A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar estratégias de estudo para a parte de violino da Primeira Sonata-Fantasia, Désespérance, para violino e piano de Heitor Villa- Lobos. A prática é o caminho que o instrumentista usa para desenvolver habilidades como ritmo e afinação, articulação e demais demandas expressivas da obra. O foco da prática instrumental está no uso de estratégias adequadas para vencer aspectos técnicos de determinados repertórios. Este trabalho expõe estratégias de estudo baseadas nas propostas dos professores de violino Robert Gerle e Simon Fischer nos livros: The Art of Practising The Violin e The Art of Bowing Practice, do primeiro, e nos livros Basics e Practice do último. As estratégias apresentadas são exercícios específicos, utilizados pela autora, para o desenvolvimento dos aspectos técnicos contidos na Sonata-Fantasia tais como arpejos e escalas com andamentos rápidos, cordas duplas, acordes de três ou quatro notas e trechos de harmônicos artificiais. / This research investigates violin practice strategies applicable to Heitor Villa-Lobos‟s Sonata-Fantasy No. 1, Désespérance, for Violin and Piano. Instrumentalists develop the abilities needed to execute various instrumental techniques, through specific practice methods. Thus, the focus of instrumental practice is the use of appropriate strategies to overcome technical difficulties within the studied repertoire. Departing from the extensive pedagogical works of violinists Robert Gerle and Simon Fischer, this article presents the violin practice strategies applied by the author to develop the technical abilities required to perform the Sonata-Fantasia, such as: arpeggios, scales in fast tempo, double-stops, chords of three and four notes and artificial harmonics.

A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar estratégias de estudo para a parte de violino da Primeira Sonata-Fantasia, Désespérance, para violino e piano de Heitor Villa- Lobos. A prática é o caminho que o instrumentista usa para desenvolver habilidades como ritmo e afinação, articulação e demais demandas expressivas da obra. O foco da prática instrumental está no uso de estratégias adequadas para vencer aspectos técnicos de determinados repertórios. Este trabalho expõe estratégias de estudo baseadas nas propostas dos professores de violino Robert Gerle e Simon Fischer nos livros: The Art of Practising The Violin e The Art of Bowing Practice, do primeiro, e nos livros Basics e Practice do último. As estratégias apresentadas são exercícios específicos, utilizados pela autora, para o desenvolvimento dos aspectos técnicos contidos na Sonata-Fantasia tais como arpejos e escalas com andamentos rápidos, cordas duplas, acordes de três ou quatro notas e trechos de harmônicos artificiais. / This research investigates violin practice strategies applicable to Heitor Villa-Lobos‟s Sonata-Fantasy No. 1, Désespérance, for Violin and Piano. Instrumentalists develop the abilities needed to execute various instrumental techniques, through specific practice methods. Thus, the focus of instrumental practice is the use of appropriate strategies to overcome technical difficulties within the studied repertoire. Departing from the extensive pedagogical works of violinists Robert Gerle and Simon Fischer, this article presents the violin practice strategies applied by the author to develop the technical abilities required to perform the Sonata-Fantasia, such as: arpeggios, scales in fast tempo, double-stops, chords of three and four notes and artificial harmonics.

A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar estratégias de estudo para a parte de violino da Primeira Sonata-Fantasia, Désespérance, para violino e piano de Heitor Villa- Lobos. A prática é o caminho que o instrumentista usa para desenvolver habilidades como ritmo e afinação, articulação e demais demandas expressivas da obra. O foco da prática instrumental está no uso de estratégias adequadas para vencer aspectos técnicos de determinados repertórios. Este trabalho expõe estratégias de estudo baseadas nas propostas dos professores de violino Robert Gerle e Simon Fischer nos livros: The Art of Practising The Violin e The Art of Bowing Practice, do primeiro, e nos livros Basics e Practice do último. As estratégias apresentadas são exercícios específicos, utilizados pela autora, para o desenvolvimento dos aspectos técnicos contidos na Sonata-Fantasia tais como arpejos e escalas com andamentos rápidos, cordas duplas, acordes de três ou quatro notas e trechos de harmônicos artificiais. / This research investigates violin practice strategies applicable to Heitor Villa-Lobos‟s Sonata-Fantasy No. 1, Désespérance, for Violin and Piano. Instrumentalists develop the abilities needed to execute various instrumental techniques, through specific practice methods. Thus, the focus of instrumental practice is the use of appropriate strategies to overcome technical difficulties within the studied repertoire. Departing from the extensive pedagogical works of violinists Robert Gerle and Simon Fischer, this article presents the violin practice strategies applied by the author to develop the technical abilities required to perform the Sonata-Fantasia, such as: arpeggios, scales in fast tempo, double-stops, chords of three and four notes and artificial harmonics.

