Instrumental Music Teacher Educators (IMTE)
Third Biennial Colloquium for Teachers of Instrumental Music Methods
Call for Participation for May 2009
Meeting Theme - Transforming 21st Century Instrumental Music
Educators
The Instrumental Music Teacher Educators organization invites proposals
for participation in the Third IMTE Colloquium to be held May 14-17,
2009 at the Deer Creek Resort in Mt. Sterling, Ohio.
IMTE is particularly interested in proposals related to the instrumental
music teacher educator's role in developing and influencing pre-service
and in-service instrumental music teachers philosophical, curricular,
pedagogical, and assessment practices related to:
- Student-centered instruction
- Developing comprehensive musical understandings in every student
- Changing the culture of instrumental music education
- The importance of the teaching/learning process in a product-driven
profession
- Lifelong musical participation
- Increasing the influence of instrumental music education methods
instruction/instructors
- Defining/describing pedagogical content knowledge in instrumental
music teacher education
- Recruiting instrumental music teachers and instrumental music teacher
educators
- The ongoing professional development of teachers in ways that move
them beyond the traditional instrumental music education paradigm
Proposals must be submitted via email as a Word attachment to the
IMTE Steering Committee (Robert Gardner at rdg13@psu.edu)
on or before January 15, 2009. The email should include the type
of presentation proposed (see below). The Steering Committee will notify
submitters regarding participation by March 1, 2009.
Types of participation:
Full Group Interactive Session
Presenter will have approximately 40 minutes to present a topic and
include group interaction and discussion. Submit a 250-300 word abstract
of the session and include a brief description of the interactive approach
to be utilized. Include a reference list with the proposal as well.
A limited number of full Group Interactive Sessions will be chosen
on topics of interest to the group at large.
Roundtable Discussion Paper
Presenter will have approximately 20 minutes to present the paper and
facilitate participant discussion at a roundtable. Submit a 250-300
word abstract of the paper and include a reference list.
15 Minutes of Fame Presentations
Presenters will have 15 minutes (time will be carefully monitored in
order to be fair to all presenters) to present the key concepts of
the paper or idea. Several 15 Minutes of Fame presentations will
be presented together followed by a discussant who synthesizes, critiques
and leads discussion of the concepts and ideas. Submit a 250-300 word
abstract of the session and include a reference list. Complete presentation
outline must be made available to the discussant by May 1, 2009.
"Birds of a Feather" Lunch Facilitator
Presenters will facilitate a lunch discussion on a topic of interest.
Multiple Birds of a Feather lunch session will run simultaneously.
Submit a topic title including questions for discussion.
Doctoral Student Forum
This session will offer doctoral students the opportunity to present
a paper for approximately 20 minutes. A discussant will respond to
the paper and facilitate questions for another 20 minutes. Full paper
must be made available to the discussant by May 1, 2009.
Volunteer to be a 15 Minutes of Fame or Doctoral Student Forum Discussant
Those interested in participating as discussants are invited to send
an email to the steering committee (Robert Gardner at rdg13@psu.edu)
stating their interest.