2009 Symposium on Music Teacher Education

Enacting Shared Visions
September 10-12, 2009
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Important Dates

June 15, 2009: Notification of acceptance for papers/proposals
August 1, 2009: Early Registration Ends

Travel & Logistics

Symposium Registration

Registration is now open for the 2009 Symposium on Music Teacher Education. You may register for the Symposium by completing the downloadable registration form and faxing or mailing the form with your payment.

2009 Symposium Registration Form

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Accommodations

Click on accommodations to view a list of symposium hotels. Please make reservations as soon as possible to ensure availability at the hotel of your choice. Special room rates are guaranteed under the name “SMTE” until August 11, 2009.

Detailed Schedule

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 UNCG School of Music Atrium and Recital Hall
5:00 – 10:00 PM   Welcome and Opening Activities
5:00 – 6:45 PM   Registration
7:00 – 7:15 PM   Welcome
7:15 – 7:30 PM   Introductions
7:30 – 8:30 PM   Opening Keynote Address, David Myers:
Contemplating Values in Music Teacher Education: Can We Achieve What We Believe?
8:30 – 10:00 PM   Reception
9:30 – 10:00 PM   Depart for Hotel (Transportation provided to the Marriott)

 

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 UNCG Elliott University Center (EUC)
7:15 – 7:45 AM   Depart for UNCG (Transportation provided from the Marriott)
7:30 – 8:30 AM   Morning Amenities (Coffee, juice, bagels, and fruit provided)
8:30 – 9:30 AM   Opening Session Introduction & ASPA Overview (EUC Auditorium)
9:40 – 10:10 AM   Joining an ASPA
10:10 – 10:30 AM   BREAK
10:30 – 11:00 AM   Presentations of Research, Position Papers, and Best Practices Session 1

 

 

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Auditorium

 

Everybody’s Somebody in My Class: Freedom to Try, Support to Succeed for Adolescent Musicians

 

Research Paper presented by


Bridget Sweet
, Bucknell University

Debra Borton, 
Kinawa Middle School

Abstract PDF

Perceived Conflicts in the Lives of Instrumental Music Education Students

 

Research Paper presented by


Colleen Conway
, University of Michigan

John Eros
, California State University – East Bay

Kristen Pellegrino
, University of Michigan

Chad West, University of Michigan

Music Teacher Retention in Urban Schools: Some Clues to Best Practice

 

Research Paper presented by


Janice Smith
, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College-City University of New York

Notes PDF

PowerPoint PDF

Peer Mentoring: Key to New Music Teacher Educator Success

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Tami J. Draves
, University of Arizona

Lisa Huisman Koops,
Case Western University

Policy and Organizational Leadership in Music Teacher Education: Possibilities, Challenges and Lessons Learned

 

Position Paper presented by


James Austin
, University of Colorado at Boulder

John Richmond, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Patrick Schmidt, Westminster College of Rider University

Betty Anne Younker
, University of Michigan

 

Claxton

Alexander

Kirkland

   
 

Teacher Role Development: Impacting Change Through Video and Audio Recordings

 

Research Paper presented by


Michael Hewitt

&
Leigh Berkley, University of Maryland

The Role of Inquiry-Based Practice in Preservice Music Teacher Education

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Suzanne L. Burton
, University of Delaware

Joanne Rutkowski
,
The Pennsylvania State University

Katherine Strand
,
Indiana University

Cathy Benedict, New York University

PowerPoint PDF

Developing Culturally Responsive Teachers: The African American Spiritual and Music Teacher Education

 

Position Paper presented by


Abby Butler
, Wayne State University

   

 

11:10 – 12:00 PM   Connections I (Research & Policy) – Wendy Sims/Mary Luerhsen (Auditorium)
12:00 – 2:00 PM   Lunch on your own (Graduate Research Forum – .pdf – lunch provided to participating graduate students and JMTE Board Members)
2:00 – 2:30 PM   Presentations of Research, Position Papers, and Best Practices Session 2

 

 

Cone A

Cone B

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Maple

Auditorium

 

Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Music Education Curriculum Revision

