Thompson Symposium for Master's Degree Students:
Research in Practice
Next Symposium - MAY 2, 2009
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Registration deadline:
to be announced
Submission deadline:
to be announced
Dear Colleagues:
The Music Education faculty is pleased to offer the biennial Thompson Symposium for Master's Degree Students: Research in Practice which is held on Penn State's University Park campus on usually the last Saturday in April or the first Saturday in May. We are always honored to have you, your colleagues and students participate and/or attend.
CALL FOR PAPERS and POSTERS
THE THOMPSON SYMPOSIUM FOR MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS: RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
May 2, 2009
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
The Thompson Symposium is intended to provide a forum for master’s degree students to share their completed and in-progress research with graduate students and faculty. The symposium is named in honor of Keith P. Thompson, a faculty member at Penn State since1974 and retired in May 2003.
The symposium features a keynote speaker with follow-up small- and large-group discussion; a poster session for research in-progress as well as research by faculty, doctoral students, undergraduate students, and current teachers; small group discussion with faculty on in-progress research; and small-group question and answer sessions for in-depth discussion on completed master’s project. A continental breakfast and lunch are included with the registration.
Call for Papers (master’s students) and Posters (all researchers):
Guidelines for paper submissions:
Students who are currently enrolled in a master’s degree program or have completed a master’s degree within the last three years are invited to submit projects from their master’s work that reflect systematic inquiry about a topic in music education. Submissions may be in the form of a completed paper, or a summary/abstract of a research project (1-3 pages), and should emphasize the transfer of the conclusions to the practice of music education, especially to the classroom or rehearsal setting. Projects in-progress at the time of submission will be considered with an accompanying letter from the project advisor indicating completion timeline. Research representing quantitative, qualitative, historical, or philosophical methodologies is welcomed, as are literature reviews and meta-analyses. Projects not selected will automatically be considered for the poster session.
Electronic submission
An electronic submission should be an email with the subject heading “Thompson Symposium Submission” and content indicating 1) the author’s name, institutional affiliation, address, phone number, and preferred email address, 2) Title of the project and indicate if the project is in-progress or complete, and 3) The name and email address of the advisor of the project. The document should be sent in Microsoft Word as an attachment. The author’s name should not appear on the project submission itself
Hard-copy submission
Three copies of the paper or project summary should be submitted. One cover sheet with the author’s name, institutional affiliation, address, phone number, e-mail, title of project, and advisor’s name and email must also be included. The author’s name should not appear on the project itself.
Guidelines for poster submissions:
Any persons (undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degree students, faculty, teachers) who have completed research or research in-progress related to music education are invited to submit an abstract to be reviewed for the poster session. Procedures for submission, electronic or hard copy, should be followed as outlined above, with the exception that the abstract should be approximately one page in length.
Submission deadline: All submissions must be postmarked (electronically or hard-copy) by (date to be announced) to be considered. Notification concerning the submission will be sent via email. Registration deadline will be announced.
All research project submissions and registration are to be sent to:
Linda Thornton
The Pennsylvania State University
School of Music
University Park, PA 16802-1901
lct12@psu.edu