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ISSN 2469-4681
In Memorium, Janice Waldron
TOPICS is a publication of The MayDay Group for Music Education
Editor: Danielle Sirek
Associate Editor: Warren Churchill
Production Editor: Matt Koperniak
Themes
Opinion
Practices
Innovation
Curriculum
Strategies
TOPICS is intended to fill the gap between music education scholarship and practice. In particular, it focuses on the “practice” (practical, praxial, pragmatic) side of the “theory into practice” and “practice into theory” problematic by publishing papers, articles, documents, and other texts that that make a contribution to praxis and praxial theory. Thus, the focus of such scholarly articles will be on issues of relevance to music education praxis internationally, and the intended audience will be music education students, school music, community and private music teachers, and professors largely engaged with preparing undergraduate and master’s level music education students. These articles will also be of interest to doctoral students, who may also author them as part of their important bridging of the worlds of practitioners and professors. All articles will be aligned or consonant with the Action Ideals of the MDG, as published on its website, however, views expressed by TOPICS authors are their own and may or may not reflect the views of the editors.
TOPICS intends to be media rich and will gladly accommodate video, audio, and graphic features.
TOPICS Editorial Board
Thomas De Baets – LUCA Schools of Arts, Brussels, Belgium. Practitioner research, pedagogical improvisation, professional development, educational innovation
Vincent C. Bates – Weber State University, Ogden, UT, US. Critical social theory, rural music education, socioeconomic class, ecological sustainability
adam patrick bell – Western University, London, ON, Canada. Disability; music technology; popular music; music production
Antía González Ben – University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Philosophy of education, sound studies, international education
Kelly Bylica – Boston University, Boston, MA, US. Curriculum development and policy; music teacher education; critical pedagogy; reflective practice; project-based learning
William Dabback – James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, US. Community music, adult music education, lifelong music education, music identity
Eva Egolf – Public Schools, New Rochelle, NY, US. DJ learning, electronic dance music, informal learning
J. Scott Goble – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Music education: history, philosophy, semiotics, conducting, choral music
Lucy Green – UCL Institute of Education, London, UK. Ideology and music; gender and music education; popular music education; informal learning in music; new pedagogies
Juliet Hess – Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, US. Music education: anti-oppression education, equity education, critical pedagogy, “world music” education
Ailbhe Kenny – Mary Immaculate Coll., U. of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Migration and music, sociology of music ed, teacher-artist partnerships, refugee music, music communities
Nathan Kruse – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, US. Lifespan learning, community music, informal, vernacular, popular music
Ed McClellan – Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, US. Preservice/in-service teacher identity, sociological contexts of music education, instructional philosophies, strategies, & contexts of music teaching and learning, preservice music teacher professional development
Lauren Kapalka Recherme – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US. Philosophy, education policy, capitalism, ethics
Daniel Shevock – Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Park, PA, US. Philosophy of music education, ecological literacy, improvisation, interdisciplinarity, spirituality
Avra Pieridou Skoutella – Cyprus Centre for the Research and Study of Music-Cyprus Music Leadership Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. Interculturalism in early childhood music education, musical identities, empathy in music and education, leadership in/for music education, innovative pedagogies
Kari K. Veblen – Western University, London, ON, CA. Community music, lifespan learning, traditional transmission, vernacular music genres, musical play, social media and participatory culture
Daniel Walzer, Indiana University Indianapolis, IN, US. Music technology, educational leadership, creative & cultural industries, STEM/STEAM education, multimedia