Brown, Bernard; Nethsinghe, Rohan(Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2025-03)
This paper examines teachers’ views about the Highly
Accomplished and Lead Teacher (HALT) Certification 2.0 Modular
Model (CMM 2.0). The research reveals teachers’ voices and agency
in relation to HALT certification. ...
In this study, the transmission of some essentials in music tradition from two different places in Asia,
namely India and Vietnam, is taken as a metaphor to be further applied on cultural and social analysis in order ...
This study presents a very small community within the Sinhalese context of Sri Lanka in light of academic interest:
the Kaffirs. Their communal history reaches far back into colonial times, and they did not distinguish ...
Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth(Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis, 2023)
The discrimination of instrumental sound in the evaluation and appreciation of
Amaradheva’s (born in 1927, passed away in 2016) performances lead
to a big gap between praising vocal achievements and using his unique ...
The author’s efforts to draw a cartography of music practices in Sri Lanka and proposing terms such as musical gift, musical
giving, and sonic generosity using the views and practices of Sri Lankan drumming, ritual ...
Sri Lanka is an island with prevalently drumming traditions. Each region has its own classified drums, drumming repertoires, and performance practices kept alive over many centuries. Although, there were significant changes ...
Kurup, Premnadh M; Li, Xia; Nethsinghe, Rohan; Cherian, Jose; Yang, Yunying(Journal of Teacher Education, 2023)
Building the capacity of pre-service teachers to work in globalised cross-cultural
environments is essential to cope with the challenges of the 21st Century. This study
establishes the value of internationally paired, ...
Collaborating across borders in higher education has shown to have myriad benefits. In this case study, drawing on
small group discussions, whole group discussion, and anonymous written student feedback, the authors from ...
Nethsinghe, Rohan(Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2023-04)
This paper reports on research conducted to evaluate the
effectiveness of the Certification Modular Model 2.0 (CMM 2.0)
offered by the Teacher Quality Institute of the Australian Capital
Territory. The research evaluated ...
Panapitiya, S.; Mahaliynaarachchi, R. P.(University of the Visual and Performing Arts, 2023-05)
Purpose: Folk poetry was used to alleviate the drudgery and harshness of agricultural life. The research
problem here is whether folk poetry has been used for the spiritual thinking and mental development of
people engaged ...
Folk music is the music of the people. People have used folk songs to express different
emotions. This research paper argues that the social processes that have shaped Sinhala folk
music are multifaceted and have significant ...
Some historical information reveals that the art of ensemble playing in Sri Lanka dates
back to the Yaksha, Naga, and tribal eras that existed even before the suggested arrival of
King Vijaya. Indigenous ensembles can ...
Teaching grammar has always posed challenges for English teachers due to the tendency
for it to be perceived as boring, resulting in disinterest and poor retention among learners.
This study investigates the effectiveness ...
It is evident that Sri Lankan musicologists have mainly used the meanings of traditional
folk poetry/verses and the occasions on which they are sung to categorize them. The
authors of this paper attempt to introduce a ...
The main objective of the article is to present some observations on the singing styles that have been used in relation to Agrarian Life in Sri Lanka. They were sung until the late 1990s by people who were employed in ...
There is a great deal of interest and investigation into the classification of folk songs in the world today. Folk musicologists use a variety of methods to accomplish this. This classification primarily uses its context, ...
People who were dependent on grains, leaves and fruits found on the earth, later on, developed to plant seeds and receive a yield of crop in return. That is said to be the beginning of agriculture. From then on, people's ...