Monday 23 January 2012

ISME Executive::January 2012

ISME Executive being held in conjunction with the NAMM Show included a
visit to the John Lennon Educational Tour bus.

From left to right:
Bo Wah Leung, Håkan Lundström, Graça Boal Palheiros, Brian Rothschild
(Executive Director of the John Lennon bus), Margaret Barrett, Judy
Thönell and Graham Welch.

photo provided by Bo Wah Leung.

Thursday 19 January 2012

The 8th International Conference for Research in Music Education

The 8th International Conference for Research in Music Education

April 2-6, 2013

Graduate School of Education

University of Exeter

Call for Papers - Deadline 31 October 2012

The aim of the conference is to gather together researchers, teachers
and practitioners to share and discuss research that is concerned with
all aspects of teaching and learning in music: musical development,
perception and understanding, creativity, learning theory, pedagogy,
curriculum design, informal settings, music for special needs,
technologies, instrumental teaching, teacher education, gender and
culture. Music education is also viewed in the context of arts
education, the whole curriculum and its socio cultural contexts.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE

Dr Pamela Burnard - Cambridge University, UK

Professor Gary McPherson - Melbourne University, Australia

Dr Kate Overy - Edinburgh University, UK

Submissions

*Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted with an
indication of the mode of presentation: e.g. paper, poster, symposium
etc.

*Abstracts should be sent as Word compatible documents. Please DO NOT
send pdf documents.

*Authors who intend to submit their work to the journal should
indicate this on the abstract (i.e. 'this article will also be
submitted to the journal for review')

*Paper presentations should be 20 minutes in length, to be followed by
up to 10 minutes chaired discussion time.

*Practical workshops linking research to practice are especially welcome.

*If you are interested in organising a symposium please contact the
conference director before submitting an abstract.

*Criteria for acceptance: original, well conducted and reported
research, relevant to an international audience in the field of music
education, demonstrating sufficient command of English.

*A short curriculum vitae (resumé) of no more than one side of A4 must
be attached.

Submit to rime@ex.ac.uk

All abstracts are anonymously reviewed. On acceptance, authors will be
invited to submit an extended summary of 1,000 words which will be
published in the conference proceedings online after the conference.

Papers to be considered for publication in the journal 'Music
Education Research' should be submitted electronically directly to the
journal. Papers for the journal should be between 5000 and 8000 words
and conform to requirements of the journal (see style guidelines).

Conference Director: Sarah Hennessy

Further details and booking information will be available from May
2012 at the Conference web site.