Review and Survey of MENC Research Training Institutes

The Music Education Research Council (MERC), the governing body of the Society for Research in Music Education, has taken the position that providing training in research procedures for MENC is an effective means of stimulating and encouraging growth within the music education profession. In tracing the evolvement of MERC training projects, this review underlines the fact that most participants seem to evaluate the importance of research training primarily as a means to resolve their professional problems. Members of SRME support the notion of research training and are willing to pay for such instruction. The survey indicates that variables such as the members' professional status and formal training are important factors to consider in planning research training workshops. Data gathered in the survey show that members of SRME are of two well-defined populations, each of which has distinctive needs and interests.