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


David A. Williams
, University of South Florida

Creativity and Collaboration: Change in Higher Education

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Mary Kate Newell

&
Jill Reese, Temple University

Reflective Teaching and New Technological Thinking: Implications for 21st Century Practices

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Alex Ruthman
, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Patrick Schmidt
, Westminster College of Rider University

Matthew Thibeault
, University of Illinois

Listening and Looking out the Rear Window: Perceptions of Mentored Research Experience Among Pre-Service Music Teachers

 

Research Paper presented by


Nathan B. Kruse
&
Don Taylor
, University of North Texas

General Music Education Student Teacher Preparation: Views from Cooperating Teachers and Student Teacher Supervisors

 

Research Paper presented by


Wendy H. Valerio
, University of South Carolina

Judy Bond
, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point

Tim Brophy
, University of Florida

Daniel Johnson
, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Brent Gault
, Indiana University

Carlos Abril
, Northwestern University

Herbert Marshall
, Baldwin-Wallace College

 

Claxton

Alexander

Kirkland

Jarrell

 
 

Music Students’ Motivations for Choosing Acareer in Music Education or Music Performance

 

Research Paper presented by


Kelly A. Parkes

&
Brett D. Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Influences on Career Choice Among Music Education Audition Candidates: A Pilot Study

 

Research Paper presented by


David A. Rickels
, Boise State University

Kimberly H. Councill, Susquehanna University

William E. Fredrickson
, Florida State University

Michelle Hairston

East Carolina University

Ann M. Porter
, University of Cincinnati

Marg Schmidt
, Arizona State University

Abstract PDF

The Prism Project: A Collaborative Special Needs Field Experience for Preservice Music, Theatre, Dance, and Special Education Teachers

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Ryan Hourigan

&
Michael Daehn, Ball State University

Abstract PDF

Subverting the Permanent Curriculum in Music Education

 

Position Paper presented by


John Kratus
, Michigan State University

 

 

2:40 – 3:30 PM   Connections II (K-12 w/Higher Ed) – Phillip Greco/Mark Campbell (Auditorium)
3:30 – 3:50 PM   BREAK (Beverages provided, Presenters set up for Poster Session)
3:50 – 4:20 PM   Presentations of Research, Position Papers, and Best Practices Session 3

 

 

Joyner

Dogwood

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Auditorium

 

Negotiating Missing Voices in Music Education: Past, Present, and Future

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Marsha Kindall-Smith
,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, (Retired)

Constance L. McKoy,
Music Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Susan W. Mills
 Hayes School of Music,Appalachian State University

Preparing Future Teachers to Work with Underprivileged and At-Risk Populations

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Rebecca B. MacLeod
,
Music Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Abstract PDF

The First Year of College: Intellectual Development and Socialization

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Lisa R. Hunter
, SUNY-Buffalo State

Abstract PDF

Infusing Informal Learning into the Music Education Curriculum

 

Position Paper presented by


Andrew Goodrich
,
Boston University

Abstract PDF

In the Voices of Our New Colleagues: The Role of the Doctoral Program in the Socialization of Teacher Educators

 

Research Paper presented by


Cynthia Crump Taggart
,
Michigan State University

Mitchell Robinson
, Michigan State University

Lisa Huisman Koops
, Case Western Reserve University

Nathan Kruse, University of North Texas

Tami J. Draves, University of Arizona

Abstract PDF

 

Claxton

Alexander

Kirkland

Jarrell

 
 

O Brave New World, That Has Such People In’T: Courageous Conversations Between Music Theory and Music Education

 

Position Paper presented by


Cathy L Benedict
,
New York University

Jennifer S. Snodgrass, Appalachian State University

Trying on Teaching

 

Research Paper presented by


James R. Austin
 &
Peter J. Miksza, University of Colorado at Boulder

Abstract PDF

Supporting the Student Teacher: Cooperating Teacher Perspectives

 

Research Paper presented by


Deborah V. Blair
,
Oakland University

Abstract PDF

Music Teachers and Technology: The TPACK Framework

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


William I. Bauer
,
Case Western Reserve University

 

 

4:30 – 5:00 PM   Presentations of Research, Position Papers, and Best Practices Session 4

 

 

