20182024

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Personal profile

Research interests

My two main research interests are:

Music Education

My doctoral study involved the creation of a conceptual model of classroom music teachers’ beliefs about how their pupils learn and the ultimate aims of the subject. I then used the conceptual model to draw together and develop existing theories of learning in music.

How New Teachers Learn

My research around the Cardiff Partnership’s research-informed clinical practice model includes a collaborative project examining how student teachers learn in the context of Wales’s Professional Standards for Teaching and Leadership. I have also participated in a systematic literature review of dialogic mentoring techniques with colleagues from the universities of Oxford and Bangor.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, A study of Key Stage 3 Music Teachers’ Pedagogic Beliefs in the Context of a New Curriculum for Wales, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Oct 2018Mar 2023

Award Date: 3 Mar 2023

PGCE Secondary Music, University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC)

1 Sept 200430 Jun 2005

Award Date: 30 Jun 2005

Master, MA Performance Studies (Organ), Cardiff University

Sept 2001Sept 2002

Award Date: 13 Sept 2002

Bachelor, BMus (hons), Cardiff University

1 Sept 199830 Jun 2001

Award Date: 30 Jul 2001

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