research site was a grade one classroom setting in a large urban school. Student engagement and interactions with read-aloud events and responses to literature through multi-modal representations perpetuated meaning making and personal relevance. Coding procedures exemplified the nature of young children’s sense of voice as falling into two broad conceptual categories: (1) Situated Nature and (2) Experiential Nature. The Situated Nature of young children’s sense of voice revealed developmental, exploratory, and social sites of student engagement to literature. The Experiential Nature of young children’s sense of voice described three specificities of narrativity in their responses to picturebook literature: Young children’s multi-modal responses were interpreted as representative of Self- Narrativity, Interpretive-Narrativity, and Aesthetic-Narrativity. The findings contribute to a reconceptualized literacy curriculum which illuminates personal, social, and cultural identities, especially young children’s awareness of their individual sense of voice, developed through picturebook literature in primary classrooms.
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Caddick, Airini Rosalind Milnes. "Dreams of woken souls, the relationship between culture and curriculum." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25026.pdf.

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Sakat, Mohamed-Amine, and Lingyu Ye. "Transformational Leadership in the Chinese Culture : A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Transformational Leadership on Chinese Internet Companies’ Performance." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-103948.

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Abstract Linnaeus University – Campus Kalmar School of Business and Economics Leadership and Management in International Contexts (60 credits) Title: Transformational Leadership in the Chinese Culture – A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Transformational Leadership on Chinese Internet Companies’ Performance. This research aims to study how transformational leadership affects organizational performance and the mediation effect of employee voice behaviour. A quantitative research method and a deductive research approach were used for this research study, where theoretical concepts were developed. Several hypotheses were derived as means to test the existing theories regarding research variables. The data in this research was collected through a 384 completed online survey questionnaire from employees of the top ten listed Chinese internet companies. Various statistical techniques, including Pearson correlation analysis, linear regression analysis, and mediation effect testing, were implemented to provide evidence for hypothesis testing. The statistical analysis results indicate that a particular dimension of transformational leadership positively impacts Chinese internet companies’ performance, and employee voice behaviour has a partial mediation effect in this relationship.

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Hastings, Tom Harry. "Giving Voice to the Peace and Justice Challenger Intellectuals: Counterpublic Development as Civic Engagement." PDXScholar, 2012. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/752.

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"Let knowledge serve the city" reads the golden letters on a pedestrian bridge just 200 feet from my faculty office in Neuberger Hall at Portland State University. Public peace scholarship might allow knowledge to help the polis by keeping it out of war via changing the national discourse toward a strong and informed peace analysis. Educators have an uneasy relationship to public scholarship and mainstream media have a nervous attitude toward public peace intellectuals. Institutions of higher learning are also often either unaware or uncomfortable with a public promotion of a positive peace platform. Academic writing and research is hard to translate into publicly accessible knowledge and time constraints mitigate professorial efforts at such civic engagements. This dissertation looks at the evolving nature of this intersectionality between and among factors and analyzes data derived from research interviews conducted with 12 academics/activists. The conclusion is a grounded theory generated by this process. Key findings include problematic lack of academic freedoms--especially in the promotion and tenure context, overwhelming faculty workloads, infrequent faculty development of public scholarship skills and a spotty distribution/connection system that often fails to facilitate competent and willing faculty to engage as public peace and justice scholars. Policy recommendations attempt to address all these obstacles.

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Jansen, Richo. "The language of arts and culture." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2362.

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Thesis (MPhil (Modern Foreign Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
Arts and Culture is one of the new learning areas in the grade 8 and 9 school curriculum. To understand and then express themselves in a correct and confident manner, learners need the correct terminology for Arts and Culture. The learners need more than the day to day terminology in order to participate in conversations focussing on specialised subjects such as music, dance, drama and visual arts. It is important to note that the idea is not to develop expert academics but it is an attempt to enrich children for life and give them more self confidence. The aim of this computer project is to provide an information website to assist the grade 9 learners in the Arts and Culture domain to develop the appropriate language needed in the learning area.

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Staring, Scott Patrick. "Cultural studies and the challenge of past thought." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30219.

