A collaborative research inquiry into issues of male choral participation at the middle and high school level

Choral music and public singing was once regarded as an acceptable and popular socio-cultural activity for males. Through centuries of gradual socio-cultural change male choral participation and public singing became marginalized in the United States. During the past century (1914-2014), adolescent female singers have typically outnumbered male singers at the secondary level. The numerical imbalance between adolescent males and females in secondary choral classrooms is a symptom of a more complicated problem that involves a complex web of perceived physiological, psycho-socio, and schooling barriers. If no single perceived barrier accounted for the lack of male choral participation our collaborative group surmised that no one-dimensional approach would likely succeed in increasing male choral participation. Collaborative inquiry provided a more holistic approach to dealing with the lack of male choral singers at the middle and high school levels and answers questions not adequately addressed by other forms of research. The purpose of this collaborative inquiry was to cooperate with five vocal music practitioners, at two different district sites in the Midwest region of the United States. Our collaborative inquiry group set two broad goals for this study: (1) to implement specific action-oriented strategies in our choral classrooms with the intention of encouraging male choral participation at the middle and high school levels; and (2) to learn more about collaborative inquiry as a research approach and adult learning strategy. My collaborators and I realized a very delicate ecosystem is required for adolescent males and females to engage in singing activities at school. The findings of this inquiry suggest that action-oriented strategies (e.g., single-sex choirs, recruitment and retention activities, same-sex peer role modeling and mentoring) can be implemented in the choral classroom to mitigate the perceived physiological, psycho-socio, and schooling barriers and encourage male choral participation at the secondary level. Our inquiry group found that external issues beyond the control of the choral practitioners (e.g., changes in administration, school schedules, class requirements, and elective choices) were difficult to address. While the goal of encouraging male choral participation continues to be an important issue for everyone that was involved in this inquiry, we came to realize the most important outcome was recognizing the power of collaboration

Creating Digital Scholarly Editions: An Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)

Materials from a bootcamp held Friday, April 29, 2011 in conjunction with Great Lakes THATCamp 2011.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/1/20110429_01.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/2/20110319_02.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/3/20110319_03.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/4/doc_analysis.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/5/doc_samples.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/6/20110319_04.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/7/20110319_04b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/8/20110429_04c.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/9/20110319_05.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/10/20110319_06.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/11/20110429_07.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/12/20110429_07b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/13/20110429_08.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/14/20110429_10.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109400/15/20110429_10b.zipDescription of 20110429_01.pdf : Welcome and computer set up slideDescription of 20110319_02.pdf : Welcome slidesDescription of 20110319_03.pdf : Introduction to XML slidesDescription of doc_analysis.html : Document Analysis SlideDescription of doc_samples.html : Document Analysis samplesDescription of 20110319_04.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1Description of 20110319_04b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1 (materials)Description of 20110429_04c.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1 (cheat sheet)Description of 20110319_05.pdf : "What can you do with encoded texts?" lecture slidesDescription of 20110319_06.pdf : Introduction to the TEI Header slidesDescription of 20110429_07.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2Description of 20110429_07b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2 (materials)Description of 20110429_08.pdf : How to Publish your TEI Documents handoutDescription of 20110429_10.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 3Description of 20110429_10b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 3 (materials

Guest Editors’ Note

With this inaugural issue of the Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative, we are happy to present selected papers from TEI Conference and Members’ Meetings held in 2008 and 2009. In 2007, the TEI Consortium expanded its members’ meetings to a full conference format. At the 2008 and 2009 conferences there was great variety in the topics presented and discussed among approximately 100 participants from around the world at each event, reflecting the broad range of the TEI community. While a sin..

Effect of Humic Acid on Adsorption of Polychlorinated Biphenyls onto Organoclay

Mitigation of risks stemming from contaminated sediments in freshwater and estuarine environments remains an important challenge to the field of environmental science and engineering. Capping sediments with reactive materials is one approach that has recently been the subject of research and development. This research evaluated the use of organoclay as a sorbent in a reactive cap for in situ remediation of contaminated sediments, and provides an original contribution by presenting the sorption characteristics of individual polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) congeners in the presence of high concentrations of humic acids typical of sediment porewater environments. Sorption of coplanar and noncoplanar PCBs on three commercially available organoclays was studied in this work. Studies were conducted to evaluate the kinetics of adsorption of PCBs on organoclay and to determine the effect of humic acid on the kinetics of adsorption. Isotherm studies were conducted to determine the adsorption affinity of PCBs for organoclays in the presence and absence of humic acid. Studies showed a 45 to 96% reduction in the sorption affinity for organoclays after preloading with high concentrations of humic acid, depending both on the congener and the composition of organoclay. Desorption of PCBs upon addition of humic acid after PCBs were equilibrated with organoclay was statistically significant, although the magnitude of the effect was much smaller than that observed from preloading of humic acid

