Creating Space Where Music can Happen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Holub
Keyword(s):  
Reflection On Practice

This article examines the role of pre-composed musical material as the basis of a band’s output, from the perspective of composer-bandleaders who direct ensembles of improvising musicians. The article proposes five distinct methods by which composer-bandleaders can navigate the ‘space’ of their band’s output and musical direction. The categories are described originally as follows: Setting a Mood, Call to Arms, Bookend, Elements in Free, Composition as Destination.  These proposed methods -— or approaches -— are discovered through the analysis of existing recorded materials and reflection on practice.

Exploring the value of social network ‘care maps’ in the provision of long-term conditions care

2019 ◽  
pp. 174239531983646
Author(s):  
Jessica Young ◽  
Ursula Poole ◽  
Fardowsa Mohamed ◽  
Shona Jian ◽  
Martyn Williamson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Care Maps ◽  
Hospital Wards ◽  
Reflection On Practice

Objectives There is renewed attention to the role of social networks as part of person-centred long-term conditions care. We sought to explore the benefits of ‘care maps’ – a patient-identified social network map of their care community – for health professionals in providing person-centred care. Methods We piloted care maps with 39 patients with long-term conditions in three urban and one rural general practice and two hospital wards. We interviewed the health professionals (n = 39) of these patients about what value, if any, care maps added to patient care. We analysed health professional interview data using thematic analysis to identify common themes. Results Health professionals all said they learned about their patients as a person-in-context. There was an increased understanding of patients’ support networks, synthesising what is known and unknown. Health professionals understood patients’ perceptions of health professionals and what really mattered to patients. There was discussion about the therapeutic value of care maps. The maps prompted reflection on practice. Discussion Care maps facilitated a broader focus than the clinical presentation. Using care maps may enable health professionals to support self-management rather than feeling responsible for many aspects of care. Care maps had ‘social function’ for health professionals. They may be a valuable tool for patients and clinicians to bridge the gap between medical treatment and patients’ lifeworlds.

At the Crossroads of Transformative Learning and SoTL

2020 ◽  
pp. 201-220
Author(s):  
Rachel C. Plews ◽  
Moira Laffranchini Ngoenha
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Transformative Learning Theory ◽  
Systematic Reflection ◽  
Reflection On Practice

This chapter explores the ongoing collaboration between an educational developer and a faculty member at a university of teacher education in Switzerland as an inquiry into one's teaching practice to improve the implementation of the flipped classroom approach. Through the lens of transformative learning theory, the chapter examines how SoTL can serve as faculty enrichment in addition to an approach for systematic reflection on practice. Special attention is paid to the role of the educational developer as a mentor throughout the inquiry. The chapter concludes with practical strategies for developing a productive SoTL relationship between educational developers and faculty member, as well as visibility across an institution.

scholarly journals “How Well Do I Know You?”: Intersubjective Perspectives in Music Therapy When Working with Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disability

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Kantor
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Multiple Disability ◽  
Reflection On Practice

The limited possibilities of understanding the inner reality of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) pose strong barriers for the development of a therapeutic relationship. Based on reflection on practice this contribution describes how music can be used for the realisation of continuous, attuned and harmoniously intertwined interactions that enable to gain deeper understanding of the person with PIMD and identify his/her positive personality traits. These reflections may be grounded in the theoretical framework of intersubjective communication. The author describes the role of music in both short-term and long-term interactions and discusses the benefits of music therapy for people with PIMD as well as for the interdisciplinary team support.

Sharing Expertise Gained from Online Self-Directed Professional Development

2017 ◽  
pp. 139-159
Author(s):  
Rosanne L. Kurstedt ◽  
Adam Pizzi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Technology Teacher ◽  
District Role ◽  
Reflection On Practice

Evidence suggests that increasing numbers of teachers are initiating their own professional development through online channels, including social media, blogs, and websites. While research indicates that online self-directed professional development impacts teachers' classroom practice, it provides limited information about whether and how teachers share their learning with colleagues. This chapter examines one teacher's experiences engaging in online self-directed professional development, first as a teacher, and then in the new district role of Master Technology Teacher. The study found that, without the formal position, few mechanisms existed for him to share his learning. However, once formal mechanisms existed through his position as MTT, he was able to effectively share and impact teaching. The study reveals that his actions fell into three categories: reflection on practice, acquisition of knowledge, and distribution of knowledge, from which a teacher leadership cycle was constructed. The study also addresses the contextual factors that impacted his effectiveness.

Sharing Expertise Gained From Online Self-Directed Professional Development

2017 ◽  
pp. 2130-2150
Author(s):  
Rosanne L. Kurstedt ◽  
Adam Pizzi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Technology Teacher ◽  
District Role ◽  
Reflection On Practice

Evidence suggests that increasing numbers of teachers are initiating their own professional development through online channels, including social media, blogs, and websites. While research indicates that online self-directed professional development impacts teachers' classroom practice, it provides limited information about whether and how teachers share their learning with colleagues. This chapter examines one teacher's experiences engaging in online self-directed professional development, first as a teacher, and then in the new district role of Master Technology Teacher. The study found that, without the formal position, few mechanisms existed for him to share his learning. However, once formal mechanisms existed through his position as MTT, he was able to effectively share and impact teaching. The study reveals that his actions fell into three categories: reflection on practice, acquisition of knowledge, and distribution of knowledge, from which a teacher leadership cycle was constructed. The study also addresses the contextual factors that impacted his effectiveness.

Role of dactinomycin in the improved survival of children with Wilms' tumor

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (12) ◽  
pp. 1005-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Fernbach
Keyword(s):  
Wilms Tumor

Role of the allergist in diagnosis and management of patients with uveitis

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Van Metre
Keyword(s):  
Diagnosis And Management

The power of norms to sway fused group members

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnifred R. Louis ◽  
Craig McGarty ◽  
Emma F. Thomas ◽  
Catherine E. Amiot ◽  
Fathali M. Moghaddam
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Anthropology ◽  
Normative Systems ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Identity Fusion ◽  
Group Members

AbstractWhitehouse adapts insights from evolutionary anthropology to interpret extreme self-sacrifice through the concept of identity fusion. The model neglects the role of normative systems in shaping behaviors, especially in relation to violent extremism. In peaceful groups, increasing fusion will actually decrease extremism. Groups collectively appraise threats and opportunities, actively debate action options, and rarely choose violence toward self or others.

Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

The role of affect in feelings of obligation

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefen Beeler-Duden ◽  
Meltem Yucel ◽  
Amrisha Vaish
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sense Of Obligation

Abstract Tomasello offers a compelling account of the emergence of humans’ sense of obligation. We suggest that more needs to be said about the role of affect in the creation of obligations. We also argue that positive emotions such as gratitude evolved to encourage individuals to fulfill cooperative obligations without the negative quality that Tomasello proposes is inherent in obligations.

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