Tennessee Music Educators Association
Research and Evaluation Committee
Tennessee Music Educators Association
Lowell Mason, the great New England music educator, heard
her play piano in Germany called her the equal of any man in music. She
was the most famous female performer and composer in the nineteenth century.
This carte de visite(photograph) was found in a Chattanooga flea
market. For her name, read the section on About
This Site. If you are interested in the history of music education,
click on the MENC
Research Special Interest Group site here or below. For informantion
on the history of music education, click on the history
of music education research site sponsored by the site manager.
(2) The MENC maintains an extensive site. Go to the MENC's
main web page and then click on the index. CLICK
HERE for the MENC .
Music Research Sites Sponsored by Other State Music Education Associations
(1) Texas Music Education Association Research. This site has some complete articles. CLICK HERE for Texas. Among these is Ruth V. Brittin's "Effects of Race and Gender on Elementary Students' Instrument Choices." Click here for Dr. Brittin's paper.
(2) The Ohio Music Education Association publishes a research journal, Contributions to Music Education,and maintains abstracts of work from the past two years of the journal online. CLICK HERE or Ohio.
(3) Florida has a state research journal: Research Perspective
in Music Education. CLICK
HERE for the contents of this magazine which includes articles on band
dropouts, music education and self-concept, minority students, etc.
Research Groups and Journals
(1) There is a list of the major journals in the field of music education
(includes special interests like band and choral) on the MENC website.
CLICK
HERE to go directly to the list.
(4) The Journal
of Research in Music Education, is the leading journal of music education
in the U.S. It has an online CLICK
HERE for an electronic index.
(5) The Journal of Historical Research in Music Education is devoted to the history of music teaching and learning and is sponsored by Arizona State University. CLICK HERE for details.
(6) The Music Educators National Conference "Research
Agenda for Music Education" is a paper online presenting the needs
of music education with respect to the research community.
Related Educational Research Organizations and Sources
(1) AERA.NET is an education and research network sponsored by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the primary educational research organization in the U.S. The site is extensive. The organization has many research specialty groups and an online archive of research papers, many relevant to issues in music education. CLICK HERE for the main site.
(2) The Educational
Policy Analysis Archives is an online article service that has a search
mode that will find the term "music" or "music education" in its rather
short lists of articles.
About MuSICA
(3) MuSICA Database
(CLICK HERE) search engine. MuSICA is short for Music & Science
Information Computer Archive. The MuSICA organization maintains a comprehensive
and continually updated computer-based record of scientific research on
music and its biological connections. It includes a database of scientific
studies, a newsletter (MuSICA Research Notes) and news/notices/items of
interest. The database consists of references and abstracts on music as
related to behavior, the brain and allied fields, in order to foster interdisciplinary
knowledge. Topics include the auditory system, human and animal behavior,
creativity, human brain / neuropsychology of music, effects of music on
behavior and physiology, music education / medicine / performance / and
therapy, neurobiology, perception and psychophysics. MuSICA Research
Notesis published to provide updates on research findings and new ideas
about music in life. This database is sponsore by the University of California
at Irvine. CLICK
HERE for abstracts.
MENC Publications Devoted to Research
To search for or order any of the following MENC publications, CLICK HERE.
(1) Title: NEW! Music Education Research: An Anthology from the Journal
of Research in Music Education
Description: A rich source of information on a wide array of topics,
this collection of research articles is designed for use in the classroom
with graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. Fifty-eight studies
spanning JRMEís forty-five-year history have been selected based on their
importance to the profession and their impact on the field of music education.
This anthology can serve as a textbook, a reference book, a set of basic
readings, or a collection of exemplary models of music research. Edited
by Harry E. Price. 1998. 840 pages. ISBN 1-56545-109-0.#1680\. $40.00/$32.00
MENC members
(2) Title: NEW! A Research Agenda for Music Education: Thinking Ahead
Description: This booklet is the result of MENCís continued support
for research in music education. Specifies some important lines of inquiry
that will lead to improvement in the quality of music teaching and learning.
Reflects the responses of music educators throughout the country who answered
a questionnaire asking them to identify issues and questions that need
to be studied. Contains an introduction, exploration of current research
questions, a discussion of the purpose and process of research, and a resource
list. Originally appeared in the February 1998 issue of Teaching Music.
Developed by the MENC Research Task Force, Carolynn A. Lindeman, chair.
1998. 24 pages. #4028. $1.25/$1.00 MENC members
(3) Title: Applications of Research in Music Technology
Copyright
(1) The MENC has an extensive site relating to copyright. CLICK HERE.
(2) The Copyright Website is maintained by Benedict O'Mahoney who is an attorney specializing in copyright issues. O'Mahoney lets users listen to two examples of musical compositions which were the subject of a lawsuit and then lets them judge for themselves if copyright law was violated. CLICK HERE.
(3) The Public Domain
website helps interested musicians identify music in the public domain,
that is not covered by copyright and free for the using CLICK
HERE. This is a great site.