Kathy Robinson, PhD, MME, BSc

Email

kr10@ualberta.ca

Phone

(780) 492-0924

Address

444 Education Centre - South

11210 - 87 Ave NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2G5

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 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

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