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MayDay Group Institute: June 10 - 14, 2002:
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
"Re-forming Music Teacher Education: Recent Trends and New Directions for Foundations"

As part of its agenda for change in music education the MayDay Group is offering an Institute highlighting recent trends and new directions for renewal. Leading figures in various foundations of music education fields summarize the latest trends and developments and lead discussions concerning the importance of such changes for music teacher education. Emphasis is given to the relevance of new research to the practical needs of music teacher educators, graduate students and in-service teachers.

Monday, June 10

12:00pm     Registration and refreshments

1:00pm       "Music Teacher Education: Why Change?" Sandra Stauffer
                  "The Next Frontier in Teacher Education" - Terry Gates, session chair
                  "Change Points in American Music Education History" -
                  Marie McCarthy and Terry Gates

7:00pm       Discussion Groups: "Strategizing Change"
                  ([A] classroom/general music, [B] ensemble/performance music),
                  and Q&A with Sandra Stauffer and Terry Gates

Tuesday, June 11

9:00am       "Cognition Research and Music Education" Bret Aarden, session chair

1:00pm       "What's Sex Got to Do With It? Education Research in Music"
                  Roberta Lamb, session chair

                  Feminist postmodern cultural analysis of the profession
                  Elizabeth Gould

                  Corporate influence on music education policy
                  as gender, class, and race inequity
                  Julia Koza

                  Applying feminism as performer, teacher and activist
                  Monique Buzzarté

7:00pm       Discussion Groups: "Strategizing Change",
                  and Q&A with Bret Aarden and Roberta Lamb et al

Wednesday, June 12

9:00am       "Music Education amidst diversity, plurality, and change:
                  Re-tooling 'Philosophical Foundations' to address 21st century realities"
                  Wayne Bowman, session chair

1:00pm       "Curriculum Theory and Praxis"
                  Thomas Regelski, session chair, with Cathy Kassell and Patrick Jones

6:00pm       Dinner and Keynote Address
                  "Music Education Foundations and Policy: Creating a Strategy for Change"
                  Richard Colwell

Thursday, June 13

9:00am       "Sociological Perspectives in Music Education"
                  Marie McCarthy, session chair, with Hildegard Froehlich and Scott Goble

1:00pm       "Perils, Problems, and Possibilities: Perspectives on Research"
                  David Elliott, session chair, with Lori Custodero and Kari Veblen

7:00pm       Discussion Groups: "Strategizing Change",
                  and Q&A with Marie McCarthy and David Elliott

Friday, June 14

9:00am       "Foundations and Curriculum: So What's Changed?"
                  panel (Lori Dolloff, Scott Goble, Liz Gould, Roger Rideout),
                  anchored by Thomas Regelski

                  "Strategizing Change: What Are the Next Steps?"
                  discussion group reports and general discussion, facilitated by Terry Gates

12:00pm     Adjournment