Project resources - web links - podcasts - mailing list
Background information
A significant quantity of literature informs this project. If you would like to read more, please click here.
Web page links
Online resources are important for all teachers. Please click here to view suitable online music education contexts from around the world.
Pod casts will be accessible during 2007. Media Release March, 2007
As the project matures a library of podcasts will be established, these will be available from the archived podcasts page.
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Ballantyne, J. (2006). Reconceptualising pre-service teacher education courses for music teachers. The importance of pedagogical content knowledge and skills and professional knowledge and skills. Research Studies in Music Education, 26, 37-50.
Ballantyne, J., Barrrett, M., Harrison, S.D. and Temmerman, N. (2007) Building communities of music education practice: Peer Collaboration in music teacher education. Paper presented at NACTMUS National Conference, July.
Ballantyne, J., & Packer, J. (2004). Effectiveness of pre-service music teacher education programs: perceptions of early-career music teachers. Music Education Review, 6(3), 299-312.
Barrett, M.S. (2007). Locating the heart of experience: A prelude to appreciation. In L. Bresler (Ed.) Handbook of research in arts education. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Publications.
Barrett, M.S. (2007). Music appreciation. In L. Bresler (Ed.) Handbook of research in arts education. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Publications.
Barrett, M.S. (2006). Aesthetic response. In G. E. McPherson (Ed.) The child as musician: A handbook of musical development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, M.S. (2006). Inventing songs, inventing worlds: The ‘genesis’ of creative thought and activity in young children’s lives. International Journal of Early Years Education, 14(3), pp. 201 - 220.
Barrett, M.S. (2006). Creative collaboration: An eminence study of teaching and learning in music composition. Psychology of Music, 34(2), pp. 195 - 218.
Barrett, M.S. (2005). Musical communication and children’s communities of musical practice. In D. Miell, R. MacDonald, D. Hargreaves (Eds.) Musical communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, M.S. (2005). Representation, cognition, and communication: Invented notation in children’s musical communication. In D. Miell, R. MacDonald, D. Hargreaves (Eds.) Musical communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, M.S. (2005). Children’s communities of musical practice: Some socio-cultural implications of a systems view of creativity in music education. In D. J. Elliott (Ed.) Praxial music education: Reflections and dialogues. New York: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, M.S. (2003). Meme engineers: Children as producers of musical culture. International Journal of Early Years Education. 11 (3) 195 – 212.
Barrett, M.S. (2003). Musical children, musical lives, musical worlds. In S. Wright (Ed.), Children, meaning-making and the arts. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
Barrett, M.S. (2003). Freedoms and constraints: Constructing musical worlds through the dialogue of composition. In M. Hickey (Ed.) Composition in the Schools: A New Horizon for Music Education. Reston, VA.: MENC.
Barrett, M.S. (1999). Music education and the life beyond school: A case for music literacy. In S. Leong and G. Nieman (Eds.) Music education at the edge: Needs, Identity and Advocacy. Stord, Norway: Stord University Press and Perth, WA: CIRCME.
Barrett, M., & McGill, M. (2005) What if Rationalists Wore Sombreros? Some Transformative Possibilities for Teacher Education. International Journal of Learning, 12(10), 237-242.
Barrett, M. S. & Smigiel, H. (2007). Children’s perspectives of participation in music youth arts setting: Meaning, value, and participation. Research Studies in Music Education, 28, pp. 39 - 50.
Barrett, M.S.& Smigiel, H. (2003). Awakening the “Sleeping Giant”?: The arts in the lives of Australian families. International Journal of Education and the Arts. 4 (4) http://ijea.asu.edu./v4n4/
Brandon, D., & Hollingshead, A. (1999). Collaborative Learning and Support Groups. Communication Education, 48 (2), 109-126.
Brew, A. (2003). Teaching and research: New relationships and their implications for inquiry-based teaching in higher education. Higher Education Research and Development, 22(1), 3-18.
Byo, S. (2000). Classroom teachers' and music specialists' perceived ability to implement the National Standards for Music education. Arts Education Policy Review, 101(5), 30-35.
Cawyer, C.S., Simonds, C., & David, S. (2002). Mentoring to facilitate socialization. The case of a new faculty member. Qualitative Studies in Education, 15(2), 225-242.
Darling-Hammond, L. (2000). How teacher education matters. Journal of Teacher Education, 51, 166-173.
Dillon, S. C. (1999). "The Teacher as Builder of music learning contexts." AARE and NZARE Joint Conference Proceedings 1999.
Dochy, R., Segers, M., Van den Bossche, P., & Gijbels, D. (2003). Effects of problem based learning: A metaanalysis. Learning and instruction. Learning and Instruction, 13, 533- 568.
Dunlap, J.C. (2005). Problem-based learning and self-efficacy: How a capstone course prepares students for a profession. Educational Technology Research and Development, 53(1), 63-83.
