Posted by MENC Staff on August 21, 2006 at 13:34:13:
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 cosponsorship 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 Individuals are invited to submit proposals for presentation in which they may share new, unpublished research in music education.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.”