The Repertoire Selection Practices of High School Choral Directors

2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy W. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Choral Directors ◽  
Repertoire Selection ◽  
Socioeconomic Composition ◽  
Selection Practices

The purpose of this study was to research the repertoire selection practices of high school choral directors. The 104 directors who participated in the study were selected from two groups: (a) directors identified as outstanding and (b) directors selected from the remaining population. Interviews, a written survey, and solicited programs were used to collect the data. Results suggest that the repertoire selection practices used by directors are not structured. Although directors consider a wide variety of criteria to be influential in the selection process, criteria do not seem to be consistently or systematically applied. The relative influence of individual criteria varies depending on the style of repertoire under consideration. Furthermore, demographic characteristics such as teaching experience, program size, and the socioeconomic composition of the school may also influence repertoire selection practices. Although similarities among directors regarding the selection process were identified, there were differences between the selection practices of “outstanding” directors and directors not so identified with respect to the balance of repertoire that directors believe students should sing and the relative importance and use of selection criteria.

High School Choral Directors' Description of Appropriate Literature for Beginning High School Choirs

2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca R. Reames
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
20Th Century Literature ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Choral Directors ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Repertoire Selection ◽  
High School Choirs ◽  
Century Literature

Undertaken to investigate and describe the literature performed with a population of “beginning” high school choirs, this study is a survey of 263 MENC high school choral directors. From the 80% responses, 5 categories were analyzed: demographic information, repertoire selection criteria, literature sources, types of literature performed, and recommended repertoire for beginning high school mixed choirs. Chi-square and Kendall's tau-b analyses produced only one significant relationship. Additional findings in the study revealed that directors selected repertoire for advanced and beginning choirs similarly and that directors valued concerts, choral reading sessions, personal choral libraries, and recordings. Directors indicated that they programmed 20th-century literature most frequently and most successfully. Few similarities were found when selections recommended by directors were compared with a large published list.

Relative Importance of Indicators of Teachers’ Professional Skills as Perceived by Senior High School Economics Teachers in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Mumuni Baba Yidana
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Instructional Planning ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Instructional Assessment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Descriptive Survey

AbstractThe study examined differences in perception among Senior High School Economics teachers on the relative importance of indicators of teachers’ professional skills, based on teaching experience. The study employed the descriptive survey method and comprised a sample of 115 professional Economics teachers drawn from the Central Region of Ghana. A self-designed questionnaire was administered on the respondents. The data were analysed using the t-test. The findings of the study showed that highly experienced Economics teachers perceive indicators of teachers’ skills of instructional planning as more important, relative to the experienced Economics teachers. Again, the finding showed a significant difference in perception between the highly experienced and experienced Economics teachers about the relative importance of the skills of instructional assessment. The study recommends the organisation of in-service workshops for sensitisation as well as the creation of a community of learners among SHS Economics teachers for the sharing of knowledge and experiences.

A QFD-ANP Method for Supplier Selection with Benefits, Opportunities, Costs and Risks Considerations

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 911-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Bottani ◽  
Piera Centobelli ◽  
Teresa Murino ◽  
Ehsan Shekarian
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Network Process

This paper presents an original integrated procedure to evaluate and select suppliers for purchasing decisions. The procedure exploits the quality function deployment approach to define the suppliers’ characteristics, coupled with the analytic network process to capture the interrelations among the selection criteria and integrated with a benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) analysis. As such, the proposed approach is more structured than the existing methods for supplier selection; in particular, it allows simultaneously to take into account the relevant criteria for supplier selection, to capture the situation in which the decision criteria are somehow dependent on one another and to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of the selection process. By using the proposed approach, companies can derive useful information to guide their partner selection process. An extensive case study is reported to show the application of the model to a selection process of a real Italian company. The application shows that the model is effective in identifying the most suitable supplier; moreover, a detailed sensitivity analysis highlights that the results of the ranking are very robust against possible changes in the relative importance of the BOCR perspectives.

scholarly journals The Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Sustainable Project Selection

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakan Alyamani ◽  
Suzanna Long
Keyword(s):  
Information Transfer ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Project Selection ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Sustainable Projects

The project selection process is a crucial step in sustainable development. Effective sustainable development depends on the ability to select the appropriate sustainable project to implement to ensure that the desired goals are met. Some of the most common characteristics or criteria used in evaluating sustainable projects include novelty, uncertainty, skill and experience, technology information transfer, and project cost. Prioritizing these criteria based on relative importance helps project managers and decision makers identify elements that require additional attention, better allocate resources, as well as improve the selection process when evaluating different sustainable project alternatives. The aim of this research is to use the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) methodology in which fuzzy numbers are utilized to realistically represent human judgment to rank the different project criteria based on relative importance and impact on sustainable projects. The results from the FAHP show that the most important criterion to consider in sustainable project selection is project cost, followed by novelty and uncertainty as the second and third most important criteria, respectively. The two least important criteria out of the total of five examined in this research were the skill and experience and technology information transfer, respectively. These results will help project managers and decision makers identify selection criteria with higher weights of importance. Given that the selection criteria chosen for this research are not limited to the evaluation of a specific type of sustainable projects or a specific location, they can be used to evaluate different types of sustainable projects in different environments and locations.