Dunlap, J.C., & Grabinger, R.S. (2005) Preparing students for lifelong learning: A review of instructional methodologies. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 16, 26-41.
Fisher, M. (2002) Collaborative Online Learning In Virtual Discussions. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 30 (1), p 3-17
Gatliff, B. & Wendel, F.C. (1998). Inter-institutional collaboration and team teaching. American Journal of Distance Education, 12(1), 26-37.
Harrison S.D. (2007) What Students Want: General pre-service teachers talk about content and delivery in arts/music courses. Paper presented at ASME XVI 40th Anniversary National Conference, July, Perth, Western Australia.
Harrison S (2005) Born or made: Developing personal attributes of teachers', in Teacher education: Local and global, Australian Teacher Education Association, Gold Coast, Queensland.
Harrison, S.D. (2007) Where have the boys gone The perennial problem of gendered participation in music. British Journal of Music Education, vol. 24, No 3.
Harrison, S.D. (2007) Challenges for Beginning Music Teachers: Experienced Teachers Reflect on attributes, teacher education and professional development. Paper accepted for Music Education Research and Innovation.
Harrison, S., & Ballantyne, J. (2005). Effective teacher attributes: perceptions of early-career and pre-service music teachers. In M. Cooper (Ed.), Teacher Education: Local and Global: Australian Teacher Education Association Conference Proceedings (219-226). Gold Coast: Australian Teacher Education Association.
Healy, L., Ehrich, L.C., Hansford, B., & Stewart, D. (2001). Conversations: A means of learning, growth and change. Journal of Educational Administration, 39(4), 332- 242.
Holmes, K. (2005). Analysis of asynchronous online discussion using SOLO taxonomy. Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 5, 117-127.
Jeanneret, N. (1994). Teaching music K-6: Confidence and the pre-service teacher. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Australian Music Education Lecturers Association, Melbourne, pp. 78-91.
Kealy, W.A. (2001). Knowledge maps and their use in computer-based collaborative learning environments. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 25 (4), 325-349.
Kuo, K. (2000). The power of mentoring. Educase Review, 35(2), 8-11.
Leong, S. (Ed.) (1997). Music in schools and teacher education: A global perspective, Perth, Australia: ISME Commission for Music in Schools and Teacher Education & CIRCME.
Marsh, K. (2000). Making connections: A case study of pre-service music education students’ attitudinal change to indigenous music. Research Studies in Music Education, 15, 58-67.
McGriff, S.J. (2000). Instructional Systems. Pennsylvania: College of Education, Penn State University.
McPherson, G. (1997). Music in a changing environment: An Australian perspective. In Leong, S. (Ed.) Music in Schools and Teacher Education: a Global Perspective, pp. 170-178. Perth, Western Australia: ISME & CIRCME.
Meyer, K. (2004). Evaluating Online Discussions: Four Different Frames of Analysis. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 8 (2).
Pascoe, R., Leong,S., MacCallum, J., Mackinlay,E., Marsh, K., Smith, B., Church, T., & Winterton, A. (2005). National Review of School Music Education. Perth, WA: Murdoch University.
Rodgers, C. (2002). Defining Reflection: Another Look at John Dewey and Reflective Thinking. Teachers College Record, 104(4), 842-866.
Salmon, G. (2003). E-moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online. New York: Routledge-Farmer.
Schwiebert, V.L. (2000). Mentoring: Created connected, powerful relationships. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Simpson, M., Cockburn-Wootten, C. & Spiller, D. (2005). Mentoring the new academic: conversations for individual and university development. Paper presented at Higher Education in a Changing World: proceedings of the 2005 Annual International Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), The University of Sydney: HERDSA.
Tham, M. C., & Werner, M. J. (2005). Designing and Evaluating E-Learning in Higher Education: A Review and Recommendations. Journal of Leadership and Organisational Studies, 11(2), 15-26.
Temmerman, N. (1997). An investigation of undergraduate music curriculum content in primary teacher education programmes in Australia. International Journal of Music Education, 30, 26-34.
Temmerman, N. (2006). Equipping future arts educators for primary schools in the 21st century: an Australian point of view. International Journal of Music Education, 24(3), 1-11.
Wang, X., Dannenhoffer, J.F., Davidson, B.D. & Spector, J.M. (2005). Design issues in a cross-institutional collaboration on a distance education course. Distance Education, 26(3), 405-423.
Wiggins, J. & Bodoin, K. (1998). Painting a big soup: Teaching and learning in a second-grade general music classroom. Journal of Research in Music Education, 46 (2), 281-302.
Yost, D., & Sentner, S. (2000). An examination of the Construct of Critical Reflection: Implications for Teacher Education. Journal of Teacher Education, 51(1), 39-50.
Zhao, F. (2003). Enhancing the Effectiveness of Research and Research Supervision Through Reflective Practice. UltiBASE, School of Management, Business Faculty, RMIT, Australia:RMIT.
