Educator, Artist, and Researcher. Health publisher, independent journalist and production company, consultant, and partner with GLOBE.gov and mission EARTH. Creator of field of interest termed Musical Linguistics. Director of New Education Options, a California nonprofit educational public benefit corporation.
Musical linguistics: How music and artistic creativity when delivered as a linguistic practice, help students master academic skills in English language arts, 2012
How music and language might be used in tandem to remediate at-risk student performance, focus, a... more How music and language might be used in tandem to remediate at-risk student performance, focus, attitude, attendance through integrated instruction. Exploring how applied linguistic practice and child development standards that link practical instruction, academics and student excitement to resiliency and joyful learning in core studies.
This Masters project consists of two elements: 1) an integrated after-school program to improve s... more This Masters project consists of two elements: 1) an integrated after-school program to improve student English language reading and academic outcomes for third graders' vocabulary development by incorporating music, artistic creativity and linguistics; 2) a pilot sample curriculum that demonstrates the approach for building student comprehension through musical theater and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content experiences. Called "Water Buddy", this is an after-school program uses singing, dancing, writing, and play to build reading and vocabulary skills. The goal is to improve learner academic outcomes by mastering the elemental building blocks of words, letters, symbols by making memorable the sound units, idioms, print conventions, and concepts that they were previously lacking.
Musical linguistics: How music and artistic creativity when delivered as a linguistic practice, help students master academic skills in English language arts, 2012
How music and language might be used in tandem to remediate at-risk student performance, focus, a... more How music and language might be used in tandem to remediate at-risk student performance, focus, attitude, attendance through integrated instruction. Exploring how applied linguistic practice and child development standards that link practical instruction, academics and student excitement to resiliency and joyful learning in core studies.
This Masters project consists of two elements: 1) an integrated after-school program to improve s... more This Masters project consists of two elements: 1) an integrated after-school program to improve student English language reading and academic outcomes for third graders' vocabulary development by incorporating music, artistic creativity and linguistics; 2) a pilot sample curriculum that demonstrates the approach for building student comprehension through musical theater and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content experiences. Called "Water Buddy", this is an after-school program uses singing, dancing, writing, and play to build reading and vocabulary skills. The goal is to improve learner academic outcomes by mastering the elemental building blocks of words, letters, symbols by making memorable the sound units, idioms, print conventions, and concepts that they were previously lacking.
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