(Fretted). This Berklee Workshop is a comprehensive collection of exercises and performance studies designed to expand your bass playing in a wide range of musical styles. The rhythms and bass lines presented are excellent for developing sight-reading skills and technical proficiency.
(Berklee Methods). Make your band better, or prepare yourself to join one! This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty band on the accompanying CD, then play with your own band!
The author shares their upbringing in Washington, DC's public housing system, highlighting the transformative impact of the Police Boys Club and the DC Recreation Department on their life. Emphasizing the importance of mentorship, they express a strong desire to give back to young children, mirroring the support they received in their youth. This narrative reflects themes of community, resilience, and the power of positive influences in shaping one's path.
Negotiating Identities and Allegiances in Response to Multicultural Literature
This book examines how working-class high school students' identity construction is continually mediated by discourses and cultural practices operating in their classroom, school, family, sports, community, and workplace worlds. Specifically, it ad Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface. Constructing Mediated Identities Across Different Social Worlds. The Social Worlds Constituting Students' Identities. Fostering Student Awareness of the Influence of Social Worlds on Characters and Readers. Critiquing Social Worlds Through Grappling With Dialogic Tensions. Parks's Methods for Teaching Multicultural Literature. Identity Construction Congruent With the School World: Corey and Michelle. Identity Construction Challenging the School World: Devin and Kayla. Identity Construction and Racial Positioning: Kathy and Mai. Dialogic Tensions in Classroom Discussions of Love Medicine, Kindred, and Bastard out of Carolina. Summary and Implications for Teaching Multicultural Literature. Appendix A: Methods/Analysis/Coding. Appendix B: Literature Used in the Course and Recommended Literature From the College in the Schools Program.
Incarcerated bodies, liberated minds: a narrative of literacy education behind bars.
Can educators continue to teach troubling but worthwhile texts?
Toward Critical Engagement and Deep Learning
Focusing on the concept of "figured worlds," this book explores how students actively shape their educational experiences and social environments. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the diverse contexts in which learners operate, including their schools, peer groups, and communities, highlighting the dynamic interplay between individual agency and social structures in English instruction.