AERA & Music Education

For those of you interested in music education research, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference schedule is now available. This annual conference is always full of phenomenal research sessions in a very wide array of disciplines. Here’s a quick look at the sessions sponsored by the Music Education Special Interest Group:

Monday April 13th

12:00 – 1:30 Current Issues in Music Learning and Teaching

Session Participants:

Chair: Ronald P. Kos (Boston University) 

• From Transfer to Transformation: A Preliminary Inquiry Into Educational Leadership and Powerful Experiences in Music Education  Janet Erin Cape (Arizona State University)
• Metaphorical Process and the Birth of Meaningful Musical Rationality in Beginning Instrumentalists       Sharon g Davis (Cool Spring Elementary School, Oakland University)
• Behind Closed Doors: Emotional Abuse in the Music Studio            Linda Jean Macarthur (OISE/University of Toronto)
• SoundScapes: An Interdisciplinary Music Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum        Gena R. Greher (University of Massachusetts – Lowell)Ashleigh Hillier (University of Massachusetts – Lowell)

Discussant: Peter Whiteman (Macquarie University)

2:15 – 3:45 Current Issues in Music Learning and Teaching

Session Participants:

Chair: Linda K. Thompson (Lee University)

• Hearing the “Voice” of Students and Teachers in Music Education Research Hearing the Voice of Nonsingers Through Narrative Methodology Colleen Marie Whidden (University of Calgary)
• The Effects of Children’s Choir Participation on Musical Identity DevelopmentMelissa Mills (University of Maryland)
• The Experiences of Elementary Music Teachers Participating in a Collaborative Teacher Study Group Ann Marie Stanley (University of Rochester)
• “To Think in the Perspective of Each Child:” A Student-Centered Music Teacher’s Beliefs and Practices Janet R. Barrett (Northwestern University)

Discussant: Mark Robin Campbell (SUNY – College at Potsdam)

4:05-5:35 Research on Music Teaching in Urban Schools

Session Participants:

Chair:  Donna Brink Fox (University of Rochester) 

• Perceptions of Effective Teaching and Preservice Preparation for Urban Elementary General Music Classrooms Lisa J Lehmberg (University of Massachusetts – Amherst)
• A Case Study of Three Urban Music Teachers in the Second Stage of Their Teaching Careers John Eros (University of Michigan)
• Meanings Urban String Music Educators Attribute to Their Work Margaret Schmidt (Arizona State University)
• The Process of Conducting Mixed-Methods Research in Music Education Kate Fitzpatrick (University of Michigan)

Discussant: Jacqueline H. Wiggins (Oakland University)

Tuesday April 14th

8:15 – 9:45 Research on P-12 Teaching and Learning in Music

Session Participants:

Chair: Frank Heuser (University of California – Los Angeles) 

• Inside/Outside: School Music on “The Line” Wesley Brewer (Arizona State University)
• Gaining Footing on Shifting Sands: The Influence of the Band on Middle School Students’ Identities Adria R Hoffman (University of Maryland – College Park)
• Music Education in Homeschooling: Jamie’s Story Jeananne Nichols (Olivet College)
• An Exploration of After-School Popular Music Ensembles Dale E. Bazan (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)

Discussant: Mary Ellen Cavitt (Texas State University) 

10:35 – 12:05 The Study of Identity in Music Education Research

Session Participants:

Chair: Sandra L. Stauffer (Arizona State University) 

• “And That Is Why Girls Do Not Compose Music”: A Qualitative Examination of Undergraduate Compositional Identity Bruce Allen Carter (University of Maryland – College Park)
• Fostering and Sustaining Music Teacher Identity in the Student Teaching Experience Tami Draves (The University of Arizona)
• An Exploration of Socialization and Occupational Identity Among Undergraduate Music Majors James R. Austin (University of Colorado) Daniel S. Isbell (Ithaca College) Joshua A. Russell (University of Arkansas)
• The Performing Professor: Issues of Identity and Work of Artist/Musicians in Academe Terry Sefton (University of Windsor) Jonathan Gardner Bayley (University of Windsor)

Discussant: Janet R. Barrett (Northwestern University)

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• Planning and Assessment Processes of High School Band Directors Dale E. Bazan (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
• An Investigation of the Effect of Movable-Do and Fixed-Do Solfege Instructions on Development of the Sightsinging Skills of 7- and 8-Year-Old Children< Alena Vladimirovna Holmes (University of Wisconsin – Whitewater)
• A Situated Perspective on Learning Through Teaching Klaus Nielsen (University of Aarhus)
• The Effect of Computer-Mediated Observation on Preservice Music Teacher Lesson Analysis Skills in an Early Field Experience Kevin T. Shorner-Johnson (University of Georgia)
• Student Musicians’ Ear-Playing Ability as a Function of Vernacular Music Experiences Robert H. Woody (University of Nebraska – Lincoln) Andreas Lehmann (Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg, Germany)

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• Strategies for Composing Educational Music Bernard W. Andrews (University of Ottawa) Murry Dineen (University of Ottawa) Robert Flynn (University of Ottawa)
• The Acquisition and Importance of Functional Piano Within the Field of Music Therapy Theresa Chardos Camilli (University of Oklahoma)
• Effects of Chamber Music Experience on Achievement and Attitudes of Band Students Danelle Larson (Arizona State University)
• Theoretical Considerations for World Percussion Curriculum in Higher Education Robert Guy Schoville (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
• Senior Adult Music Learning and Participation: A Multiple Case Study of a New Horizons Band and Orchestra Samuel Tsugawa (Arizona State University)