This research seeks to understand the cultural revitalization of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Escaping and resisting pressures to remove, the Pokagon Band were able to remain within the confines of their homelands. Located in southwestern Michigan and northwestern Indiana, the Band is currently engaged in a revitalization process that seeks to facilitate contemporary innovations with traditional Potawatomi values. A multifaceted qualitative approach to the interpretation of data combines semi-structured contextual interviews and phenomenological interviews with citizens of the Pokagon Band. Phenomenological interviews were used to understand more about the experiences of tribal citizens at cultural events. The participants identified the homelands, family relationships, and understanding tradition as factors that sustain their interest in the cultural activities of the community. / Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Vi har genom kvalitativa intervjuer undersökt upplevelser av gemenskap och identitet i en buddhistisk meditationsgrupp. Vi har även intresserat oss för skillnaderna som de tio deltagarna upplever mellan gruppen och samhället i stort när det gäller dessa aspekter samt vad gruppen har för betydelse för deltagarnas liv utanför den. Resultatet av studien visar på en relativt hög grad av gemenskap mellan medlemmarna och att deltagandet i gruppen har haft inverkan på individens självbild samt en betydelse för de sociala interaktionerna utanför gruppen. Vi har valt att analysera vårt material med teorier från Scheff, Collins och Jenkins som behandlar gemenskap och identitet. Genom dessa har vi kommit fram till slutsatserna att meditationsträffarna innebär lyckade interaktionsritualer som i sin tur leder till stärkt självkänsla och gruppsolidaritet samt att sättet att bemöta varandra på bidrar till stärkta sociala band. Genom de skillnader och likheter som finns både mellan gruppen och dess omvärld liksom mellan deltagarna själva så påverkas identiteten och känslan av medlemskap stärks. En viktig aspekt när det gäller identiteten är att deltagarna medvetet strävar efter att inte fastna i några kategorier och inte heller tycker det är viktigt att framhäva sig själva på något speciellt sätt, varken som buddhist eller som gruppmedlem.

The purpose of this action research study was to examine strategies that lead to effective and efficient band rehearsals at the junior high level. Participants in the study were 28 grade 8 band students, 11 males and 17 females, as well as one music teacher researcher. Of 35 grade 8 band students, 28 or 80% chose to participate in the study. The school is located in a relatively high social-economic suburban junior high school. The research questions addressed were: 1. What proportion of instructional time do I spend on: teaching musical concepts and skills; conducting active music making; classroom management; waiting or wasting time? 2. How can I change my rehearsal practice to spend more time engaging students in active musical learning, and less time on non-musical tasks, thus improving the effectiveness and efficiency of my middle years band rehearsals? 3. How do students perceive and respond to their band rehearsals? During a 10-week block, from January to March, 2006, specific teaching innovations, drawn from the research and pedagogical literatures, were implemented with an aim to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the band class. Music classes were video taped and later analyzed using rehearsal frames. Students responded to the instructional innovations by completing exit slips daily and attitudinal surveys at the beginning and completion of the research project. The teacher tracked her perceptions through daily journal entries and reflecting on the classes videotaped. Qualitative data were unitized and then sorted by thematic codes while quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Pre- and Post-survey mean scores were calculated and compared using T-tests. The following conclusions were drawn: 1) The majority of class time was spent in active music making followed by “waiting” and “instruction” time; 2) The innovations introduced were effective and improved the efficiency of the band classes; 3) Students strongly agreed that they were involved during band rehearsals conducted throughout the project; and 4) The overwhelming majority of students responded positively to all survey items related to band rehearsals.

Calculations of band-to-band impact ionisation rates performed in the semi-classical Fermi’s Golden Rule approximation are presented here for the semiconductors GaAs, In(_0.53)Ga(_0.47)As and Si(_0.5)Ge(_0.5) at 300K. The crystal band structure is calculated using the empirical pseudopotential method. To increase the speed with which band structure data at arbitrary k-vectors can be obtained, an interpolation scheme has been developed. Energies are quadratically interpolated on adapted meshes designed to ensure accuracy is uniform throughout the Brillouin zone, and pseudowavefunctions are quadratically interpolated on a regular mesh. Matrix elements are calculated from the pseudowavefunctions, and include the terms commonly neglected in calculations for narrow band gap materials and an isotropic approximation to the full wavevector and frequency dependent dielectric function. The numerical integration of the rate over all distinct energy and wavevector conserving transitions is performed using two different algorithms. Results from each are compared and found to be in good agreement, indicating that the algorithms are reliable. The rates for electrons and holes in each material are calculated as functions of the k-vector of the impacting carriers, and found to be highly anisotropic. Average rates for impacting carriers at a given energy are calculated and fitted to Keldysh-type expressions with higher than quadratic dependence of the rate on energy above threshold being obtained in all cases. The average rates calculated here are compared to results obtained by other workers, with reasonable agreement being obtained for GaAs, and poorer agreement obtained for InGaAs and SiGe. Possible reasons for the disagreement are investigated. The impact ionisation thresholds are examined and k-space and energy distributions of generated carriers are determined. The role of threshold anisotropy, variation in the matrix elements and the shape of the bands in determining characteristics of the rate, particularly the softness of the rate's threshold behaviour are investigated.

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The purpose of this action research study was to examine strategies that lead to effective and efficient band rehearsals at the junior high level. Participants in the study were 28 grade 8 band students, 11 males and 17 females, as well as one music teacher researcher. Of 35 grade 8 band students, 28 or 80% chose to participate in the study. The school is located in a relatively high social-economic suburban junior high school. The research questions addressed were: 1. What proportion of instructional time do I spend on: teaching musical concepts and skills; conducting active music making; classroom management; waiting or wasting time? 2. How can I change my rehearsal practice to spend more time engaging students in active musical learning, and less time on non-musical tasks, thus improving the effectiveness and efficiency of my middle years band rehearsals? 3. How do students perceive and respond to their band rehearsals? During a 10-week block, from January to March, 2006, specific teaching innovations, drawn from the research and pedagogical literatures, were implemented with an aim to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the band class. Music classes were video taped and later analyzed using rehearsal frames. Students responded to the instructional innovations by completing exit slips daily and attitudinal surveys at the beginning and completion of the research project. The teacher tracked her perceptions through daily journal entries and reflecting on the classes videotaped. Qualitative data were unitized and then sorted by thematic codes while quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Pre- and Post-survey mean scores were calculated and compared using T-tests. The following conclusions were drawn: 1) The majority of class time was spent in active music making followed by “waiting” and “instruction” time; 2) The innovations introduced were effective and improved the efficiency of the band classes; 3) Students strongly agreed that they were involved during band rehearsals conducted throughout the project; and 4) The overwhelming majority of students responded positively to all survey items related to band rehearsals.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2007. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 119 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.M.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2008. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the D.M.A. degree, University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, dated April 1995. / Includes bibliographical references. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/4438

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 31, 2008). Advisor: Linda B. Walker. Keywords: music, hearing, band directors, teachers, audiology, spl, musicians. Includes survery instrument. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182).