On the new Music 1 syllabus
Brad Fuller, Tom Fienberg and I wrote this initial analysis of the new NSW Music 1 syllabus when it was […]
Education, Innovation, Music education, Pedagogy, Research in Music Education, Social Justice
Research in Music Education
In defence of Explicit Teaching and Critical Thinking
The last few days, I’ve re-posted a couple of articles I played a minor role in authoring for the Australian
Education, Music education, My Research, Pedagogy, Research in Music Education
Evidence is important, but what is the problem?
A re-post of the second article we wrote for the AARE blog recently. This one a bit of a history
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AERO says educators can trust its evidence. Can they really?
This article is re-published from the AARE blog. I’ll be re-posting the second part tomorrow, and a follow-up post soon.
Do the recommendations in the Initial Teacher Education report, “Strong Beginnings”, offer any benefits for the music education of Australian children?
On 6 July 2023, the Final report of the Teacher Education Expert Panel was released. At the time, I wrote
Advocating for music education today – can we stay together?
We have many wonderful music education experts here in Australia, and around the world, who each advocate for music education
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Our nationally-leading music courses are now under threat
I co-authored the following article with the brilliant Dr Jennifer Carter, the leading expert on music syllabus development in NSW,
Education, Music education, Pedagogy, Research in Music Education
The first drafts of the new NSW HSC Music courses are coming, and they’re not great
I think that might be the first made-up click-baity title I’ve written since I called my 2016 TEDxOxford talk “The
Education, Music education, Pedagogy, Research in Music Education
NESA’s new Music 7-10 syllabus will contribute to teacher workload and burnout
There was a piece called “Teacher burnout fuelling national shortages” on the ABC’s Radio National this morning. The federal government
Introducing the 2024 #SCMTME and MC1 Extension cohorts
Any of you who have been reading my blog this century will know that I’m a big fan of getting
School mobile phone bans
A friend sent me a great meme yesterday – He framed it as some pushback from GenZ about the upcoming
Project-Based Learning for digital sound communication
My wonderful colleague Brad Fuller and I published a paper on the pedagogies we’ve developed in a course I originally
Stimulating music educator worldview change througha pedagogy of provocation, critical thinking and peer-review
This is the second research article arising from data collected from my MOOC, The Place of Music in 21st Century
Drum Programming Minus One, and The Patented Humberstone Four-Finger Technique (Text Book Chapters)
I wrote two chapters for a wonderful new music education textbook, The Music Technology Cookbook, edited by Adam Patrick Bell. The
Seeking Innovation as Exploration of Aesthetic (Book Chapter)
My chapter in the new book Creative Research in Music, edited by my colleagues Anna Reid, Jeanell Carrigan, and Neal Peres
Nurturing Vulnerability to Develop Pedagogical Change Through MOOC Participation and Public Blogging (Book Chapter)
A chapter I wrote with Catherine Zhao and Danny Liu drawing upon data from my MOOC, The Place of Music in