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 2009 Conference
- Mary Kate Newell, Temple University
An investigation of dance education standards in elementary education in the Tri-State Area
- Yi-Ting Huang, Penn State University
Plain living and simple deeds: The role and meaning of a music education in the old order amish community
- Nancy Beitler, Penn State University
Creativity in the middle school instrumental setting: Educators’ use of improvisation and composition
- Nancy Beitler, Penn State University
Collaborative reflection: A deeper understanding of the reflective practices of middle school teachers
- Marlena Rudzinski, Temple University
Social-music interactions: A six-month case study of a toddler
- Stephen Johnson, Clarion University
A descriptive study of rural sixth grade instrumental students’ thought processes while engaged in sight-reading
- Robert Gardner & Kenneth Docker, Penn State University
The status of orchestra programs in K-12 public schools in Pennsylvania, and a profile of music teachers who teach strings in those schools
- Beth Gibbs, Penn State University
Experienced elementary music teachers’ perceptions of interactions with students
- Nathan Buonviri, Temple University
Effects of aural distractions on musical memory
- Heather A. Russell, Temple University
“No one ever said”…Seven music teachers experiences discovering the missing link in their training
- Bridget Sweet, Bucknell University
“Magic dragon” moments: Teaching for morality in a middle school choir class
- Kimberly H. Councill, Susquehanna University
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
- Karendra Devroop et al., Elizabethtown College
Self-reported medical problems of college instrumental musicians
- Karendra Devroop, Elizabethtown College
“The occupational orientations of recently graduated jazz musicians in three major US cities”
- Karendra Devroop, Elizabethtown College
“The career development of jazz musicians: From high school to college to professional musician”
- Louise Anderson, Temple University
Understanding students’ sense of community within the choral ensemble
- Karen Koner, University of Maryland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756-1791) completed wind concertos: Baroque and classical designs in the rondos of the final movements
- Renee Mendenhall, Penn State University
Through the eyes of a child: A mother’s creative process
- Melissa M. Mills, University of Maryland
The effects of participation in a community children’s choir on participants’ identity: An ethnographic case study
- Allen Howell, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Curricular pillars in the elementary general music classroom
- Alison Reynolds et al., Temple University
Play-based social musical interactions among very young children and adults
- Ann C. Clements, Tom Cody, and Chris Stubbs, Penn State University
Virtual to actual: The use of games as a means to broaden pre-service music educators’ perspectives on music engagement
- Darrin Thornton, Penn State University
Predicting successful completion of the undergraduate music education degree program
- Ryan Hourigan & Linda Thornton, Ball State University and Penn State University
Identity and socialization development approaches in undergraduate professional programs
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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