For those interested in music education research, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2010 Conference schedule is available – the conference takes place this weekend through Tuesday. This annual conference is always full of phenomenal research sessions in a very wide array of disciplines. Thanks to Paul Baker, from the AERA Communications and Outreach committee, a NING site dedicated to the conference is already up and running and the twitter account @AERA2010 will be aggregating tweets tagged with #AERA & #AERA2010. Here’s a quick look at the sessions sponsored by the Music Education Special Interest Group:
Selected papers can often be read in the volume of Advances in Music Education Research following the conference.
Abstracts for each of the posters and papers can be read by clicking on the session and the individual links within the AERA searchable schedule
Sat, May 1 – 10:35am – 12:05pm Roundtable Session 11
Session Participants:
Advancing the Aural Theory Skills of Low-Achieving University Students – *Karen M. Bottge (University of Kentucky – Lexington)
Examining the Effect of Students’ Rhythm Syllable System on the Tempo Consistency Demonstrated During a Standardized Rhythm Performance Task *Tara Marie Pearsall (Savannah College of Art & Design)
Instrument Making as Music Learning: A Case of Japanese Bamboo Flute Music *Koji Matsunobu (University of Queensland)
Chair: Dale E. Bazan (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)Sat, May 1 – 12:25pm – 1:55pm Poster Session 3
Session Participants:
An Analysis by Ensemble Members of Various Guest Conductors’ Teaching Strategies: A Preliminary Study *Warren Haston (University of Hartford)
Factors Associated With the Career Plans of Secondary Music Educators *Joshua Alexander Russell (The University of Hartford)
Fostering a Relationship With Music or to Music? Selected Discourses in Music Education *Roger Mantie (Boston University)
Identity, Gender, and Learning in Kit Drummers: A Perspective From the United Kingdom *Gareth Dylan Smith (Institute of Contemporary Music Performance)
Impact of Cognitive Complexity on Rater Accuracy in a Music Performance Assessment *Min Zhu (University of South Carolina), *Ashlee A. Lewis (University of South Carolina), Tara Marie Pearsall (Savannah College of Art & Design), Ching Ching Yap (University of South Carolina), Robert L. Johnson (University of South Carolina), Xiaofang Zhang (University of South Carolina)
Intergenerational Collaborative Inquiry in a Teacher Study Group for Music Teachers *Jill Alyse Reese (Temple University)
Perceived Articulation Uniformity Among Trumpet and Violin Performances *Shelly C. Cooper (The University of Arizona), Donald Hamann (The University of Arizona)
Personality Self-Perceptions of Preservice Music Teachers in Relation to Satisfaction and Motivation for Technology Use Serkan Perkmen (Balkesir University, Turkey), *Dale S. Niederhauser (Iowa State University)Sun, May 2 – 10:35am – 12:05pm Student Creativity and Teacher Responsibility in the Music Classroom
Session Participants:
Composition as a Means of Fostering Musical Agency Among Children *Janet Cape (Arizona State University)
“Plugins and Crossfades”: Students’ Musical Engagement in and out of a Songwriting and Technology Class *Evan S. Tobias (Arizona State University)
“Teaching Musical Trauma”: The Case of Hans Krása’s Brundibár *Teryl L. Dobbs (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
The Complex Interplay of Composing, Developing Musicianship, and Technology: A Multiple Case Study *Sandra L. Nelson
Chair: Stephen J. Denig (Niagara University)
Discussant: Peter J. Gouzouasis (University of British Columbia)Sun, May 2 – 6:15pm – 7:45pm Music Education SIG Business Meeting. Music as the Voice of Hope and Transformation
Abstract: Dr. Peter McLaren, Professor of Urban Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education will present his keynote address: Music as the Voice of Hope and Transformation. Dr. McLaren has authored numerous publications on critical pedagogy, educational theory, and higher educational policy.Mon, May 3 – 8:15am – 9:45am Roundtable Session 32
Session Participants:
A Story Within a Story: Introspective Phases of an Ethnographic Researcher *Bridget Mary Sweet (Bucknell University)
From the Band Room to the General Music Classroom: Why Instrumentalists Choose to Teach General Music *Mitchell Robinson (Michigan State University)
“Multiple Modalities Reframed”: Preservice Music Educators’ Perspectives on Their Preparation to Work With Special Needs Students *Rhoda J. Bernard (Boston Conservatory)
Chair: Lisa R. Hunter (Buffalo State College – SUNY)Mon, May 3 – 12:25pm – 1:55pm Influencing the Music Student: Identity and Achievement
Session Participants:
Commodified Patriotism, Racialized Discourse: Choral Music Publishing After September 11, 2001 *Deborah Bradley (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
Investigating Relationships Between Participation in High School Music Ensembles and Extramusical Outcomes: An Analysis of the 2002 Education Longitudinal Study Using a Bio-Ecological Development Model *Peter John Miksza (University of Colorado – Boulder)
Peer Influences on Musical Identity: Exploring the High School Music Students’ Crowd *Kenneth Elpus (Northwestern University)
“Sampling From the Mentoring Buffet”: A Case Study of Mentoring in a Middle School Wind Ensemble Outreach Program *Margaret H. Berg (University of Colorado – Boulder)Chair: Bruce Allen Carter (University of Maryland – College Park)
Discussant: Colleen M. Conway (University of Michigan)Tue, May 4 – 12:25pm – 1:55pm Roundtable Session 45
Session Participants:
NBPTS as Professional Development for K-12 Music Teachers *Stephanie Standerfer
School String Teaching in Two Cultures: The U.S. and the United Kingdom *Khin Yee Lo (Indiana University)
The Effects of Integrated Music Instruction on Academic Achievement Among Students in Arts-Based School Reform *Michael Allen Raiber (University of Oklahoma)
Underlying Social Structures in Music Education: Teacher Perceptions of Curricular Evidence *Dale Misenhelter (University of Arkansas), *Joshua Alexander Russell (The University of Hartford), *Keith Kaiser (Ithaca College)
Chair: Kathryn J. Roulston (University of Georgia)Tue, May 4 – 2:15pm – 3:45pm Perseverance of the In-Service Music Teacher
Session Participants:
Power-Sharing Practices of Cooperating Music Teachers *Tami J. Draves (The University of Arizona)
The Meanings and Values of Music-Making in the Lives of String Teachers: The Intersections of Music-Making and Teaching *Kristen Pellegrino (University of Michigan)
Trust Comes First, Then the Violin: Sustaining a Commitment to Music Teaching in a High-Poverty School *Susan Wharton Conkling (Eastman School of Music)
Views and Experiences of Music Teachers in Schools Not Making Adequate Yearly Progress: Complexities of Changing Roles *Chad West (University of Michigan)
Discussant: Sandra L. Stauffer (Arizona State University)
Chair: Lisa R. Hunter (Buffalo State College – SUNY)