Linda K. Thompson - Research Perspectives: Thought and Practice in Music Education

William I. Bauer is the Director of Music Education and Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate level classes in music education research, music cognition and learning, instrumental music education, and music instructional technology. He has published articles in leading journals in music education and is currently the editor of Contributions to Music Education . His research and writing focus on music teacher education, music cognition, and the applications of technology to music teaching and learning.

Mark Robin Campbell is Associate Professor of Music Education at the Crane School of Music, SUNY at Potsdam, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music teaching, learning, philosophy, and curriculum. His research focuses on the thinking and socialization processes of preservice music teachers. He is editor of several collections of works and is author of numerous published articles and studies.

Elliot W. Eisner is the Lee Jacks Professor Emeritus of Education and Emeritus Professor of Art at Stanford University. Professor Eisner was trained as a painter at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied design and art education at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago.

Professor Eisners contributions to education are many. He works in three fields: arts education, curriculum studies, and qualitative research methods. He has been especially interested in advancing the role of the arts in American education and in using the arts as models for improving educational practice in other fields. He is the author or editor of 16 books addressing these topics, among them Educating Artistic Vision, The Educational Imagination, The Enlightened Eye, Cognition and Curriculum, The Kind of Schools We Need, and most recently, The Arts and the Creation of Mind, published by Yale University Press. He has lectured on education throughout the world.

Professor Eisner has served as President of the National Art Education Association, the International Society for Education Through Art, the American Educational Research Association, and the John Dewey Society.

Jere L. Forsythe is Associate Professor of Music Education in the School of Music at Ohio State University, where he teaches introduction to music education and supervises student teachers at the undergraduate level, a course in classroom management for masters students, and doctoral seminars in psychological foundations and music teacher education. His scholarly research topics include teacher education, philosophy of music education and experimental research studies.

Lisa M. Gruenhagen is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at Hartwick College, where she teaches courses in music teaching and learning, curriculum, and world music. Her research focuses on childrens musical understanding and on processes of collaborative inquiry in music teacher education and professional development programs. She has presented her research at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, the Symposium on Music Teacher Education, the Music and Lifelong Learning Symposium, and the Conference on Music Learning and Teaching sponsored by the Center for Applied Research in Musical Understanding.

Mary Ross Hookey retired as Associate Professor of Music Education at Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada, after teaching in the undergraduate, preservice, and Master of Education programs. Her ongoing research relates to the roles and professional development of music educators, music teacher educators, and generalist teachers as music educators. She has published on music education and professional development in journals and books.

Jinyoung Kim is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Department of Education, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music for early childhood/elementary education, psychological foundations of early childhood, and curriculum. Her research focuses on preserivce and inser-vice classroom teachers music integration. She is the author of many books and research articles on music education. She is also a songwriter who has published music albums of childrens songs.

Daryl W. Kinney is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Ohio State University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in instrumental music education. His research interests, which include music teacher education, musical and nonmusical outcomes of school music participation, and music perception and cognition, may be found in the Journal of Research in Music Education , the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education , the International Journal of Music Education , the Journal of Music Teacher Education, and the Empirical Musicology Review .

Seung Yeon Lee is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in infant and toddler education, early childhood teaching strategies, child rights and welfare, and multicultural education. Her research focuses on infant-caregiver relationships and infant-teacher education. She and Jinyoung Kim co-authored the book Music Education for Early Childhood Teachers in Korean.

Martina Miranda is an Assistant Professor of Music Education in the College of Music at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she teaches elementary music methods courses, graduate music education courses, and supervises practicum placements and student teachers. Her areas of specialization include early childhood music, elementary general music, general music methodology, and childrens folk song literature.

Peter Miksza is Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He teaches undergraduate methods courses as well as graduate psychology and research courses. His research interests lie in the investigation of effective music practice and issues related to music teacher training. His publications can be found in several prominent music education research journals.

Sandra L. Stauffer is Professor of Music in Music Education at Arizona State University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. She has written for general music textbooks, curriculum projects, and symphony orchestra programs, and she has worked with composer Morton Subotnick on the development of music software for children. Her recent research and publications focus on creativity in music and on children and adolescents as composers, and narrative inquiry in music education .

Matthew D. Thibeault is Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. He writes frequently on issues of general music, technology, and qualitative approaches to understanding music education. His recent research focuses on technology-based general music projects for ensembles and teaching creative rights in the classroom.

Linda K. Thompson is Associate Professor of Music Education at Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, including music methods, curriculum, and research. Additionally, she is the coordinator for the graduate music education program at Lee. Her research interests include teacher education and preservice teacher thinking and beliefs. She has published in both music education and music therapy journals.