Joyner

Dogwood

Cone C

Maple

Auditorium

 

The Influence of the Faculty Reward System on the Socialization of Future Music Teachers

 

Position Paper presented by


D. Brett Nolker
, Music Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Exploring Collaboration from the Inside Out

 

Research Paper presented by


Ann Marie Stanley
,
Eastman School of Music

Kerry Filsinger
, South Davis Elementary School, Orchard Park, NY

Preparing Rural Music Teachers: Reflecting on “Shared Visions”

 

Position Paper presented by


Vincent C. Bates
,
Northwest Missouri State University

Performing as Research: Generative Classroom Pedagogies

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Marsha Baxter
&
Mark R. Campbell
,
The Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam

School-University Partnerships: Multiple Lenses of Practice in Music Teacher Education

 

Position Paper presented by


Gena R. Greher
, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Suzanne L. Burton
, University of Delaware

Frank Abrahams
, Westminster Choir College at Rider University

Timothy S. Brophy
, University of Florida

Lisa R. Hunter
, SUNY: Buffalo State University

Nathan Kruse
, University of North Texas

 

Claxton

Alexander

Kirkland

Jarrell

 
 

The University of Southern California Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Music Program

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


John L. Whitener
, University of Southern California

Learning Through Play: Extending an Early Childhood Music Education Approach to Undergraduate and Graduate Music Education Programs

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Lisa Huisman Koops
,
Case Western Reserve University

Cynthia Crump Taggart
,
Michigan State University

The Effect of Computer-Mediated Video on Lesson Analysis Skills Gained in Early Music Education Field Experiences

 

Research Paper presented by


Kevin Shorner-Johnson
, University of Georgia

Paper PDF

Points of Affirmation or Negation During Music Education Internship: Student Perceptions of Experiences

 

Research Paper presented by


Dale Misenhelter
, University of Arkansas

Keith Kaiser
, Ithaca College

 

 

5:00 – 6:30 PM   Research Poster Session & Reception – .pdf (Provided by MRi @ UNCG)
6:00 – 6:30 PM   Depart for Marriott (Downtown restaurants are near the Marriott)
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 UNCG Elliott University Center (EUC)
7:45 – 8:15 AM   Depart for UNCG (Transportation provided from the Marriott)
8:00 – 9:00 AM   Morning Amenities (Coffee, juice, bagels, & fruit provided)
9:00 – 9:30 AM   Presentations of Research, Position Papers, and Best Practices Session 5

 

 

Cone A

Cone B

Cone C

Maple

Auditorium

 

Identity and Socialization: A Comparison of Curricular Strategies of General and Professional Education Programs and Music Education

 

Research Paper presented by


Ryan Hourigan
, Ball State University

Linda Thornton
,
The Pennsylvania State University

The Challenge and the Promise of Effective Urban Music Teacher Education

 

Research Paper presented by


Kate R. Fitzpatrick
, University of Michigan

Using Theoretical Frameworks for Technology Integration in Music Teacher Preparation Methods Courses

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Kathleen Kerstetter
, Florida International University

Paper PDF

School/University Music Partnerships in Action: Introducing the Connect Music Project (UK) Within Its New North American Context

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Katie Carlisle
, Georgia State University

Music Teacher Socialization in the Pre-Service Years: Partnerships in Early Childhood

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Joanne Rutkowski
,
The Pennsylvania State University

Hilree J. Hamilton
, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Alison Reynolds
,
Temple University

Cynthia Crump Taggart
,
Michigan State University

Wendy Valerio
, University of South Carolina

Abstract PDF

PowerPoint PDF

 

Claxton

Alexander

Kirkland

Jarrell

Faculty Center

 

A Dialogue on LGBT Discourses Pervasive to, yet Unstated in, Music Education: “Dude, You’re Just a Band Fag? (Only) Gays Sing in Chorus; and (All) Women Band Directors are Dykes.”

 

Position Paper presented by


Bruce Carter
, University of Maryland at College Park

Louis Bergonzi
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Large Ensemble Music Instruction: A Phoenix Awaiting Cremation or Reincarnation?