The table below lists (a) each effective practice in secondary transition, (b) the operational definition of the practice based on empirical research, (c) corresponding reference(s) used to establish the practice, and (d) the student population with whom the practice was established. The level of evidence [evidence-based, research-based, or promising]—is noted under each practice in brackets. Visit https://transitionta.org/topics/effective-practices/ for information pertaining to how these effective practices were identified.

This study identifies effective practices in the design of alternative education programs; and more specifically, programs that support the positive social engagement and healthy development of adolescents who have left the public education system and are labeled as marginalized or street involved. Effective practices were identified theoretically through a critic of current educational practices within the North-American public system and through the application of an integral systems theory framework of human development that identifies patterns of relationships between seemingly divergent perspectives in order to achieve the broadest breath of understanding through the inclusion of the truths held within each. A case study of a program that applied these practices within a community agricultural context was then analyzed to test their relevancy in the field. Through an analysis applying qualitative descriptive methodologies the following practices were identified as being effective in supporting positive engagement: 1) an experiential curriculum geared towards developing employable skills, 2) program activities that directly contributed to the local community, 3) the provision of a wage for program participants 4) adults facilitating the program trained in providing supportive caring relationships, 5) program peer groups being composed of youth and young adults of mixed ages and socio-economic backgrounds with marginalized youth being a minority, 6) a social co-operative organizational structure to administer the program. Limitations of the study were the small number of youth sampled as a result of the nature of the structure of the program in the case study. / Graduate

In this qualitative research study I explored Grade R teachers’ perceptions of early childhood development and how these impact on their classroom practice. Using an early childhood theoretical framework which was predominately informed by developmental and socio-cultural perspectives I interrogated teachers’ understandings of children, quality classroom practice and early childhood contexts. Although the literature acknowledges the contested nature of quality within the ECD/Grade R context, research evidence indicates that the role of the teacher is pivotal if education is to be successfully realized in the early years. This notion of quality embraces particular aspects of practice such as managing the classroom environment, being able to engage children in the learning process through a process of sustained shared thinking and supporting learning in a variety of different contexts. Furthermore, good practice is informed by an in-depth understanding of contemporary issues embedded in socio-cultural contexts of children and families. Within the South African context Grade R is a problematic year despite being the first year of the Foundation Phase. Policy documents informing practice are ambiguous, Grade R teachers are not required to have a formal teaching qualification and they are not afforded the same conditions of service as other teachers. All these factors have served to marginalize the Grade R teacher. The research sample comprised twelve teachers from ten schools who were purposively selected from GDE and free standing community Grade R classes. An important selection criterion was a willingness to be involved in the project. In this multiple case study data were collected through classroom observations, interviews, critical incidents and documentary evidence. The research findings were first analysed according to three broad themes and then further interrogated through three knowledge positions identified by Mac Naughton, (2003) as conforming, reforming and transforming positions. iv Key findings revealed that although participants could not be definitively situated in any one of the three knowledge positions their practices were largely conforming; with few teachers using aspects of reforming practice. This study is significant within the South African context in that it shows similar findings to those of research done by Nias (1985) and Anning (1991) relating to teachers’ perceptions of themselves and their practice. Teachers perceived themselves as being kind, caring and loving individuals who placed the welfare of children in their care ahead of academic considerations. They all intimated that they followed a constructivist orientation, but found it difficult to articulate a deep understanding of practice. In fact they displayed limited understanding of how in the early years teaching and learning can be realized through a pedagogy of play. A gap was revealed between teachers’ espoused theories and their theories-in-use which were predominately didactic in orientation. The study showed the impact of current constraints of the Education Department. Given these constraints the role of South African universities should be to deepen both theoretical and practical insights into early years pedagogy through appropriate teacher-focused interventions.