SUB-THEME: 2.3 TEACHING THROUGH SINGING
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Martha Gabriel
Affiliation: University of Prince Edward Island
Professional backgroundI am a teacher educator,and I've brought my love of singing into the university classroom as I teach my literacy methods courses at UPEI. I also teach courses in communications, integration of technologyinto the classroom, and qualitative research design and action research. My current research interests include elearning, new literacies, the new learners, and e-portfolios. I have a BA in psychology from the university of Toronto, an MEd in literacy from Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, and a PhD in Psychopedagogy from the University of Ottawa.
I have been a singer of folk songs for many years
Research interestPedagogy, online learning and teaching, music to support learning in language arts classrooms, action research
Research interests relevant to AIRSI have developed a presentation on the history of PEI through song that I shared with students in numerous schools. I also collected PEI folksongs from a number of songmakers and singers on PEI. I transcribed this music, and made it available through the PEI Council of the Arts.
Potential contribution to AIRSI hope to upload the music I collected a number of years ago into the AIRS digital library. I also am looking forward to engaging in research in the local schools to explore singing to learn.
Expected benefit from the AIRS collaborationWorking with an engaging group of singers and researchers to conduct research in singing.
Primary Website http://research.upei.ca/profile/marthagabriel
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Henrietta Lempert
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Professional backgroundB.A. Honours Psychology McGill University M.Sc. (Appl. Psychology) McGill University Ph.D. Queen's University at Kingston, ON Postdoctoral Fellow (Neuropsychology)-Hospital for Sick Children Current-Director, Language and Cognition Lab, Psychology Department Currently - Research Supervisor, Research Opportunity Program (PSY299Y) Have previously taught Developmental Psychology, Research Methodology in Developmental Psychology, Language Acquisition Seminar
Research interestPsycholingusitics especially syntax language acquisition (first and second) speech processing and production prosody developmental psychology
Research interests relevant to AIRSRelation between language and singing
Potential contribution to AIRSContribute to knowledge concerning relation between language and singing
Expected benefit from the AIRS collaborationOpportunities for student training Opportunity to collaborate with researchers with related interests
Primary Website http://utoronto.academia.edu/HenriettaLempert
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Jenny Sullivan
Affiliation: Western University
Professional backgroundEarly Childhood Education Diploma - St. Clair College, Windsor, ON; BA Honours Psychology - University of Western Ontario; MA Psychology - University of Waterloo (Thesis - Morphological problem solving and vocabulary development); PhD Psychology - University of Waterloo (Dissertation - Developing knowledge of polysemous vocabulary); Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University (2003 - 2012); Director, University Laboratory School, Department of Psychology, Western University (2012 - present); Research/Teaching Area - Quantitative Methods, Early Childhood Education, and Language Development
Research interestLanguage Development in General - More specifically in relation to this project, the way that music may enhance the learning of language/vocabulary.
Research interests relevant to AIRSUsing singing to enhance vocabulary knowledge in pre-school and primary-school children
Primary Website http://www.thelabschool.uwo.ca
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June Countryman
Affiliation: UPEI Music Department
Research interestMusic education: pedagogy; change; developing communities of practice; broadened concept of musical literacy; social justice in music education
Primary Website http://music.upei.ca/faculty/profile/june-countryman
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Andrea Rose
Affiliation: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Professional backgroundB.Mus., B.Mus.Ed. Memorial, M.Mus., Ph.D. Wisconsin, Madison, Winner of the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1998, 2004 National 3M Teaching Fellow
Research interestMusic/arts education; e-teaching and learning in the arts
Personal Web site http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~arose/bio.html
