Kathy Robinson, PhD, MME, BSc
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Education - Elementary Education
- kr10@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0924
- Address
-
444 Education Centre - South
11210 - 87 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G5
Overview
About
Kathy M. Robinson is Professor of Music Education at the University of Alberta. She holds degrees from Lebanon Valley College, Northwestern University, and the University of Michigan and has years of teaching experience in elementary and middle school general music and chorus in Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York and South Africa.
Dr. Robinson has studied Ghanaian drumming and dance in Legon, Ghana, children’s songs and choral music in South Africa, Balkan choral music in New York, Chinese traditional music at Liaocheng University in Shandong province, China and, holds Orff Schulwerk certification from the University of St. Thomas, MN. She has presented and published research focusing on world music pedagogy, Ghanaian and South African musics, culturally responsive pedagogy and urban music education. Dr. Robinson has also given more than 100 workshops and clinics on 5 continents focusing on teaching world musics for elementary classroom and general music teachers, and choral directors and on culturally-responsive pedagogy.
Awards
2019: Faculty of Education Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Alberta
1998: Dr. Rocco Carzo Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Temple University's Golden Key National Honor Society
Research
Research Interests:
World music pedagogy; culturally-responsive pedagogy; social justice in elementary music, transformational learning; South African choral music
Work in Progress:
The development of global-mindedness among youth choir alumni, teaching diverse musics in Alberta’s elementary schools
Teaching
Courses Taught:
EDEL 325 Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Music
EDEL 427 Music Creativity: Teaching and Learning
EDEL 425 The Child Voice
EDES 501 World Musics in Music Education
EDEL 597 Teaching Music Globally: China and South Africa
EDEL 597 Singing in Elementary Music
Courses
EDU 595 - Special Topics in Educational Theory and Practice
Content varies from term to term. Topics announced prior to registration period. The student's transcript carries title descriptive of content. May be repeated. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment, refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.