Society for Research in Music Education
Research Symposium II
At Music Education Week in Washington
Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel
Arlington, VA
June 20 and 21, 2009
MENC: The National Association for Music Education is pleased to
announce a Research Symposium to be held in Washington, D.C., June 20 and
21, 2009, in conjunction with its national Music Education Week in
Washington (June 18-23). All interested individuals are invited to attend
the Symposium.
This symposium is designed as a forum for the dissemination and discussion
of new scholarship relating to music teaching and learning. Individuals are
invited to submit proposals for presentation in which they may share new,
unpublished research in music education. Submissions are invited for EITHER
paper presentation OR poster presentation. Please direct inquiries about
the Symposium to co-presiders Christopher Johnson (cmj@ku.edu) and Terese
Volk Tuohey (ag7658@wayne.edu).
Those who wish to submit a report for consideration should
comply with the following:
FOR PAPER PRESENTATION
Research submitted for paper presentation must not have been presented at
any other conference or forum, regardless of size or type of audience. The
paper may have been submitted for publication but must not have appeared in
print prior to the Symposium.
FOR POSTER PRESENTATION
Research submitted for poster presentation must conform to the Code of
Ethics published regularly in the Journal of Research in Music Education
(also available at www.menc.org), in that (a) the paper should not have been
presented at another major conference or other forum; and (b) the paper may
have been submitted for publication but must not have appeared in print
prior to the Symposium.
Papers presented at other conferences will be considered for poster
presentation if the audience was substantially different (e.g., a state
meeting or a university symposium). A statement specifying particulars of
presentation must be included with the submission.
FOR ALL PRESENTATIONS
1. The research may be of any type, but a simple review of literature will
not be considered. Manuscript style of articles representing descriptive or
experimental studies must conform to the most recent edition of the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Authors of
other types of studies may submit manuscripts that conform to the most
recent editions of either A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations (Turabian) or The Chicago Manual of Style.
2. Only electronic submissions will be considered. Submit one file
containing the full copy of your report, including an abstract not to exceed
250 words, with no title page. The full report should contain no clues as
to author identity or institutional affiliation. In the body of the e-mail,
please include the following information: (a) the author¹s or authors¹
names, (b) current position(s) and institutional affiliation(s), (c) mailing
address, telephone number, and e-mail address (submitter only), (d) the
report¹s title, (e) the abstract, and (f) specifications of prior
presentation. Also, in the body of the e-mail, please specify whether you
want your submission to be considered for PRESENTATION ONLY, POSTER SESSION
ONLY, or EITHER PRESENTATION OR POSTER SESSION. The full report with
abstract should not exceed 6000 words in length. Send the file as an
attachment in Word Document (.doc) or Portable Document (.pdf) format.
Other formats will not be accepted. Incomplete submissions (e.g., projects
in progress, reports without abstracts, requested information not present in
the body of the e-mail, etc.) will be rejected.
3. Correspondence will be sent only to the submitter, and only by e-mail.
The submitter should send the manuscript from the e-mail address he or she
wishes to use for correspondence. You will be notified of receipt of the
manuscript and the reviewers¹ decision exclusively by e-mail.
4. Send submissions to Terese Volk Tuohey at ag7658@wayne.edu. Subject
line: MENC Papers. Please use this e-mail address for all correspondence.
Hard-copy submissions will not be accepted.
5. The submission deadline is January 31, 2009. Extensions will not be
granted. If you have not received confirmation of receipt of your
manuscript by February 10, please notify Terese Volk Tuohey at the above
e-mail address.
6. A panel of qualified reviewers will screen all submissions.
7. Submitters will be notified of the reviewers¹ decision no later than
March 15, 2009.
8. All presenters and attendees must be members of MENC and must register
for the Symposium through MENC. Information about registration, lodging,
and travel can be found at www.menc.org.
9. All participants are expected to attend all sessions on June 20 and 21.
An informal reception will be held on Friday, June 19.
A copy of this call can be viewed on MENC¹s Society for Research in Music
Education page, http://menc.org/research.html, under ³Announcements.²