Miteinander musizieren

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-356
Author(s):  
Helena Simonett
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Music Pedagogy ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Applied Ethnomusicology ◽  
Minor Refugees ◽  
The Impact

This article critically reflects a week-long music project that involved students of the music pedagogy master's programme at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and unaccompanied minor refugees of the nearby transit center. The project highlights the potential of musical activities, such as playing music, listening to and talking about music, dancing and building instruments, in the transcultural context of refugee work and points to the need for further research in this area. The evaluation of the project focuses on the benefits for the Swiss music students and the impact on their pedagogic practice and transcultural understanding, rather than the young asylum seekers. Particularly in the context of cultural education, where unequal power relations and dependencies exist, contents and representations must be carefully examined. Ethnomusicologists, through their academic training and practical activities, are sensitized to recognize and dismantle neocolonial structures and approaches. Applied ethnomusicology, which is actively involved in solving concrete problems faced by minority individuals and groups, has developed the necessary tools and is therefore particularly suitable for informing the training and challenging the pedagogic practices of prospective music teachers and educators.

scholarly journals Physical Activity, Nutritional Habits, and Sleep Behavior Among Health Profession Students and Employees of a Swiss University During and After COVID-19 Confinement: Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavko Rogan ◽  
Eefje Luijckx ◽  
Jan Taeymans ◽  
Karin Haas ◽  
Heiner Baur
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Sleep Behavior ◽  
Nutritional Habits ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus strain, has resulted in the COVID-19 pandemic since early 2020. To contain the transmission of this virus, the Swiss Federal Council ordered a nationwide lockdown of all nonessential businesses. Accordingly, students and employees of institutions for higher education were informed to continue their academic programs through home-office settings and online lectures. OBJECTIVE This longitudinal survey aims to evaluate various lifestyle habits such as physical activity, nutritional habits, and sleep behavior among students and employees of a Swiss University of Applied Sciences during a 2-month period of confinement and social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 1 year thereafter. METHODS This paper describes a protocol for a retrospective and prospective observational cohort study. Students and employees of Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions, were invited to anonymously complete a web-based survey during the COVID-19 confinement period. This will be followed by a second survey, scheduled 1 year after the lockdown. Information on various lifestyle aspects, including physical activity, nutritional habits, and sleep behavior, will be collected using adaptations of existing validated questionnaires. RESULTS This longitudinal study started during the government-ordered confinement period in Switzerland in mid-April 2020 and will end in mid-2021. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this survey will provide information about the impact of confinement during the COVID-19 crisis on the physical activity, nutritional habits, and sleep behavior of students and employees of a Swiss institute. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04502108; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04502108 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/25051

scholarly journals Evaluation of an E-Learning Tool for Augmented Acoustics in Music Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 205920432110375
Author(s):  
Neva Klanjscek ◽  
Lisa David ◽  
Matthias Frank
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Continuous Feedback ◽  
The Impact

Augmented Practice Room is an e-learning tool, developed by the project team, that allows music students to practice in different acoustical environments while remaining physically in their classroom or at home. Music teachers and students from violin, ‘cello, piano, clarinet, guitar, and pop-singing classes have collaborated in testing it for a semester and giving the authors continuous feedback. In this exploratory phase, we used methods such as group discussion and semi-structured diary, with the purpose to gather as many different perspectives and reactions from participants as possible. The analysis of the collected data showed that the tool was in general positively perceived and considered useful. In particular, results merged into a four-dimensional model that describes the impact of the tool on practice: musical expressiveness, level of attention or arousal, instrument-specific technical issues, and emotional state.

An overnight shift towards remote teaching and learning of musculoskeletal physiotherapy in Karelia University of Applied Sciences in Finland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maiju Issakainen ◽  
Sini Puustinen ◽  
Raija Kuisma
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Individual Feedback ◽  
Physiotherapy Programme ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Teaching Video ◽  
Support Students

Background: Musculoskeletal physiotherapy (MSK) is learned and practiced in a classroom with the guidance of a physiotherapy teacher. In Karelia University of Applied Sciences, a flipped classroom approach has been implemented and developed actively since 2017 in MSK courses in physiotherapy education. However, the COVID-19 pandemic changed everyday life very fast all over the world. Karelia, like all other schools, moved all activities into remote mode very quickly and “normal” teaching methods had to change. Aim: This article describes how the change from contact to remote teaching was implemented in MSK courses in the physiotherapy programme at Karelia in Finland, using a flipped classroom approach. The article also highlights students’ experiences of remote teaching in these courses, although theoretical analysis and discussion on the impact on students’ learning is not considered in this Research Note. We are planning to continue exploring the impact and practice of this remote teaching approach, which is becoming the new normal. Conclusion: Well-planned pedagogical manuscript implemented with a flipped classroom approach seems to work well in teaching physiotherapy theory and skills remotely. Carefully planned learning tasks and individual feedback are particularly important for learning during remote teaching. Video and text material in theoretical and practical MSK topics seemed to support students’ learning during the remote teaching and video feedback especially, could be used more in the future.

scholarly journals New Possibilities in Cultural Consumption. The Effect of the Global Pandemic on Listening to Music

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Judit Váradi
Keyword(s):  
Classical Music ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Cultural Consumption ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Accurate Picture ◽  
Live Music ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Impact