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The field of cultural studies is founded upon the belief that there are no essential (ahistorical or transhistorical) limits separating theory from practice. Thus, it rejects out of hand a central principle of the West's premodern tradition of thought, which held that political theory must always be tempered by a practical awareness of human nature. The move away from this older belief in natural limits is largely carried out in the name of diversity, a sincere wish to promote openness and tolerance toward the various ends that humans may choose to pursue. Unfortunately, this ground-clearing exercise runs into certain contradictions when it is realized that absolute tolerance can provide no consistent argument against its opposite, extreme intolerance. A more subtle effect of this tolerance, however---and one that I will argue is in evidence in much cultural studies research today---is the inability to ground important political decisions. This inability leads to what Stuart Hall has called a "formalization" of the field: unwilling to commit to a particular practical vision, theory becomes locked within a self-referential sphere, or limits itself to "low risk" practical discussions (e.g., the cultural implications of record collecting). This trend towards political ineffectuality, I argue, can only be moderated by subjecting cultural studies' deepest assumptions concerning human nature to philosophical doubt. Following the argument of Leo Strauss, I propose that the most radical challenge to the mainstream of current thought is found in premodern writings. Thus, this thesis is at once a critique of the "present-mindedness" that I have witnessed in cultural studies and a limited defense of past thought.

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Siméus, Jenny. "Culture in Focus : A Critical Study of Culture in the English Syllabi and a Few Selected Textbooks." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Humanities, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1094.

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This paper examines how aesthetic and anthropologic culture is represented in a few selected textbooks for English and to what degree these representations correspond to the aims of the English course syllabi. Regarding aesthetic culture, the emphasis in the syllabi is on the students using literature as means to an end, mainly to develop certain skills such as an understanding of the English language, or learning about anthropologic culture through aesthetic culture. The aesthetic values of literature as an art form are not promoted or encouraged at all. The selected textbooks correspond to the syllabi on this matter. Concerning anthropologic culture, the emphasis in the syllabi is on ‘difference’. Other cultures are presented as strange and distant from us, and this is something that also can be seen in the selected textbooks. Moreover, in one of the textbooks the students are addressed as future tourists, potentially causing them to view other cultures and places as sights to see and sites to visit, instead of as having intrinsic value.

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Dunbar-Wells, Roslyn. "The relevance of metaphor in voice teaching : a comparative study of sinus tone production and vocal cord theories." Thesis, University of Reading, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388398.

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Johannes, Eleanor M. "Voice, disability and inclusion: a case study of biology learners with cerebral palsy." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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This study attempted to ascertain whether the under-representation of black, disadvantaged learners with cerebral palsy in biology and related careers is linked in any way to the method and content of teaching and learning in special education. In addition this study also attempted to identify and uncover the barriers that prevent learners with cerebral palsy from pursuing careers in science and technology related professions.

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Banerji, Anurima. "The question of culture in derivatives of Marxist theory /." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21193.

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This thesis delineates the context and history of the field of cultural studies, specifically tracing the construction of culture as a site of critical theory. Primarily, it explores the influence of Marxist philosophies in politicizing the culture concept, and subsequently surveys the set of internal debates in progressive theory. Comparing the various strengths and limitations of political economy, American cultural consumption discourse, and British cultural materialism, ultimately the thesis argues in favour of instating the third paradigm as the privileged analytical model of progressive scholarship. Cultural materialism is cited for its methodological excellence and political relevance in the contemporary world.

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Tu, Ching-Hsin. "Student teaching overseas: Outcomes and persistence of the student teaching abroad experience." Ashland University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1366368890.

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Skon, Jane. "Becoming Culturally Relevant: A Study of Prospective Teachers' Conceptions of the Relevance of Culture to Teaching and Learning." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337897874.

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McLaughlin, Veronica. "Perceptions of culture in the nursing student-teacher relationship." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0007/MQ43916.pdf.

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Li, Ling. "Culture as inhibitors of change : an ethnographic study on the impact of culture on teachers' ICT adoption in a university faculty in China." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709258.

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Carlsson, Nils. "English and Culture: Learning About Us and Them : A Study About Teachers' Conceptions and Teaching of Culture in the English Classroom." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-34249.