Evaluation of Activated Carbon as a Reactive Cap Sorbent for Sequestration of PCBs in Presence of Humic Acid

This study investigated the interferences caused by high humic acid concentrations on the adsorption of coplanar and noncoplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on coconut shell activated carbon. In particular, the research focuses on the application of activated carbon as a reactive cap for contaminated sediment sites, a possible intervention to reduce contaminant flux through pore water, and to organisms in aquatic environments. Kinetic and equilibrium studies were conducted using activated carbon as a sorbent for individual PCB congeners including BZ 1, 52, 77, 153, and 169, respectively, in the presence and absence of humic acid. Results showed that preloading of activated carbon with humic acid significantly reduced the adsorption affinity for all selected PCB congeners. Experiments conducted without preloading of activated carbon demonstrated that desorption upon subsequent spiking with humic acid (simulating long-term exposure to pore water that contains high humic acid concentrations) was not found to be statistically significant, and varied with coplanarity of PCBs. Results provide important information for the design of reactive caps in sediments where high concentrations of dissolved organic carbon are found, and highlight the importance of considering site conditions when designing effective reactive caps

Creating Digital Editions: An Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)

Materials from a workshop held Saturday, November 17, 2012.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/1/2012-11-17_welcome.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/2/tei-in-the-wild.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/3/doc_analysis.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/4/doc_samples.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/5/encoding_exercise_1.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/6/tei-header-slides.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/7/2012-11-17_recipes.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/8/2012-11-17_how_to_publish.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/9/2014-01-17_whitman.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/10/pfs_talk2.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/11/pfs_talk2_files.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109403/12/UsingtheTEIGuidelines.pdfDescription of 2012-11-17_welcome.pdf : Welcome and computer set up slideDescription of tei-in-the-wild.pdf : Introduction to XML/TEI slidesDescription of doc_analysis.html : Document Analysis SlideDescription of doc_samples.html : Document Analysis samplesDescription of encoding_exercise_1.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1Description of tei-header-slides.pdf : Introduction to the TEI Header slidesDescription of 2012-11-17_recipes.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2Description of 2012-11-17_how_to_publish.pdf : How to Publish your TEI Documents handoutDescription of 2014-01-17_whitman.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 3Description of pfs_talk2.html : Encoding Choices Lecture noteDescription of pfs_talk2_files.zip : Encoding Choices Lecture notes (images)Description of UsingtheTEIGuidelines.pdf : Using the TEI Guidelines handou

Digital Publishing and Preservation Using the TEI

Materials from a one-day workshop for University of Michigan School of Information students, faculty, and staff held Saturday, November 13, 2010.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/1/20101113_01.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/2/20101113_02.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/3/20101113_03.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/4/TEI workshop session 3.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/5/TEI workshop session 3 samples.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/6/20101113_04.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/7/20101113_04b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/8/20101113_05.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/9/20101113_06.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/10/20101113_07.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/11/20101113_07b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/12/20101113_08.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/13/TEI workshop session 9.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/14/20101113_10.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109397/15/20101113_10b.zipDescription of 20101113_01.pdf : Welcome and computer set up slideDescription of 20101113_02.pdf : Welcome slidesDescription of 20101113_03.pdf : Introduction to XML slidesDescription of TEI workshop session 3.pdf : Document Analysis SlideDescription of TEI workshop session 3 samples.pdf : Document Analysis samplesDescription of 20101113_04.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1Description of 20101113_04b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1 (materials)Description of 20101113_05.pdf : "What can you do with encoded texts?" lecture slidesDescription of 20101113_06.pdf : Introduction to the TEI Header slidesDescription of 20101113_07.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2Description of 20101113_07b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2 (materials)Description of 20101113_08.pdf : How to Publish your TEI Documents handoutDescription of TEI workshop session 9.pdf : Digitization and Preservation lecture slideDescription of 20101113_10.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 3Description of 20101113_10b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 3 (materials