In this study, we address the impact of COVID-19 on classical music concerts. New forms of cultural consumption and their convenience have raised the question as to whether concert halls will still be needed in the future, and whether the audience will take on the extra time and effort to be present in person at a musical artistic event. In an analysis of international surveys, we formed an accurate picture of music listening habits in the period before and during the pandemic. We also administered a survey, completed by 134 music teachers. Although the findings cannot be generalised to society as a whole, the respondents in the sample are well acquainted with the artistic setting and possess sufficient prior experience, so their opinion is relevant to the topic. Despite the convenience of the online space and the rich selection of art available, the interviewed music teachers will still prefer live music events, which offer them a more profound experience.

scholarly journals Physical Activity, Nutritional Habits, and Sleep Behavior Among Health Profession Students and Employees of a Swiss University During and After COVID-19 Confinement: Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Study

10.2196/25051 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e25051
Author(s):  
Slavko Rogan ◽  
Eefje Luijckx ◽  
Jan Taeymans ◽  
Karin Haas ◽  
Heiner Baur
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Sleep Behavior ◽  
Nutritional Habits ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

Background SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus strain, has resulted in the COVID-19 pandemic since early 2020. To contain the transmission of this virus, the Swiss Federal Council ordered a nationwide lockdown of all nonessential businesses. Accordingly, students and employees of institutions for higher education were informed to continue their academic programs through home-office settings and online lectures. Objective This longitudinal survey aims to evaluate various lifestyle habits such as physical activity, nutritional habits, and sleep behavior among students and employees of a Swiss University of Applied Sciences during a 2-month period of confinement and social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 1 year thereafter. Methods This paper describes a protocol for a retrospective and prospective observational cohort study. Students and employees of Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions, were invited to anonymously complete a web-based survey during the COVID-19 confinement period. This will be followed by a second survey, scheduled 1 year after the lockdown. Information on various lifestyle aspects, including physical activity, nutritional habits, and sleep behavior, will be collected using adaptations of existing validated questionnaires. Results This longitudinal study started during the government-ordered confinement period in Switzerland in mid-April 2020 and will end in mid-2021. Conclusions The findings of this survey will provide information about the impact of confinement during the COVID-19 crisis on the physical activity, nutritional habits, and sleep behavior of students and employees of a Swiss institute. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04502108; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04502108 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/25051

Race, Gender, and Border Control in the Western Balkans

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Milivojević
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Border Control ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Irregular Migrants ◽  
Criminological Inquiry ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact

This chapter looks at the intersection of race, gender, and migration in the Western Balkans. Immobilizing mobile bodies from the Global South has increasingly been the focus of criminological inquiry. Such inquiry, however, has largely excluded the Western Balkans. A difficult place to research, comprising countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania, the region is the second-largest route for irregular migrants in Europe (Frontex 2016). Indeed, EU expansion and global developments such as wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq have had a major impact on mobility and migration in the region. The chapter outlines racialized hierarchies in play in contemporary border policing in the region, and how these racialized and gendered practices target racially different Others and women irregular migrants and asylum seekers. Finally, this chapter maps the impact of such practices and calls for a shift in knowledge production in documenting and addressing such discriminatory practices.

Developing Effective Dispositions for Teaching Music

2019 ◽  
pp. 321-344
Author(s):  
Michael Raiber
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Teacher Dispositions ◽  
Teacher Concerns ◽  
Teaching Music ◽  
The Impact

The impact of teacher dispositions on the professional development of preservice music teachers (PMTs) has been substantiated. This chapter describes an approach to dispositional development within the structure of an introduction to music education course. A teacher concerns model is used to organize this systematic approach through three developmental stages that include self-concerns, teaching task concerns, and student learning concerns. A series of 11 critical questions are presented for use in guiding PMTs’ dispositional development through these developmental stages. Activities to engage PMTs in the exploration of each of these questions are detailed for use by music teacher educators desiring to engage PMTs in dispositional development.

Promoting Gender Inclusivity in General Music: Considerations for Music Listening

2021 ◽  
pp. 104837132110160
Author(s):  
Tiger Robison ◽  
Mara E. Culp
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
General Music ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Music Classrooms ◽  
Improve Student Learning

General music teachers can promote gender inclusivity in music classrooms through music listening activities. Helping all students feel included and honored could improve student learning and foster continued and diversified music listening in school and beyond. The purpose of this article, the first of three about gender inclusivity in general music, is to help music teachers create inclusive general music experiences to support all students during music listening activities. By knowing learners as individuals, teachers can help all students feel valued in music classrooms, which may serve to deepen and extend their music listening skills and preferences.

Elementary General Music Performances and Teachers’ Perceptions of Stress

2021 ◽  
pp. 875512332110104
Author(s):  
Jennifer Potter
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
General Music ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Elementary General Music ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of investigation was to examine the perceptions of elementary music teachers concerning the preparation of elementary music performances and the impact on their perceived stress. Participants were practicing elementary general music teachers ( N = 3) representing three different elementary schools from a metropolitan area in the Midwest. All participants were interviewed twice over a period of two months via Zoom. Data were analyzed through an open coding process (Gibbs, 2007), which yielded three themes: time management, control, and isolation. Facets of time management included strategic planning, organizational techniques, and instructional time; control concerned scheduling, repertoire selection, equipment, and performance venues; and isolation pertained to relationships with colleagues and administrators and an overwhelming amount of responsibility. These findings indicate the importance of acknowledging various stressors affecting music educators and how those might positively and negatively affect teachers and students.

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