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In this essay, four teachers of English as a foreign language were interviewed about their conceptions of culture and language. The purpose was to investigate what they consider important to teach their students about culture and how they attempt to achieve this in practice. Furthermore, it was discussed whether the teaching of culture can be improved. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews, using theory about culture taught from either a product perspective, as observable behaviors, facts and information, or from a process perspective, as values, attitudes and empathy with otherness. The results showed that the teachers generally aimed to teach culture from a process perspective, promoting empathy, deconstructing stereotypes and teaching about the students’ own culture as well as cultural features in other parts of the world. They also listed some methods of achieving this aim. However, many of the teaching methods were more centered around facts and information, particularly about national cultures. This suggested an approach more focused on culture as a product, which may be detrimental to the voiced goals of teaching culture as a process.

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Fernando, Antoinette Theodora. "Culture and communicative competence : a study of ESL at the tertiary level in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18181.

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So, Pui-kwan, and 蘇佩君. "The acquisition of English passives by Cantonese ESL learners." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31571773.

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Van, Blerk Susan. "Teachers' perceptions of the implementation of the arts and culture learning area in the senior phase." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/627.

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Teachers are the primary implementers of a curriculum as they need to bring the curriculum to life in the classroom. In order to optimize the success of the implementation of a specific curriculum, it is necessary to monitor the experiences of the educator in the classroom and in drawing conclusions from the data gained, make recommendations for the continued improvement of implementation. As mentioned earlier, Fullan’s reference (1991:117) to the significant effect of teachers thoughts on the implementation gave rise to the central research question, namely to determine teachers’ perceptions about the implementation of the Arts and Culture learning area at a particular school ‘Perceptions’ however, is a subjective concept and thus any form of quantitative research would appear to be inappropriate. Based on the above it was decided to approach this investigation qualitatively and so this project was done within the qualitative paradigm.

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Facciola, Peter Charles. "Attitudes in the culture of the learning environment in the International Science Classroom." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186428.

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This dissertation was a demonstration of a systemic approach to research about attitudes and the learning environment in a science classroom. It was based on a distinction between analytic and systemic research (Salomon, 1991). Analytic research focuses mainly on the causal effects of changes in the contents of one isolated factor on another. The systemic approach focuses on the patterns of structural relationships in an entire set of interdependent, transactionally defined factors. Therefore, classrooms were conceptualized as cultural systems to emphasize their mutually defining, transactional, aspects. On this basis, the systemic approach should raise different questions and new answers to educational issues. This distinction is critically important in science classrooms. Educators attempt to instill positive attitude change in their students by creating novel learning environments (DeBoer, 1991). Yet, researchers have examined only the effects of changes in isolated aspects of these new environments, in an analytic manner. Therefore, this dissertation demonstrated how students' attitudes were situated in the entire system of structural relationships in a classroom culture. Students (N = 162) participated in a novel curriculum called the International Science Classroom (ISC), which emphasized authentic, collaborative, interdisciplinary, and inquiry-based learning experiences. The contents of students' attitudinal, environmental, and cognitive perceptions, reported before and after the ISC, were analyzed with repeated MANOVA. The systemic relationships were analyzed with Small Space Analysis (SSA), a multidimensional scaling technique (Guttman, 1968). Students reported content changes which generally were consistent with past research: more favorable attitudes, greater achievement, and fewer gender differences. However, their more negative perceptions of the learning environment were unexpected. Students also reported changed structural perceptions of the ISC which were more tightly integrated, more dominated by mindful engagement, and more characterized by tightly clustered perceptions of attitudes and the learning environment. These results were discussed in reference to the unique insights afforded by the systemic analysis of the situation of attitudes in the classroom culture. The overarching conclusion was that analytic and systemic approaches offer complementary insights into science education, and therefore, must both be further developed.

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Mueller, Caroline. "The piecing of identity : an autobiographical investigation of culture and values in language education." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=31125.

