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
Pedagogy
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
New Unit of Work planners for Stage 5, NSW Music 7-10 2024 Syllabus
At the moment I’m busy re-working some of my best high school units of work for the new NSW 7-10
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
Education, Music education, Research in Music Education, Social Justice
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
MusicZettel S3E14 – Everything’s a project
This week I’m thinking about the project that I’ll create for our undergraduates and postgraduates at the Sydney Conservatorium of
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
MusicZettel S3E10 – Teaching music creation in Australia
Having had a grumble about the lack of an evidence-base in the local government’s supposedly “Evidence-based syllabus” in the last
MusicZettel S3E9: The new NSW Syllabus pt. 2 – When ideology gets in the way of educative evidence-based practice
Following on from the last episode of MusicZettel, in which I focused on the positive things about the new NSW
Music Zettel S3E8: The new NSW Syllabus pt. 1 – What is classroom music education for?
I’m asking the big questions today, prompted by the new year 7 to 10 (12 to 16 years) music syllabus
Music Zettel S3E6 – The Maker Movement (pt 2) with Mr Phil
This episode of Music Zettel extends ideas about The Maker Movement for Music Education with a recording of my (lockdown)
Music Zettel S3E5 The maker movement with Caitlin & Rowena
In this episode of Music Zettel I revisit the topic of the Maker Movement in music education – something that
Composition, Cool stuff, Creativty, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Pedagogy, Production
Teaching with Flip Sampler by Andrew Huang
I created a whole bunch of resources and a unit of work for high school classes when YouTube sensation Andrew
Live-tooting responses to the new NSW 7-10 Music Syllabus
The new NSW year 7 to 10 music syllabus out. This is a subject dear to my heart, because years
Music Zettel S3E4: Structuring poetry, structuring music
In this episode, I show how setting a poem to music can be guided by the structure of the words,
Music Zettel S3E2: Rapping about history
In this episode, I explain how to teach composition and production with free resources that I’ve made to go with
Introducing the 2023 #SCMTME cohort!
The tenth annual presentation of learning for my course Technology in Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music will
2nd draft NSW 7-10 Music Syllabus draft is out
Those who’ve followed me on other social media will know that last year I formed a group of music education
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
MusicZettel S2E1 – The Elephant in the Room
Here I am, back with a second micro-season of MusicZettel, after abandoning the first one just when it was getting
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
Music Zettel Ep. 7 – Teaching like a musician
In this week’s podcast, I interview Brad Fuller, director of music at Northern Beaches Christian School, about his pedagogical approach
Music Zettel Ep. 6 – The Creative Music Movement
This episode features a “flipped learning” video that I made for Key Approaches in Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium
Music Zettel Ep. 3 – Orff formula arrangements
This week’s episode is drawn from my first two lectures this semester in Composition in Music Education. We look at
Composition, Creativty, Elementary school, GarageBand, Lesson plans and resources, Middle school, Music education, Music for children, Music technology, Sibelius
SixEightThreeFour
This piece is part of my Symphony of the Child, commissioned and premiered by the International Grammar School in Sydney in