 

Position Paper presented by


Linda A. Hartley
, University of Dayton

Frank Heuser
, University of California, Los Angeles

Marg Schmidt
, Arizona State University

Molly A. Weaver
,
West Virginia University

Stephen F. Zdzinski
, University of Miami

Paper PDF

Practicing What We Preach: Modeling Student Choice and Differentiated Instruction in a Graduate Music Education Course

 

Research Paper presented by


Ann Marie Musco
,
Georgia State University

Developing Capacity for Changing Practice in Music Education: A Policy Analysis for Music Teacher Education

 

Position Paper presented by


Ronald P. Kos, Jr.
,
Boston University

Paper PDF

Crossing the Street: Collaborating to Systematically Assess Pre-Service Music Educator Candidates

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Timothy S. Brophy

&
Elayne P. Colón, University of Florida

 

9:40 – 10:10 AM   Presentations of Research, Position Papers, and Best Practices Session 6

 

 

Cone A

Cone B

Cone C

Maple

Auditorium

 

Perceptions of Participants Enrolled in Alternative Certification Music Education Programs

 

Research Paper presented by


Daniel Hellman
, Missouri State University

Carol McDowell
, Southeast Missouri State University

Abstract PDF

Paper PDF

Teaching Ambition: High School Music Students’ Perspectives on Becoming a Music Teacher

 

Research Paper presented by


Tami J. Draves
, University of Arizona

Abstract PDF

Toward a Model of Integrated Music Teacher Role-Identity

 

Research Paper presented by


Wesley D. Brewer
, Roosevelt University

Zooming In/Zooming Out: Exploring Understanding in the Context of Early Childhood Music Teaching and Learning

 

Research Paper presented by


Lisa M. Gruenhagen
, Bowling Green State University

Abstract PDF

A Panel Discussion on the State of Online Graduate Programs in Music Teacher Education

 

Position Paper presented by


Mitchell Robinson
, Michigan State University

James R. Austin
, University of Colorado at Boulder

William I. Bauer
,
Case Western Reserve University

Dorothy Bryant, Ohio University

Kimberly C. Walls
,
Auburn University

 

Claxton

Alexander

Kirkland

Jarrell

Faculty Center

 

Sharing Practices, Hearing Ripples: Music Teacher Educators, Composers, Practitioners and Children Composing Together

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Michele Kaschub
, University of Southern Maine

Janice Smith
, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College – City University of New York

It’s a Balancing Act: Music Integration for Elementary Education Majors

 

Best Practice Paper presented by


Janice Killian
John Wayman,
&
Andrea Riggs
, Texas Tech University

PowerPoint PDF

A Study Exploring Elementary Music Teacher Professional Development Preferences

 

Research Paper presented by


Anthony D. Bernard
, Eastvalley Elementary School

Paper PDF

The Assessment of Professional Dispositions in Music Teacher Certification Programs

 

Research Paper presented by


Paul F. Doerksen
, Duquesne University

Gary K. Ritcher
, James Madison University

Retention of Teachers in Urban Schools: Profile of an Effective Urban Music Educator

 

Research Paper presented by


Vicki D. Baker
, Texas Woman’s University

 

10:10 – 10:30 AM   BREAK (Presenters set up for Poster Session)
10:30 – 11:20 AM   Connections III (Higher Ed w/ Higher Ed) – Betty Anne Younker, Julie Evans, Mark Clague, Karen Fournier, and Maud Hickey (Auditorium)
11:30 – 12:30 PM   Best Practice/Position Poster Session – .pdf (Provided by MRi @ UNCG)
12:30 – 1:30 PM   Lunch Provided
1:30 – 3:30 PM   ASPA Meetings (Provide Janet Barrett w/ 3×5 card summaries)
3:45 – 4:30 PM   Closing Keynote Address, Lizabeth Wing:
On Elephants and ASPAs
4:30 – 5:00 PM   Symposium Summary – Presentation of Mind Map
5:00 – 5:15 PM   Closing Remarks
5:15 – 5:30 PM   Walk through campus to the School of Music Atrium
5:30 – 9:30 PM   Banquet (UNCG School of Music Atrium)
8:00 – 9:30 PM   Depart for hotels (Transportation provided to the Marriott)