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This study will explore my own perception of my personal and professional roles as a language teacher in Nunavik and in Japan. In this qualitative study, I attempt to understand the negotiation of language and culture both in and out of the classroom. Using the autobiographical narrative method, I investigate questions about language and identity through my own personal lens and voice. My inquiry comprises two elements; it examines and interprets key episodes in my life as a learner and teacher, and as a researcher, I link these topics to theoretical and empirical knowledge. My narrative begins with the early years of my life as a Francophone immersed in an English neighbourhood in Montreal, grounding it in the particular experiences of my own learning and teaching. The study also includes a comparative analysis of my teaching experiences in Northern Quebec and in Japan. The journals I kept throughout my teaching assignments provide material for analysis which contributes a unique perspective to the body of literature addressing the relationship between culture, values, language and identity. I close the discussion with recommendations for the improvement of second language teaching and teacher development in intercultural contexts.

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Lee, Ya-Chi. "Promoting creative English teaching using Chinese culture for elementary schooling in Taiwan." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2952.

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To make English an interesting subject for elementary school students, teachers need to know what material attracts students, how to motivate students, and how to release students' creativity. Therefore, This project incorporates the concepts of multiple intelligences, motivation, culture and language, and development of creativity to provide a model for promoting creative English teaching in the elementary schools of Taiwan. In addition, the content of the unit, based on Chinese culture and the comparison of Chinese and American cultures, is an innovative curriculum designed to motivate students to learn English.

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Kim, EunYoung 1979. "A study of culture teaching in English classes in Korea and rural elementary schools in the Republic of Korea /." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83188.

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This study explores culture teaching in English classes in urban and rural elementary schools in Korea from the perspectives of both teachers and students. Language and culture theories provide a framework for the data interpretation. As well, qualitative research methodology depicts a picture of much deeper understanding for teachers' and students' perceptions. Interviews were audiotape recorded as a primary tool to gather information for the inquiry for three months (May-July, 2004). Data also included document analysis and participant observations in schools. From the research findings, I conclude that not only can teachers not fully engage in culture teaching in elementary English education, but also students are not exposed to sufficient cultural education. Sociocultural contexts significantly affect teachers' and students' perceptions of English-speaking cultures and their English education. Elementary English textbooks also play an essential role in culture teaching in Korea.

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Uztosun, Mehmet Sercan. "The role of student negotiation in improving the speaking ability of Turkish university EFL students : an action research study." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/10728.

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Teaching speaking is an area of language education which is frequently neglected in English classes in Turkey. This dissertation reports on an action research study designed to address this problem. The study involved data collection through interviews, questionnaires, and observations, as a way of eliciting students’ views as a means to improve speaking classes and to outline the impact of student negotiation on students’ classroom participation and performance. The research, conducted in the ELT Department at a university in Turkey, comprised three different stages. In the first reconnaissance phase, initial data were collected to understand the classroom context. This informed the second stage, comprising eight weekly-based interventions that involved planning, action, observation and reflection, in which students were given a voice and classroom activities were designed accordingly. In the third stage, the final data were collected to understand the effectiveness of student negotiation. According to the findings, students wanted more opportunities to practise spoken language in class. Student negotiation allowed for the design of classes according to students’ needs and wants, with students becoming more motivated to engage in classroom activities. This led to the development of more positive attitudes towards speaking classes, and more positive perceptions of their speaking ability were reported at the end of the term, together with increased classroom participation, greater willingness to communicate, higher self-esteem, and lower levels of anxiety. The findings also suggested that student negotiation is likely to impact on students’ and teachers’ professional development. The study has a number of implications for both the teaching of speaking and for research: it demonstrates the significance of student engagement in classroom activities, made possible through designing activities which take into account students’ views and perceptions. Student negotiation and attention to students’ needs and wants would appear to promote a high level of student participation, increased motivation and more positive attitudes towards speaking classes. Further research studies, and specifically, more action research, should be conducted in Turkey to generate practical implications to improve classroom practice.

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Rajan, Firoze H. Somjee (Firoze Hassanali Somjee). "Learning to be indigenous or being taught to be Kenyan : the ethnography of teaching art and material culture in Kenya." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40427.

