Music education research in Australia 2012-2014 - Abstract and key references

Oct 15, 2026

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This report captures the variety of music education research between 2012-2014, mapping research events and thematic directions across major forums such as ISME 2012, ASME 2013, and ANZARME 2014. It summarizes published scholarship drawn from selected studies, and highlights how databases like BAMER and the MSA Australia and New Zealand Postgraduate Music Thesis Register provide fully searchable research records. It also lists BAMER additions completed in 2012 or later, including a detailed longitudinal thesis case.

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Abstract

Research scope and events (2012-2014)

Selected studies and references

Key databases and record counts

BAMER additions completed in 2012 or later

Music education research in Australia 2012-14 Anne Power University of Western Sydney Abstract This report captures the variety of music education research between 2012-2014. Key words: research events, research topics, BAMER database Australian Journal of Music Education 2014:2, 184-95 Music education research captured in this report covers a range of topics and events such as ISME 2012, ASME 2013 and ANZARME 2014. Hints of the research range are in this short sample: (i) Baker, W. (2013). Questioning assumptions. Vivienne: a case study of e-learning in music education, AJME (1) 13-22. (ii) Bartleet, B., Bennett, D., Power, A. and Sunderland, N. (2014) Enhancing Indigenous Content in arts curricula through service learning with Indigenous communities Available at [https://www.researchgate.net/](https://www.researchgate.net/)[ ](https://www.researchgate.net/)[publication/265510773_Enhancing_Indigenous_](publication/265510773_Enhancing_Indigenous_)[content_in_arts_curricula_through_service_](content_in_arts_curricula_through_service_)[learning_with_Indigenous_communities\#share](learning_with_Indigenous_communities#share) (iii) Bennett, D. E. 2014.“Creativity beyond the notes: exploring future lives in music to develop self-concept and salient identity.” In P. Burnard (Ed.) Developing creativities in higher music education, 234-244. Abingdon and New York: Routledge; (iv) Blom, D., Rowley, J., Bennett, D., Hitchcock, M. and Dunbar-Hall, P. (2014),‘Knowledge sharing : exploring institutional policy and educator practice through eportfolios in music and writing’, Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 12,(2) , 138 – 148; (v) Cleaver, D. and Ballantyne, J. (2014) Teachers’views of constructivist theory: a qualitative study illuminating relationships between epistemological understanding and music teaching practice. International Journal of Music Education, 32 (2) 228-241; (vi) Forrest, D. & Watson, A. (2012) . Music in Essential Learning Frameworksin Australian Schools.IJME; (vii) Harrison, S. D. and O’Bryan, J. Eds. (2014)Teaching Singing in the 21st Century. Dordrecht: Springer; (viii) K. Hartwig (Ed.)(2014) Research Methodologies in Music Education, published by Cambridge Scholars; (ix) Hughes, D., Keith, S., Morrow, G., Evans, M., & Crowdy, D. (2013) . What constitutes artist success in the Australian music industries? International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR), 2(2):61- 80. Available at [http://musicbusinessresearch](http://musicbusinessresearch). [wordpress.com/international-journal-of-music](wordpress.com/international-journal-of-music)business-research-ijmbr/ (x) Joseph, D. & Southcott, J. (2013) . So much more than just the music. Australian pre-service music education teacher attitudes to artists-in-schools. IJME 31,(3) 243-256; (xi) McPherson, G. E., Davidson, J. W.,& Faulkner, R. (2012).Music in our lives: Rethinking musical ability, development and identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; (xii) Russell-Bowie, D.(2013), Mission impossible or possible mission? Changing confidence and attitudes of primary preservice music education students using Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory, AJME, no 2 , 46 – 63; (xiii) Rowley, J., Dunbar-Hall, P. (2013). Enhancing Music Students’ Learning and Pedagogic Understandings through Cultural Exchange. In Claus Nygaard, Nigel Courtney, Paul Bartholomew (Eds.), Quality Enhancement of University Teaching and Learning,(pp. 69-86) . Faringdon, UK: Libri Publishing. And this list is neither exhaustive nor comprehensive of the researchers included in the sample. The 2013 printout of citations in the Bibliography of Australian Music Education Research (BAMER) was published on [http://](http://)[ ](http://)[australian-music-ed.info/BAMER/BAMER_](australian-music-ed.info/BAMER/BAMER_)[printout_](printout_)( [11-05-13](11-05-13))[.pdf](.pdf). The number of completed research studies on the BAMER database in May 2013 was 567. The MSA Australia and New Zealand

FAQs

What years does the report cover for music education research?

The report covers music education research conducted between 2012 and 2014, focusing on how the field developed during that period.

Which major research events are referenced in the report?

The report references major events including ISME 2012, ASME 2013, and ANZARME 2014 as examples of the breadth of research activity.

What databases are highlighted as searchable resources?

The report highlights the BAMER database and the MSA Australia and New Zealand Postgraduate Music Thesis Register, describing them as fully searchable resources with record counts reported for 2013.

Oct 15, 2026

Uploaded by Jasmine