PMEA Research and Advocacy Page
Teacher/Researcher Partnership project
Teachers have questions, and high ed faculty have research experience. If you have a question about your classes, music program, or the profession, contact the Research Committee (lct12@psu.edu) and we will partner a PMEA member teacher with a researcher with expertise in the area of your question. You can develop a project together, and work together to find the answer. Previous projects have involved a general music teacher required to classes to a new age level, and a band/string teacher wanting to see how student journaling might help her teaching.
PMEA Research Committee
- Linda Thornton, Penn State, Research Committee Chair lct12@psu.edu
- Alison Reynolds, Temple University, Committee Member alison.reynolds@temple.edu
- Lewis Strouse, Carnegie Mellon University, Committee Member strouse@andrew.cmu.edu
- Kimberly Councill, Susquehanna University, Committee Member councill@susqu.edu
- Nancy Beitler, Southern Lehigh Middle School, Committee Member beitlern@slsd.org
Call for Papers for the 2009 Conference
- Download the details here
Research Articles
Research Links
Download Research Abstracts from the 2008 Conference
- The Academic Environment of One Junior High School in Northeastern Pennsylvania as Perceived by the Administration and the English, Mathematics, and Music Faculty, Betsy Buzzelli-Clarke, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Investigation of a Rich Musical Environment on AMMA Scores, Jill Reese, Temple University
- Five Parents’ Descriptions of their Preschool Children’s Music Behaviors, Anna Preston, Temple University
- A Comparison of South African Students’ Formal and Informal Music-Making, Kimberly Sandifer, Elizabethtown College
- Mentoring Beginning Music Teachers in Pennsylvania: Mentors’ Perceptions, Holley Haynes, Temple University
- Virtual and Imagined Worlds: The Musical Communities of Interactive Gaming and their Implications for the Music Classroom, Ann Clements, Tom Cody, Beth Gibbs, Penn State University
- Kindling the Spark: General Music Teachers and Principals Talk about Music Education Professional Development, Alison Reynolds, Temple University
- The Lived Experience of Music Teachers: Building a Professional Identity, Beth Gibbs, Penn State University
- Descriptive Study of Tuning procedures of String and Orchestra Teachers: A Pilot Study, Jane Palmquist, Brooklyn College
- The First Five Years of the “Real World:” An In-Progress Longitudinal Investigation of Music Teachers Educated in Pennsylvania Music Education Programs During their First Five Years After College, Kim Councill, Susquehanna University
- Creativity in the Middle School Instrumental Setting: Music Educators’ Use of Improvisation and Composition, Nancy Beitler, Penn State University
- The Performance and Practice routines of College Students Majoring in Jazz Studies, Karendra Devroop, Elizabethtown College
- Relationships Between Visual Imagery and Melodic Dictation Success by Nathan Buonviri
Research Suggestions
- Have a suggestion for a research project? Grad students and faculty in PMEA are interested in ideas for projects! Please submit a question or problem you think would make a good project by clicking here.
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