Download or read book Conceptualizing Music written by Lawrence M. Zbikowski and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how recent work in cognitive science, especially that developed by cognitive linguists and cognitive psychologists, can be used to explain how we understand music. The book focuses on three cognitive processes--categorization, cross-domain mapping, and the use of conceptual models--and explores the part these play in theories of musical organization. The first part of the book provides a detailed overview of the relevant work in cognitive science, framed around specific musical examples. The second part brings this perspective to bear on a number of issues with which music scholarship has often been occupied, including the emergence of musical syntax and its relationship to musical semiosis, the problem of musical ontology, the relationship between words and music in songs, and conceptions of musical form and musical hierarchy. The book will be of interest to music theorists, musicologists, and ethnomusicologists, as well as those with a professional or avocational interest in the application of work in cognitive science to humanistic principles.
Download or read book Itinerant Teaching written by Jean E. Olmstead and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the practical advice from itinerant teachers within the US, each chapter develops strategies for working with students with visual impairments. It discusses the rights, expectations and demands of itinerant teaching, as well as the provision of services within a variety of environments.
Download or read book Unified English Braille Australian Training Manual written by Josie Howse and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Music and Dyslexia written by Timothy R. Miles and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and dyslexia is of particular interest for two reasons. Firstly, research suggests that music education can benefit young dyslexics as it helps them focus on auditory and motor timing skills and highlights the rhythms of language. Secondly, dyslexic musicians at a more advanced level face particular challenges such as sight-reading, written requirements of music examinations and extreme performance nerves. This is a sequel to the highly successful Music and Dyslexia: Opening New Doors, published in 2001. The field of dyslexia has developed rapidly, particularly in the area of neuropsychology. Therefore this book focuses on these research advances, and draws out the aspects of music education that benefit young dyslexics. The contributors also discuss the problems that dyslexic musicians face, and several chapters are devoted to sight-reading and specific strategies that dyslexics can use to help them sight-read. The book offers practical techniques and strategies, to teachers and parents to help them work with young dyslexics and dyslexic musicians.
Download or read book The Rules of Unified English Braille written by Christine Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louis Braille written by Margaret Davidson and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1991-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blinded at the age of 3, Louis Braille developed a superb memory that enabled him to do well in school. But that wasn't enough--Louis wanted to read. Finding the alphabet impractical, he invented the raised dot alphabet, Braille, now used throughout the world.
Download or read book For the Benefit of Those Who See written by Rosemary Mahoney and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's The Island of the Colorblind, Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent three months teaching at Tenberken's international training center for blind adults in Kerala, India, an experience that reveals both the shocking oppression endured by the world's blind, as well as their great resilience, integrity, ingenuity, and strength. By living among the blind, Rosemary Mahoney enables us to see them in fascinating close up, revealing their particular "quality of ease that seems to broadcast a fundamental connection to the world." Having read For the Benefit of Those Who See, you will never see the world in quite the same way again. "In this intelligent and humane book, Rosemary Mahoney writes of people who are blind . . . She reports on their courage and gives voice, time and again, to their miraculous dignity." -- Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree
Download or read book Foundations of Low Vision written by Anne Lesley Corn and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2010 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives, the ground-breaking text that highlighted the importance of focusing on the functional as well as the clinical implications of low vision, has been completely updated and expanded in this second edition. The revised edition goes even further in its presentation of how best to assess and support both children and adults with low vision and plan programs and services that optimize their functional vision and ability to lead productive and satisfying lives, based on individuals' actual abilities. Part 1, Personal and Professional Perspectives, provides the foundations of this approach, with chapters focused on the anatomy of the eye, medical causes of visual impairment, optics and low vision devices, and clinical low vision services, as well as psychological and social implications of low vision and the history of the field. Part 2 focuses on children and youths, providing detailed treatment of functional vision assessment, instruction, use of low vision devices, orientation and mobility, and assistive technology. Part 3 presents rehabilitation and employment issues for working-age adults and special considerations for older adults.
Download or read book Sight Reading written by James W. Bastien and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ECC Essentials written by Carol B. Allman and published by . This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments is the first comprehensive book for teachers of students with visual impairments to focus on the nine areas of the ECC that encompass the unique skills children and adolescents with visual impairments need to learn in order to access the core educational curriculum and become independent individuals, by providing the rationale, suggestions, and strategies necessary to implement instruction. The nine areas include compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, orientation and mobility, independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure, career education, and self-determination. ECC Essentials helps teachers manage time efficiently and effectively; work with students of different ages and ability levels; collaborate with parents and other members of the educational team; conduct assessments; align instruction with state standards and the general education core curriculum; and maximize planning effectiveness. The book includes learning activities that combine several areas of the ECC; information about additional resources; specific guidelines and strategies for teaching each of the nine areas of the ECC. ECC Essentials provides teachers with a road map for helping their students achieve success in school and in life.
Download or read book Braille Book written by The Village Carpenter and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-01-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUR PURPOSE... Is to give sight to the blind... To restore sight to the blind... To open the blinded eyes... That God may be glorified. We as publishers were with one of our authors discussing another book. A woman was coming in that was obviously blind... I went to help her in the door. She... Learning that we were book publishers... Asked if we had books in Braille? We told her no... Not yet but that if we could agree together in prayer... God will provide for that need! We set out to find a Braille Embosser to do the job. In so doing... We found so much more... As promised by Father God!
Download or read book Working with Braille written by Barry Hampshire and published by Unesco Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Brave Little Toaster written by Thomas M. Disch and published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeling abandoned by their beloved master, a vacuum cleaner, tensor lamp, electric blanket, clock radio, and toaster undertake a long and arduous journey to find him in a faraway city.
Download or read book Learn Braille written by R. J. Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dots are printed, not embossed so that a sighted person can easily learn braille to assist a visually impaired person"--Page [4] of cover.
Download or read book Drawing with Your Perkins Brailler written by Kim Charlson and published by . This book was released on 2009-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Braille Version
Download or read book How to Read and Write Braille Alphabet Letters and Numbers Grade 1 written by Rachel Mintz and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IMPORTANT - THIS IS A PRINTED WORKBOOK FOR THE SIGHTED! NOT RAISED BRAILLE. Easy Step by Step - GRADE 1 PRINTED Braille Tutorial for Beginners! Learn how to write the 26 letters in Braille Alphabet! Recognize each letter and number, know how to write them. THAT'S IT. The book teaches "HOW TO READ & WRITE BRAILLE LETTERS and NUMBERS". Great for novice learners. Write each letter, practice creating the dots at the right place.SIMPLY learning the absolute Alphabet and Numbers basics. This book includes uncontracted Braille - Grade 1!.Lots of practice pages, follow the easy visual study step by step explanations and examples. What is NOT Included in This Book: No Grade 2 Braille contracted pronunciation shortcuts. WHY? Because for beginners it would be so much information, before knowing the basics, how to write the 26 letters and numbers. NOTE - THIS IS NOT a STUDY BOOK FOR BLIND PEOPLE.NOTE - The Braille inside the book is printed NOT raised.Raised Grade 2 BRAILLE alphabet is used by blind people to read. This book can assist family members, friends and those who work with people that have vision impairment to learn the basics of Braille. Studying BRAILLE code alphabet chart requires to practice! This book includes dozens of practicing pages to help you practice writing the Braille grade one alphabet, until you can read the letters easily.
Download or read book The Braille Trail written by Anna M. Swenson and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2002 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: