The Instructional Strategies SRIG mission is to promote an understanding of instructional strategies research in music education and its application in the teaching of music.

Instructional Strategies (IS) Special Research Interest Group (SRIG)

2012 Business Meeting

There are 2 items on our agenda this year.

Please read the items of business below, and submit your responses via email to Amy.Simmons@txstate.edu AND jhenninger@mail.utexas.edu by 11:59 PM on Friday, March 16th.

 

#1: Voting for the chair-elect position

Two nominations were made and accepted for the 2012-2014 chair-elect position. This person will work with incoming chair Dr. Jacque Henninger during this time, then will take over as chair for the 2014-2016 biennium. Candidates are presented below in alphabetical order. After reading about both candidates, please place an “X” next to the name of the person you would like to vote for in the box below. Please send your reply to both Amy.Simmons@txstate.edu and jhenninger@mail.utexas.edu.

 

 

Candidate 1: Dr. Lisa Maynard

Lisa Maynard is Assistant Professor of String Music Education at James Madison University where she works with music education majors in string technique, string literature, instructional methodology, and introductory music education classes, and assists with student teacher supervision.  In addition, Dr. Maynard teaches and supervises graduate students at the masters and doctoral level, and serves as Master Teacher and Director of the James Madison University String Project.  Prior to her appointment, Dr. Maynard served as Assistant Professor of Music Education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas and as a Visiting Instructor of Music Education at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Dr. Maynard is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.  Her dissertation was entitled The Role of Repetition in the Practice Sessions of Artist Teachers and Their Students.  Maynard’s articles have appeared in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Teaching Music, Southwestern Musician, Texas Music Education Research, Florida Music Director, and Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra (Volumes II & III).  Her professional contributions have included service as Secretary and Membership Chair for the Texas Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, member of the Research Committee for the Texas Music Education Research Journal, Board member of the Virginia Chapter of the ASTA, member of the College Advisory Committee for VASTA, and member of the Research Committee of ASTA.

 

Candidate 2: Dr. Jennifer S. Walter

Dr. Jennifer Stewart Walter is currently an Associate Professor of Music Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, specializing in instrumental music education. She has received degrees in music education from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Walter taught elementary, middle, and high school band in North Carolina and Tennessee and she is an experienced clinician. She is also active in the field of music education research and has presented her research at state, regional, national and international conferences. Dr. Walter's current research involves the level of noise exposure experienced by music teachers and students, how to develop pre-service teachers’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions toward teaching, and studying the relationships between cooperating teachers, pre-service teachers, and university faculty.  Dr. Walter lives in Greensboro, North Carolina with husband Donny, son Andrew, and daughter Charlie.

#2: Increasing membership activity

If you have thoughts to share, please respond to the following question:

Do you have any suggestions about how to increase activity on the part of our SRIG membership?

 


We look forward to seeing everyone in St. Louis
!

Amy Simmons, Current Chair, Texas State University – San Marcos


Jacqueline Henninger, Chair-Elect
, The University of Texas at Austin

Selected Research References:
Canelos, J. J., Murphy, B. A., Blombach, A.K., & Heck, W. C. (1980). Evaluation of three types of instructional strategy for learner acquisition of intervals. Journal of Research in Music Education, 28, (4), 243-249.
Grashel, J. W. (1979). Strategies for using popular music to teach form to intermediate instrumentalists. Journal of Research in Music Education, 27 (3), 185-191.
Hammel, A. M. (2004). Inclusion strategies that work. Music Educators Journal, 90 (5), 33-37.
Kendall, M. J. (1988). Two instructional approaches to the development of aural and instrumental performance skills. Journal of Research in Music Education, 36 (4), 205-219.
Killian, J. N. & Henry, M. L. (2005). A comparison of successful and unsuccessful strategies in individual sight-singing preparation and performance. Journal of Research in Music Education, 53 (1), 51-65.
Parncutt, R., & McPherson, G. E. (2002). The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning. New York: Oxford University Press.

Strategies for Teaching Series

The Strategies for Teaching series is designed to help music teachers implement the K-12 National Standards for Music Education and MENC's Prekindergarten Standards. Series Editor: Carolynn A. Lindeman.

Strategies for Teaching Prekindergarten Music. Compiled and edited by Wendy L. Sims. 1995. ISBN 1-56545-083-3.

Strategies for Teaching K-4 General Music. Compiled and edited by Sandra L. Stauffer and Jennifer Davidson. 1996. ISBN 1-56545-081-7.#1645.

Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level General Music. Compiled and edited by June M. Hinckley and Suzanne M. Shull. 1996. ISBN 1-56545-084-1. #1646.

Strategies for Teaching High School General Music. Compiled and edited by Keith P. Thompson and Gloria J. Kiester. 1997. ISBN 1-56545-085-X. #1647.

Strategies for Teaching Elementary and Middle-Level Chorus. Compiled and edited by Ann R. Small and Judy K. Bowers. 1997. ISBN 1-56545-086-8. #1648.

Strategies for Teaching High School Chorus. Compiled and edited by Randal Swiggum. 1998. ISBN 1-56545-087-6. #1649.

Strategies for Teaching Strings and Orchestra. Compiled and edited by Dorothy A. Straub, Louis Bergonzi, and Anne C. Witt. 1996. ISBN 1-56545-082-5. #1652.

Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level and High School Keyboard. Compiled and edited by Martha F. Hilley and Tommie Pardue. 1996. ISBN 1-56545-092-2. #1655.

Strategies for Teaching Beginning and Intermediate Band. Compiled and edited by Edward J. Kvet and Janet M. Tweed. 1996. ISBN 1-56545-088-4. #1650.

Strategies for Teaching High School Band. Compiled and edited by Edward J. Kvet and John E. Williamson. 1998. ISBN 1-56545-089-2. #1651.

Strategies for Teaching Specialized Ensembles. Compiled and edited by Robert Cutietta. 1999. ISBN 1-56545-090-6. #1653.

Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level and High School Guitar. Compiled and edited by William E. Purse, James L. Jordan, and Nancy Marsters. 1998. ISBN 1-56545-091-4 #1654.

Strategies for Teaching: Guide for Music Methods Classes. Compiled and edited by Louis O. Hall, with Nancy R. Boone, John Grashel, and Rosemary C. Watkins. 1997. ISBN 1-56545-093-3. #1656.

Strategies for Teaching: Technology. Compiled and edited by Sam Reese, Kimberly McCord, and Kimberly Walls. 2001. ISBN 1-56545-140-6. 


ADDITIONAL TEXTS:

What Works: Instructional Strategies for Music Education. Edited by Margaret Merrion and Clifford Madsen. 1989. ISBN 0-940796-61-9

The Music Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and Instructional Strategies http://finearts.esc20.net/music/music_strategies/mus_strat_home.html

Province of British Columbia Instructional Strategies
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/music810/muist.htm

Music Teaching Style: Moving Beyond Tradition by Alan Gumm. 2003. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications.

The Music and Literacy Connection by Dee Hansen, Elaine Bernstorf, and Gayle M. Stuber. 2007. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education.