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Discourse Analysis

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter (a) presents discourse analysis as both epistemology and methodology; (b) suggests a sociolinguistic toolkit that could be used as one type of approach to conducting discourse analysis; (c) reviews and points to literature in music education
Talbot, Brent C.
core  

Audio-tactile stimuli to improve health and well-being : a preliminary position paper [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
From literature and through common experience it is known that stimulation of the tactile (touch) sense or auditory (hearing) sense can be used to improve people's health and well-being.
Dijk, Esko O.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Back to the Mission. Revisiting Slack in Nonprofits and Introducing Tappable Slack

open access: yesNonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to and develops the previous literature on excess resources (“slack”) in nonprofit organizations through a conceptual analysis of the implications that the organizational distinctiveness of nonprofits carries for our understanding of slack in these organizations.
Marta Reuter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurse-Implemented Music Therapy to Reduce Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: A Pilot Study

open access: yesNursing Reports
Anxiety is an important and recurrent problem in people with severe mental illness (SMI). The aim of this work is to measure the effectiveness of the Music Therapy nursing intervention in reducing anxiety in outpatients diagnosed with SMI (bipolar ...
Vanessa Ibáñez-Del Valle   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a Music Therapy Programme within a Person Centred Planning Framework

open access: yesVoices, 2008
This report describes the development of a music therapy programme for people with developmental disabilities in a day facility in Ireland. The facility is run by Enable Ireland, a national voluntary organisation, and provides therapies, supports and ...
Jason Noone
doaj   +1 more source

Melodies of the forest: Nature as an improvisational space for shared creative embodiment

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In an era marked by increasing disconnection from nature, innovative approaches to reconnect with the environment are crucial for both ecological and psychological well‐being. This paper explores how natural environments (a deciduous forest of Quebec in the present case study) can serve as an improvisational space for shared creative ...
Antoine Bellemare‐Pepin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Music in therapy: Increasing possibilities for action

open access: yesMusic and Arts in Action, 2008
The article discusses how music therapy, considered as a discipline as well as arenas of different practices and theoretical models, may contribute to our understanding of how music may influence our actions.
Even Ruud
doaj  

Choirs in Two Countries — A Study of Community Music Therapy for the Older Adults in Norway and Japan

open access: yes, 2016
La musicoterapia moderna, dapprima sviluppata nei Paesi occidentali, si e ora diffusa in tutto il mondo. Questa ricerca focalizza su come la cultura giapponese influisce sull'implementazione della Community Music Therapy (CoMT), confrontando i risultati ...
H. Kimura, Y. Nishimoto
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Pedagogy of Wonder: A Spoken Word Poetic Inquiry Into the Complexities of Trauma and Teaching in TESOL

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This forum piece begins with a spoken word poem titled A Pedagogy of Wonder, performed by the author, through which the intersections of trauma, language teaching, and creative inquiry are explored. While TESOL scholarship has predominantly focused on refugee‐background or international students as “traumatized populations,” and on trauma ...
Jennifer Burton
wiley   +1 more source

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