Creating Digital Scholarly Editions Using the TEI

Materials from a bootcamp held Thursday, September 22, 2011 in conjunction with THATCamp Kansas 2011.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/1/2011-09-22_welcome.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/2/2011-09-22_setup.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/3/2011-09-22_xml-intro-slides.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/4/doc_analysis.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/5/doc_samples.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/6/2011-09-22_holton.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/7/2011-09-22_tei-header-slides.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/8/2011-09-22_recipes.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/9/2011-09-22_what_can_you_do.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/10/2011-09-22_how_to_publish.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109401/11/2011-09-22_whitman.zipDescription of 2011-09-22_welcome.pdf : Welcome slidesDescription of 2011-09-22_setup.pdf : Welcome and computer set up slideDescription of 2011-09-22_xml-intro-slides.pdf : Introduction to XML slidesDescription of doc_analysis.html : Document Analysis SlideDescription of doc_samples.html : Document Analysis samplesDescription of 2011-09-22_holton.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1Description of 2011-09-22_tei-header-slides.pdf : Introduction to the TEI Header slidesDescription of 2011-09-22_recipes.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2Description of 2011-09-22_what_can_you_do.pdf : "What can you do with encoded texts?" lecture slidesDescription of 2011-09-22_how_to_publish.pdf : How to Publish your TEI Documents handoutDescription of 2011-09-22_whitman.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding

Digital Publishing and Preservation Using XML

Materials from a workshop for University Library staff held Tuesday, November 16, 2010.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/1/20101116_01.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/2/20101116_02.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/3/20101116_03.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/4/TEI workshop session 3.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/5/TEI workshop session 3 samples.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/6/20101116_04.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/7/20101116_04b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/8/20101116_05.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/9/20101116_06.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/10/20101116_07.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/11/20101116_07b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/12/20101116_08.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/13/TEI workshop session 9.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/14/20101116_10.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109398/15/20101116_10b.zipDescription of 20101116_01.pdf : Welcome and computer set up slideDescription of 20101116_02.pdf : Welcome slidesDescription of 20101116_03.pdf : Introduction to XML slidesDescription of TEI workshop session 3.pdf : Document Analysis SlideDescription of TEI workshop session 3 samples.pdf : Document Analysis samplesDescription of 20101116_04.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1Description of 20101116_04b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1 (materials)Description of 20101116_05.pdf : "What can you do with encoded texts?" lecture slidesDescription of 20101116_06.pdf : Introduction to the TEI Header slidesDescription of 20101116_07.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2Description of 20101116_07b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2 (materials)Description of 20101116_08.pdf : How to Publish your TEI Documents handoutDescription of TEI workshop session 9.pdf : Digitization and Preservation lecture slideDescription of 20101116_10.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 3Description of 20101116_10b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 3 (materials

Creating Digital Scholarly Editions: An Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)

Materials from a workshop for Department of English Language & Literature and the Department of Comparative Literature students, faculty, and staff held Saturday, March 19, 2011.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/1/20110319_01.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/2/20110319_02.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/3/20110319_03.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/4/doc_analysis.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/5/doc_samples.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/6/20110319_04.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/7/20110319_04b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/8/20110319_06.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/9/20110319_05.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/10/20110319_07.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/11/20110319_07b.ziphttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/12/20110319_08.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/13/pfs_talk2.htmlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109399/14/pfs_talk2_files.zipDescription of 20110319_01.pdf : Welcome and computer set up slideDescription of 20110319_02.pdf : Welcome slidesDescription of 20110319_03.pdf : Introduction to XML slidesDescription of doc_analysis.html : Document Analysis SlideDescription of doc_samples.html : Document Analysis samplesDescription of 20110319_04.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1Description of 20110319_04b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 1 (materials)Description of 20110319_06.pdf : Introduction to the TEI Header slidesDescription of 20110319_05.pdf : "What can you do with encoded texts?" lecture slidesDescription of 20110319_07.pdf : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2Description of 20110319_07b.zip : Exercise: TEI Encoding 2 (materials)Description of 20110319_08.pdf : How to Publish your TEI Documents handoutDescription of pfs_talk2.html : Lecture: Entanglement: transcription and markup in the hermeneutic circleDescription of pfs_talk2_files.zip : Lecture: Entanglement: transcription and markup in the hermeneutic circle (graphics