Research to Practice: Inclusion Means Everyone

By |2021-02-22T14:08:39-05:00February 23rd, 2021|Research to Practice|

For the past few years, the field of music education has talked about an increased need for diversity and equity in classrooms. However, as I’ve listened to these calls for change, I frequently see that for many people, diversity and inclusion encompasses only race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, orientation, and socioeconomic status. And while these are all aspects of music education that certainly need to change, I hold firm to the belief that we cannot have truly diverse or inclusive classrooms until we also include people with disabilities. [...]

Research to Practice: Informal Music Teaching

By |2021-02-02T07:35:12-05:00February 2nd, 2021|Research to Practice|

Action research is a great way to break into thinking about ways to improve what you teach, how you teach, and how students learn. I would even go as far as to suggest that most teachers are already doing this in their classrooms. Action research doesn’t have to be formal or fancy. It just starts with a spark of wonder or an idea. [...]

Research to Practice: Using Data for More than Just Grades

By |2020-10-20T08:29:11-05:00October 20th, 2020|Band, Choir, General Music, Orchestra, Research to Practice, Teaching|

I used to think that research was complicated and couldn’t help me in my classroom. I used to see the Music Educators Journal arrive in my mailbox, flip through, sigh, think to myself – “If I only had time….,” and then add the issue to a growing pile on my dining room table. [...]

Go to Top