present knowledge and experience in the classroom. Would you concentrate more on specific courses? Ask more refined questions? Expect more thorough answers? I think and believe your answers are yes, yes, and yes. What researchers learn from one study is shared and applied to the next one. Refinement occurs and a richer understanding of the topic gradually emerges. Think about professional musicians. They gradually improve their mastery of
tone, technique, and
intonation over the course of years of intense study, but rarely does one achieve absolute perfection, yet the chase continues.
Obviously, there are differences between conducting formal
research and
tinkering, but the spirit is the same, in the words of Garrison Keilor, try to find the answers to life’s persistent questions. Over the course of the next couple of columns, we will attempt to shine a flashlight on examples of how research informs and helps our profession explore the visible and not so visible phenomena
we experience everyday. I hope you will sit on the back porch with me and explore the wonders of our music education universe.
CALL FOR RESEARCH ABSTRACTS
On January 21, 2011 the Alabama Music Educators Association will host a research poster session as part of the 2011 AMEA Conference
in
Montgomery, Alabama. The Association invites submissions from university faculty, music teachers, graduate students, and undergraduate scholars. Submissions may include completed and in-progress research studies involving any aspect of music education, therapy, history, psychology, and performance. Research based on issues facing music educators and students
in the
Southeastern United States are especially welcome. All submissions should meet the Code of Ethics found in the Journal of Research in Music Education. Research presented at other conferences will be considered, however, previously
published work will not be accepted.
Interested researchers must submit a detailed abstract of the research project (750 words) as a word or pdf document through our online submission website
http://www.musiceducation.ua.edu/poste rs/
Abstracts will be peer-reviewed. Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm CST on Friday, November 19, 2010 for full consideration. Authors will be notified of acceptance by Friday, December 3, 2010.
When accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the AMEA Conference to present the poster. Posters should be professional in appearance and have dimensions approaching 36” X 48”. Presenters are expected to bring 50 copies of the abstract to the session. Information about the 2011 Alabama Music Educators Conference can be found at:
http://www.alabamamea.org
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