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Call for Papers
Society for Research in Music Education
Research Symposium I
University of Kansas
July 5–7, 2007
The Society for Research in Music Education (SRME), with the
co-sponsorship of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, is
pleased to announce its first Research Symposium to be held at the
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, July 5–7, 2007. 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new, unpublished research in music education.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. Interested
individuals are invited to attend the Symposium whether or not they
present. Please direct inquiries about the Symposium to Martin Bergee,
Music Education Research Council (MERC) Executive Committee Chair and
Symposium Presider, at
mencpapers@missouri.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 in any forum 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 author’s or authors’ names, (b) current position(s)
and institutional affiliation(s), (c) mailing address, telephone number,
and e-mail address (submitter only), (d) the report’s title, (e) the
abstract, and (f) specifications of prior presentation as per Items 1
and 2 above. 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 reviewers’ decision
exclusively by e-mail.
4. Send submissions to Martin Bergee at mencpapers@missouri.edu.
Please use this e-mail address for all correspondence. Hard-copy
submissions will not be accepted.
5. Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. Central
Daylight Savings Time, January 2, 2007. Extensions will not be granted.
If you have not received confirmation of your manuscript by January 10,
please notify Martin Bergee at the above e-mail address.
6. A panel of qualified reviewers will screen all
submissions.
7. Submitters will be notified of the reviewers’
decision no later than February 15, 2007.
8. All presenters and attendees must be members of
MENC and must register for the Symposium online at http://people.ku.edu/~cmj/mencresearchsymposium.html.
Information about Symposium registration, lodging in the Lawrence area,
and travel will appear on this site as the information is finalized.
9. All participants are expected to attend all
sessions on July 6 and 7, including dinner on July 7.
An informal reception
will be held the evening of Thursday, July 5. In addition, all attendees
are encouraged to join the Organizing Committee for a breakfast on
Sunday, July 8, at which discussion regarding plans for future symposia
will take place.
A copy of this call can
be viewed on MENC’s Society for Research in Music Education page,
http://menc.org/research.html
, under “Announcements.”
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