In this issue, alongside a bumper crop of job listings and call for proposals, details for Colloquium 32 are now live https://mdg32.weebly.com/. There has perhaps never been a more pressing moment for us to problem pose notions of sustainability, equity, diversity, and inclusivity. MDG Colloquium 32 represents a vital opportunity for us to reflect on our own […]
The MayDay Group is delighted to announce that Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 18.3 is now online! This special issue of ACT focuses on decolonization. With the work of Guest Editor Guillermo Rosabal-Coto, this issue is “special” in a couple of ways: first, the topic is timely and of great importance for educators world-wide. […]
ACT 18.3 is now live at act.maydaygroup.org/current-issue/ This special issue of ACT focuses on decolonization. With the work of Guest Editor Guillermo Rosabal-Coto, this issue is “special” in a couple of ways: first, the topic is timely and of great importance for educators world-wide. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, this issue of ACT seeks to reach […]
For those of you turning your thoughts to conferences, there are several calls for proposals in this MDG newsletter for you, including GMEA, VMEA, PMEA, the Symposium on Research in Choral Singing, the New York State School Winter Conference, and the CMS Pacific Southwest Conference. For those on the job hunt or looking for a change, there are a […]
This newsletter contains several important announcements, the first being that the new publication of ACT (volume 18 issue 2) now available online. ACT has also released a call for papers for the next special edition on neoliberalism which might interest many of our members. We hope that preparations for the new academic year go well […]
A special issue critically examining the influence of neoliberal capitalism on music education Neoliberal capitalism is a contemporary political and economic ideology favouring free trade, privatization, minimal government influence on business, and reduced public expenditure on social services. Its influence has been cited as the engine behind rising social and economic inequality worldwide and as […]
Congratulations to MDG member Juliet Hess on the publication of her book, Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education, as well as to MDG members David J. Elliott, Marissa Silverman, and Gary E. McPherson on their edited book The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education. The MayDay Group is also pleased to […]
Join us on the MDG Facebook group or our Twitter feed to engage in a discussion around Dan Shevock’s newest TOPICS publications. Dan has generously generated discussion questions to encourage conversation. Waste in Popular Music Education: Rock’s Problematic Metaphor and Instrument-Making for Eco-Literacy Daniel J. Shevock Penn State Altoona & State College Friends School, PA, […]
In this newsletter, we are pleased to announce publication of TOPICS 2019:02 by Daniel J. Shevock. There are several calls for proposals of interest, including ISME’s 34th World Conference, New Directions in Music Education, the 4th Symposium for LGBTQ Studies and Music Education, and the Symposium on Eudaimonia, Music, and Music Education. A reminder to those of you […]
It’s hard to believe that in just a little over a month, many of us will be gathered in Limerick, Ireland for MDG Colloquium 31! If you haven’t had a chance to register yet, click on the link. In this edition of the newsletter, you can read the latest announcements from ISME; as well as view calls for jailbreak – […]
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