The Relative Importance of Selected Communication Skills for Adolescents’ Interactions With Their Teachers

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki A. Reed ◽  
Lynette Spicer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
High School Teaching

Purpose:This study investigated the opinions of high school teachers regarding the relative importance of selected communication skills for their students’ communication with them and explored if the content areas in which the teachers taught or the amount of high school teaching experience they had were associated with their opinions.Method:Teachers ranked 14 communication skills according to perceived order of importance for Grade 10 adolescents’ communication with them as teachers.Results:Teachers tended to perceive skills associated with discourse management strategies as relatively more important than other skills. The two communication skills that were associated with metalinguistic/figurative language aspects of communication were ranked as least important. Inexperienced and experienced high school teachers tended to rank the importance of the communication skills similarly, as did sciences and humanities teachers, except for the communication skill of turn taking, which sciences teachers ranked higher than humanities teachers.Clinical Implications:The results provide guidelines for developing intervention approaches that can facilitate successful communicative interactions in high school environments and target goals that teachers of adolescents with language and/or learning disabilities perceive as more important for teacher-adolescent interactions.

Employing graduates: Selection criteria and practice in New Zealand

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Edgar ◽  
Virginia Cathro ◽  
Sean Harrison ◽  
Janneke Hoek ◽  
Katherine McKenzie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
Comprehensive Data ◽  
Recruitment And Selection ◽  
Selection Practices

AbstractEntry into graduate programmes is highly competitive. Although careers advisors working within higher education do their best to prepare students for engagement with these programmes; anecdotal reports suggest many graduates remain unsure what it is these employers are seeking, and how it is assessed. Our study examines both selection criteria profiles and practices, drawing comprehensive data from 20 New Zealand firms and finds that regardless of a firm's characteristics, most seek a very similar graduate profile, with the concepts of candidate ‘well roundedness’ and ‘fit’ considered most vital. Selection practices employed are tightly connected to this graduate profile. These findings shed some much needed light for graduates on what is, but also what is not, highly sought after by employers in the recruitment and selection process. They should also be of benefit to universities by assisting them to better prepare their graduates for successful transition into the employment market.

Distressed Asian American Neighborhoods

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Douglas Miller ◽  
Douglas Houston
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Ethnic Enclave ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Socioeconomic Data

There is a serious lack of demographic and socioeconomic data about Asian Americans living in distressed areas. The approach suggested to address this problem is community development with professional and academics to provide updated information on many issues such as poverty, educational attainment pertinent to these disadvantaged AA communities. The article discusses the selection criteria employed to choose the fourteen distressed communities that is analyzed. Details describing demographic characteristics, such as most AA communities are racially diverse, are supplemented with statistics to provide concrete data. Unemployment and poverty go hand-in-hand and in distressed AA communities these problems are occurring in higher frequency than other communities. The typical depiction of an AA community as a rich ethnic-enclave is debunked. The dominant problems in these communities are also representative of the problems most immigrants face today. The motivation for this analysis is to compel policy-makers to develop further research into these communities to understand their problems in order to make policies effectively addressing their needs.

scholarly journals Elementary and Junior High School Teachers’ Promotion of Self-Determination in Taiwan

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Pen-Chiang Chao ◽  
Yu-Chi Chou
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
General Education ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Junior High School Teachers

instruction is implemented by elementary and junior high school teachers; (b)examine the frequency with which the components of self-determination are taught; and (c)investigate whether teachers’ gender, class setting, and teaching experience affect their classroom practices regarding the promotion of self-determination. The participants were 1,039 teachers recruited from elementary and junior high schools nationwide in Taiwan using a random sampling method. The Teaching Self-Determination Scale (TSDS) was used to gauge the extent to which educators teach knowledge and skills related to self-determination. Descriptive statistics, analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVAs) were employed to analyze data collected. Findings showed that more than half of the teachers surveyed reported having often or always provided instruction to promote students’ self-determination. The most frequently taught skills are related to Psychological Empowerment (self-advocacy skills, expecting positive outcomes), while the least frequently taught skills were primarily located in the domain of Self-Regulation (goal setting and problem solving skills). Furthermore, our findings showed that teachers’ gender, class setting, and teaching experience were factors attecting the extent to which teachers delivered instruction to promote self-determination. Female teachers exhibited higher levels of implementation with respect to self-determination instruction. Teachers in general education classrooms showed significantly higher levels of applied self-determination instruction, followed by resource room teachers and self-contained classroom teachers. Additionally, teachers with more teaching experiences more frequently employed instructional activities promoting self-determination. Suggestions and implications are provided.

scholarly journals A Model Proposed for the Prediction of Future Sustainable Residence Specifications Using Analytical Network Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Ayman M. Zakaria Eraqi ◽  
Walid Abdul-Hady Shoura
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Good Decision ◽  
Analytical Network Process ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Decision Structure ◽  
Occupant Satisfaction

In Egypt, people are unable to determine the qualities of appropriate residence that achieves quality and occupant satisfaction, and contributes to sustainability of residential conglomerations. In general, developing countries lack housing information which can be used to enhance quality of residence. Also, the methods of assessing and identifying the appropriate criteria for future residence quality remain traditional ones that cannot address the multiple, conflicting, overlapping aspects to reach a good decision. This calls for using the Analytical Network Process  (ANP), an effective tool for specifying the relative importance of all factors impacting a specific issue for making an appropriate residential decision. In addition, this method provides results for the decision element impacts network within the decision structure; thus contributing to more understanding of the mechanisms and requirements of residence selection. The proposed decision structure comprises a two-level network: main clusters, main elements, and sub-elements included in the demographic characteristics group, the residence criteria group, the demand parameters group, the supply parameters group, the residence specifications group, and the alternatives group which representing, in total, the decision and specifying the percentage needed for each housing level. Results of the model showed complete capacity in smoothly addressing complexities and overlapping in the decision structure. The decision structure showed that 52% chose luxury residence, 28% chose middle-class residence, and 19.5% chose the economic residence. Mechanisms of decision making were analyzed; particularly in terms of relationship to demographic characteristics and residence specifications. Also, the importance and impact of demand / supply parameters in reaching decision were analyzed.

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