Introduction to Graduate Study
Date
February 10-May 2, 2025
Course Code
8435A
Credits
3
Tuition
$1146
Course Description
In this introductory course, class members examine issues relevant to contemporary issues in music education through the lens of their personal goals and specialities. Tools for broadening and deepening knowledge in those areas will be sharpened. The work begun in this class will prepare students to use best practices, research, and credible authorities to support professional claims and decisions. Specifically, this course will prepare students to undertake the MMEd Project.
This is an online course that runs from February 10, 2025 -May 2, 2025.
Instructor
Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal recently began her second tenure as President of VanderCook, having previously served in that capacity from 1989-2004. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from SUNY Fredonia, and her Master of Science and Doctor of Education degrees from Syracuse University under the direction of Dr. Cornelia Yarbrough. She taught instrumental and general music in upstate New York for many years prior to arriving at VanderCook. A past president of the Illinois Music Educators Association, Dr. Rosenthal is on the editorial boards of both the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Reviews of Research in Human Learning and Music. She has published and presented numerous research articles pertaining to music teacher education and music learning, participates in the Motor Learning Research Forum, and has served as chair of the NAfME Music Education Research Council. Between presidential terms, Dr. Rosenthal taught coursework in methods of music teaching, research, technology and education psychology at VanderCook.