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Orality and Textuality in Medieval Castilian Prose
(1987-01)
This study evaluates several medieval Castilian prose works in light of recent investigations dealing with orality and textuality. As a homage to Father Walter Ong and his monumental scholarly contributions to communication ...
The Complexity of Oral Tradition
(1987-01)
"In challenging a remark I had once made while presenting a paper at a professional meeting, a member of the audience said that he could demonstrate that there was no oral tradition in sixteenth-century Spain. To me this ...
Peter Ramus, Walter Ong, and the Tradition of Humanistic Learning
(1987-01)
In the 1950's Walter Ong focused his attention on the sixteenth century Parisian philosopher and educationalist Peter Ramus, and published the results of his research in two major works, Ramus, Method and the Decay of ...
A Remark on Silence and Listening
(1987-01)
Why "remark"? Because I am still developing the theory, and also because this is a short presentation. Why "a" remark rather than "some" remarks? Because this is not a series of different lines of thought constellated ...
Two Functions of Social Discourse: From Lope de Vega to Miguel de Cervantes
(1987-01)
At the inevitable risk of oversimplification, I propose to approach as directly as possible a broad and complex question: how are we to view in an orderly way the many different social functions of language, both oral and ...
Annotated Bibliography
(1986-10)
The Message of the American Folk Sermon
(1986-10)
The Cosmic Myths of Homer and Hesiod
(1987-01)
Embedded in the narratives of the Homeric poems are a few passages which open windows on the ways in which the Homeric poet envisioned the cosmos around him. They occur as brief digressions, offering powerful but by no ...
Audit of Principal Effectiveness: A User's Technical Manual. Designed and Tested for Principal Assessment in Elementary, Middle and Secondary Schools (Revised)
(1986)
This technical manual is presented to assist those using the Audit of Principal Effectiveness, an 80-statement evaluation instrument designed to determine teachers' perceptions of principals' effectiveness, allow principals ...
Audit of Principal Effectiveness: Instrumentation for Principalship Research-A Research Project Report
(1988-01)
Using the literature and research on principal effectiveness as a foundation, the Audit of Principal Effectiveness was developed. Initially, 162 items forming 12 theoretical factors describing effective principal behavior ...
Performance-Based Principal Evaluation in Missouri: A Three-Year Report
(1988)
The performance-based principal evaluation (PBPE), passed as a section of the 1985 Missouri Educational Reform Act, is a process for professional development of principals through the identification and documentation of ...
Principal Effectiveness in "National Recognition" Schools -- A Research Project Summary Report
(1989-07)
Between 1982 and 1987, 1,500 outstanding schools were recognized by the School Recognition Program, based on an analysis of their leadership, order and discipline, community support, and high standards and expectations for ...
Performance-Based Teacher Evaluation in Missouri: A Three-Year Report
(1988)
The teacher performance evaluation, mandated in Missouri by a bill that legislators enacted during 1983, is a process for professional development through the identification and documentation of job related expectations ...
A Report of the Yamaha Music Educational System
(1989)
The purpose of this study is to present a short
history of the origin of the Yamaha Music School and an
overview of its educational philosophies and objectives.
In recent years, many new music systems have
appeared and ...
Keyboard Tuning and Temperaments: A Historical Survey
(1986)
The equal temperament tuning of the twelve note chromatic scale considered as normal tuning today was not always regarded as such. Music has its forgotten sounds in early Pythagorian tuning systems and the many varieties ...
Administrative Guidelines for a Vacation Music School at First Baptist Church, Oak Grove, MO.
(1986)
Vacation music schools are fun for all involved and require several months of planning. They minister to the needs of each chorister, and directors of music schools feel the need to continue this type of program. With this ...
Barbara Allen and the English Ballad in Appalachia: Adaptations and Transformations
(1982)
The purpose of this study is to examine the eighteenth-century English Child ballads and "Barbara Allen" which survived in the Appalachian region of the United States.
A Survey of the Choral Literature Performed in 1979, 1980, and 1981 by the Adult Choirs of Selected Southern Baptist Churches in the Kansas City Area
(1985-04-22)
The purpose of this research project is to determine what choral literature
was performed from 1979 through 1981 by the adult choirs of some of the larger
Southern Baptist Churches in the Kansas City area. The music ...
Descartes on Theological Knowledge
(International Phenomenological Society, 1982)
Arnauld charged Descartes with circularity in his theological proof. I argue that Arnauld was correct. I also make suggestions about why Descartes fails to see the circularity. Both points are important. Many are uncomfortable ...
Two Settings of the Eighty-Fourth Psalm by Claude Goudimel Edited for Modern Performance
(1982)
The sacred music of the French during the middle-to-late sixteenth century was not of the same high quality as that of the Italian masters. Although this seems to be an argument in favor of programming Italian works over ...