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Several independent African states promote teaching of a national culture as one culture and learning about ethnic cultures as separate and distinct aspects of other cultures of the nation. This is often articulated in development philosophies and political discourses that complement both being modern and being ethnic with almost equal emphasis. This dissertation is about learning African culture in the school system in Kenya.
The dissertation reviews the historical development of learning about culture in Kenya and particularly about material culture and the arts from pre-Christian and colonial times to post independence. This last period covers the presidencies of Jomo Kenyatta (1963-1978) and Daniel arap Moi (1978-1996). Exemplification of this learning is investigated first at the general national level and then at three particular regions comprising an all Christian, third and fourth generation school-going agriculturist community, a first generation school-going pastoralist nomadic community and a multi-ethnic urban community. In the three regions, the study examines the present situation as it is in the classroom at the level of contact between the art teacher and the pupil in primary schools during the formative years of children's growth. This also spans the period described as the golden years of children's art.
Through qualitative and quantitative material and analyses of political discourses and educational and cultural policy documents. The thesis demonstrates that the art and craft curriculum follows the presidential philosophy of Nyayoism. In theory this philosophy promotes modernization and maintenance of indigenous traditions but in practice leans towards modernization, in actual terms, Europeanization. Modernization is attempting to create one Kenyan national culture using schools as a vehicle.
The research demonstrates how the present national cultural heritage curriculum focusing on material culture is not likely to be an effective arts educational tool and a medium for transmission of indigenous aesthetic knowledge in three school sites representing three broad cultures and traditions of Kenya i.e. agriculturist, pastoralist and multi-ethnic urban.

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Dyenka, Karma. "Teaching high school English in Bhutan, a study at the crossroads of language, literature and culture." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0004/MQ46248.pdf.

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Callender, Shauna. "Cultural adjustment : an exploratory case study of the Japanese Exchange Teaching programme and its implication for social work practice." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=78181.

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Culture shock and reverse culture shock are profoundly personal experiences affecting individuals in a multitude of diverse ways. They happen inside each person who encounters unfamiliar events and unexpected situations. For people who work abroad (sojourners), cultural adjustment is a significant time in their lives. Following the examination of cultural adjustment, a review of literature is explored, highlighting sojourners' acculturation and coping strategies. A case study of the JET (Japanese Exchange Teaching) Programme is presented through an analysis of public documents and interviews with JET staff and former sojourners. Findings report that JET sojourners experience adjustment difficulties with reverse culture shock and that there exists an unavailability of resources providing support. Limitations of the study are highlighted; areas of weakness were found in the lack of literature addressing the needs and experiences of sojourners, particularly JETs. Recommendations and suggestions for future research in the field of social work are made.

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Ark, Amanda K. "Culture, Confucianism, and Communication: How Culture Affects International Students from China and Taiwan Who Come to the U.S. to Study Education." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1371823485.

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Stultz, Larry Michael. "Cultural Identity, Voice, and Agency in Post-Secondary Graphic Design Education: A Collective Case Study." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03312006-180729/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006.
Title from title screen. Deron Robert Boyles,committee chair; Jennifer Esposito, Heather Olson, Susan Talburt, committee members. Electronic text (194 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed May 23, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-189).

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Scholtz, Brink. "'The Most Amazing Show': performative interactions with postelection South African society and culture." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57527.

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This research investigates contemporary South African performance within the context of prominent social and cultural change following the political transition from an apartheid state to democracy. Specifically, it looks at the relationship between a popular comic variety show The Most Amazing Show (TMAS), and aspects of contemporary South African society and culture, particularly relating to prominent efforts to affect post-election transformation of South African society and culture through the construction of a South African 'rainbow nation'. By analysing TMAS in terms of broader historical, performative and discursive contexts, it engages a relational reading of the performance. The study argues that TMAS both challenges and participates in the manner in which rainbow nation discourse constructs South African society and culture. Firstly, it considers the performance's construction of hybrid South African identities, including white Afrikaans, white English and white masculine identities. It argues that these reconstructions undermine the tendency within rainbow nation discourse to construct cultural hybridity in terms of stereotypically distinct identities. Secondly, it considers TMAS' construction of collective experience and social integration, which subvet1s the often glamorised and superficial representations of social healing and integration that are constructed within rainbow nation discourse. The analysis makes prominent reference to the notion of 'liminality' in order to describe the manner in which TMAS constructs significance within the tension that it establishes between oppositional, and often contradictory, positions. Furthermore, it attempts to establish a link between this notion of liminality and no6ons of theatrical syncretism that are prominent in contemporary South African theatre scholarship, and emphasise processes of signification that are constantly shifting and unstable.

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Browne, Elaine. "The implementation of the arts and culture learning area in previously disadvantaged schools in the Nelsona Mandela Bay area : teacher experiences." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1407.

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Inherent to post‐apartheid educational transformation was the design and subsequent implementation of a new national school curriculum. The current curriculum‐in‐use, namely the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) comprises eight compulsory learning areas. One of these learning areas, Arts and Culture, aims to equip learners with skills and knowledge with regard to four distinct arts disciplines, namely music, dance, drama and visual art. In the General Education and Training Band (GET) phase, general classroom teachers are expected to implement this highly specialised learning area. This research aimed to determine how teachers employed at Nelson Mandela Bay primary schools were disadvantaged during the apartheid era, experience the implementation of arts education. Focus group interviews were conducted at schools situated in the low socio‐economic areas. The results revealed that, despite their profound awareness of the unique advantages of arts education for the learners, several impediments hampered the successful attainment of its value. The obstacles highlighted by the teachers were the curriculum itself, teaching and learning environments that are not conducive for arts education, and unsatisfactory involvement of the Department of Education.

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Beeman, Shellie A. "Perceptions of voice teachers regarding the teaching and monitoring of students' vocal behaviors as students sing and speak : recommendations for prevention and rehabilitation within the voice studio." 2014. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1744487.

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The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of voice teachers regarding the degree to which they believe they teach and monitor healthy vocal behaviors among their students as they sing and speak. Participants for the study were college/university voice professors who were members of the College Music Society and listed in its Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities, U.S. and Canada, 2012-2013 Edition. Online, survey research procedures and a researcher-generated questionnaire were utilized for data collection purposes. Results indicated that an overwhelming majority of participants believed there to be a relationship between the health of one’s singing voice and the health of one’s speaking voice. Participants’ perception scores were the most positive for variable MBSi, or the degree to which they believe they monitor the vocal behaviors of students when singing. Participants’ perception scores for variable TVB, the degree to which they believe they teach healthy vocal behaviors to students, and variable MBSp, the degree to which they believe they monitor the vocal behaviors of students when speaking, ranked second and third respectively. Perception scores for variable TVB were primarily associated with participants’ familiarity with vocal rehabilitation techniques, gender, and participants’ familiarity with the McClosky Technique. Perception scores for variable MBSi were primarily associated with participants’ familiarity with vocal rehabilitation techniques, gender, type of student taught, and whether participants had instructed a student with a vocal disorder. Perception scores for variable MBSp were correlated with the greatest number of characteristics, including participants’ familiarity with vocal rehabilitation techniques, participants’ familiarity with the McClosky Technique, type of student taught, years of teaching experience, and whether participants had instructed a student with a vocal disorder. The researcher concluded that, while many voice teachers understand the relationship between the health of the speaking voice and the health of the singing voice and use various methods within their private studios to work with injured voices, voice teachers and students may not understand, nor be adequately prepared to prevent and intervene when it comes to issues of the speaking voice. In fact, the researcher concluded that there seems to be a disconnect among teachers and students alike when it comes to teaching and understanding healthy vocal behaviors and applying them to the speaking voice. Multiple resources exist, however, in the form of various certifications, symposiums, and workshops, through which voice teachers may avail themselves of the knowledge necessary to care for the overall health of their students’ speaking and singing voices. Indeed, the voice teacher is obligated to teach well-rounded, healthy vocal behaviors, applying them to both the singing voice and the speaking voice. As medical professionals more frequently reach out to voice teachers, voice teachers will have increased opportunity to assume a more active role on a voice care team. Because so many teachers already implement methods found within the McClosky Technique, if used with understanding and commitment, the Technique could be a means for habilitation, prevention, and intervention on behalf of students suffering from speaking voice disorders within the voice studio.
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