I had a phenomenal experience this past week attending a wide variety of research sessions at the AERA conference in Chicago. The presence of music education at the AERA conference continues to grow as the Music Education Special Interest Group membership increases. If you aren’t a member of AERA and the music education SIG and are interested in current research you should seriously consider becoming one. Wondering what types of research studies were presented at the conference? Here is a list of the sessions sponsored by the Music Education SIG:
MONDAY, April 9
Instruction, Motivation, Curriculum and Experiences in Music Education – Paper Discussion (Roundtable)
Elementary Music Teachers Instructing Hispanic English Language Learners: Issues of Educational Quality
Kathy Scherler, Midwestern State University
Value Reinforcement Theory: Examining Motivational Influences in Elementary and Middle School Students
Veronica Sichivitsa, UNC Charlotte
Brazilian Student Self-Narratives: Curriculum and Musical Experiences
Ana Lucia Louro, UFSM
Research Studies in Music Education – Paper Discussion (Roundtable)
A Case Study in Multiple IRB Interactions: A Call to Question in Educational Research
Linda Thornton, Pennsylvania State University
Teaching Music in Illinois: A Survey
Roseanne Rosenthal, Vandercook College of Music
Preparing Doctoral Students for their Roles as Music Teachers
Susan Conkling, Eastman School of Music; Warren Henry, University of North Texas
The Relationship Between Interpersonal Communication Skills, Teaching Effectiveness, and Conducting Effectiveness of Music Education Students
Lisa Hunter, Buffalo State College
Curricular Concerns in Music Education – Paper Session
Charter Schools: Embracing or Excluding the Arts?
James Austin, University of Colorado; Joshua Russell, University of Colorado
Reconfiguring Curriculum Development in Music Education
Janet Barrett, Northwestern University
The Role of the Music Specialist in an Integrated Curriculum
Charlene Dell, University of Oklahoma; Nancy Barry, University of Oklahoma, School of Music; Michael Raiber, University of Oklahoma; Bryan Duke, University of Central Oklahoma; Diane Jackson, University of Central Oklahoma
Discussant: Sandra Stauffer (Arizona State University) Chair: Mark Robin Campbell (SUNY at Potsdam)
Music Education SIG Business Meeting
Unexamined Aspects of Researcher Education: Connection, Improvisation, and Communication
Liora Bresler, University of Illinois
Organizer: Mark R. Campbell (SUNY at Potsdam)Chair: Linda K. Thompson (Lee University)
TUESDAY, April 10
Dimensions of Musical Learning – Paper Session
The Role of Home Environment and Parental Attitudes on Student Success in Music
Ruth Hewston, The National Academy for Gifted & Talented Youth
Urban Kindergarten Parents’ Beliefs about the Effect of Music on Academic Achievement
Roseanne Flores, Hunter College
Young Children’s Constructions of the Musical Knowledgeable Other
Peter Whiteman, University of Newcastle
Discussant: Donna Brink Fox (University of Rochester) Chair: Ching Ching Yap (University of South Carolina)
Discourse, Perceptions, and Connections in Music Education – Paper Session
Discourse of Choral Teachers: Effect of Focus on Scaffolding Language and Sequential Units of Instruction
Patrick Freer, Georgia State University
Perceptions of Beginning Music Teachers Regarding Secondary Instrument Classes in Preservice Education
Colleen Conway, University of Michigan; John Eros, University of Michigan; Ryan Hourigan, University of Michigan; Ann Marie Stanley, University of Michigan
First-year Teachers and Methods Classes: Is There a Connection?
Margaret Schmidt, Arizona State University
Discussant: Linda Thompson (Lee University) Chair: Susan Sze (Niagara University)
WEDNESDAY, April 11
Music Education: Instrumentally Speaking – Paper Session
Getting the Minutes In: A Case Study of Beginning Instrumentalists’ Music Practice
Margaret Berg, University of Colorado
Discourse in the Band Room: How Talk Shapes Teaching/Learning/Community in an Instrumental Music Classroom
Teryl Dobbs, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Factors Facilitating and Inhibiting Instrumental Music Learning
Jennifer St George, University of Newcastle
Recruiting and Retaining Band Students in Urban Schools: A Case Study of Samantha
Daniel Albert, Longmeadow Public Schools
Discussant: Regina Murphy (St Patrick’s College) Chair: William Bauer (Case Western Reserve University)
Performativity and Agentry in Music Education – Paper Session
Performativity, Performance and Music Education
Kirsten Locke, University of Auckland
Performativity of Gender through Popular Music: An Ethnography
Joseph Abramo, Teachers College, Columbia University
Music Educator as Social Agent: A Personal Narrative
Melissa Abramo, Teachers College, Columbia University
Discussant: Marie McCarthy (University of Michigan) Chair: Peter Gouzouasis (The University of British Columbia)
FRIDAY, April 13
Relativity, Racism, and Retention in Music Education – Paper Session
Teaching in an Unforgiving Present for the Unknowable Future: Music Education, Multicultural Human Subjectivity, and Anti-Racism Pedagogy
Deborah Bradley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Application of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to General Music Education
Kimberly Carlos, Western Illinois University
Theoretical Model of Retention, Turnover, and Attrition of K-12 Music Teachers in the United States
Robert Gardner, Pennsylvania State University
Discussant: Akosua Addo (University of Minnesota) Chair: Frank Abrahams (Temple University)