Pamela Burnard

Position

University Senior Lecturer

E-mail Address

pab61@cam.ac.uk

Phone

01223 767559

Qualifications

1999 PhD University of Reading, England (ESRC Studentship)
1995 MEd University of Queensland, Australia
1979 DipEd University of Melbourne, Australia (Hugh Childers' Prize)
1978 MMus University of Indiana, USA (Rotary International Fellowship)
1976 BMus University of Melbourne, Australia (First Class Honours)
1971 AMusA University of Melbourne (Piano Performance)

Membership of Professional Bodies and Elected Posts

British Educational Research Association (BERA) Creativity SIG, Co-convener (2003-
World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE) World Creativity Summits, Focus Group Chair (2007-
Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE), Past Treasurer (2002-2009)
International Society of Music Education (ISME), Past Member Board of Directors (2004-08)
ISME Website Management Committee, Past Chair (2005-2008)
Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination Network of Artists, Past Trustee (2004-2009)

Editorships of Refereed Journals

British Journal of Music Education (Co-Editor, 2007- )
Psychology of Music (Associate Editor, 2007- )
International Journal of Music Education (Past Editor, 2003-2007)

Editorial Board Membership of Refereed Journals

Research Papers in Education
Teaching and Teacher Education
International Journal of Music Education: Research
Research Studies in Music Education
Thinkings Skills and Creativity
Journal of Artistic and Creative Education
Music, Technology and Education
UNESCO Observatory EJournal of Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts, Melbourne University 
Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education
New Zealand EJournal of Research in Music Education
Hellenic Journal of Music, Education, and Culture
Assessment in Education
Music Education Singapore
Creative Education
Music_Learning_Live

External Evaluator of Research Proposals for (i) The Greek Ministry for Education, Life Long Learning and Religious Affairs (responsible for Higher Education, Research and Innovation) in Greece; (ii) AHRC and ESRC research proposals in the UK.

External Examiner MA Instrumental Teaching University of REading, Institute of Education.

TLRP/BERA Meeting of Minds Fellowship Mentor 2008-09; 2010-11.

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Profile

Pamela's career has been woven from a combination of experiences as a musician, performer, educator, academic and researcher in Australia, USA and England from where she holds degrees in Music Performance, Music Education, and Education.

Her primary interest is creativity research. She is internationally known for her work in the areas of creative learning and teaching, musical creativity/ies, assessing creativity and the sociology of music education.

She publishes widely and has delivered keynote addresses at international gatherings (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Cyprus, France, Spain, Ireland, and in the UK). She is a Visiting Scholar/Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, (2009-), Hong Kong Institute of Education, China (2008-); Örebro University, Sweden (2007-); and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2006-). She acts as mentor for the Welsh Educational Research Network (WERN).

Internationally known for her work as an academic, educator, researcher, editor and workshop facilitator, Pamela is co-convenor of the BERA Creativity SIG, co-editor of the British Journal of Music Education, Associate Editor of Psychology of Music and serves on 9 other editorial boards, including Thinking Skills and Creativity, Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, Journal of Music, Technology and Education, and Research Studies in Music Education and Research Papers in Education. She has served as Guest Editor of Special Issue 'Creativity, policy and practice discourses' (Dec 2008) in the UNESCO Observatory E-Journal, Multi-disciplinary Research in the Arts. She was Section Editor for Creativity in the International Handbook of Research in Arts Education' (2007, Springer) and Guest Editor of a Special Issue on 'Pedagogies of inclusion in music education' in Research Studies in Music Education (2008) and Section Editor for 'Creativity in Practice' in the Oxford Handbook of Music Education (to be published in 2010).

Pamela manages an extensive research seminar programme which supplements the Masters in Arts, Culture and Education, a course she initiated. She has also built extensive networks which link university, school and community arts organisations. Her research supervision encompasses investigations of creative learning and teaching, creativity assessment, computer- and internet-mediated collaborative musical creativity and other situated forms of musical creativity in conservatoire and community settings. Her teaching responsibilities include the management of Higher Degree courses involving arts, culture and educational research training. She lectures on Undergraduate Degree courses in musical creativity, creativity and thinking skills, and creativity in education and is the university link tutor for CPD courses in partnership with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI) network of artists.

Academic Area/Links and Research Topics

Current PhD Research Student Supervision

Rosie Burt (The construction of 'learning cultures' in conservatoires); Tal-Chen Rabinowitch (Developing a measure of empathy in children's group music making); Ailbhe Kenny (Policy, practice and evaluation in the arts); Wei Shin Leong (Assessment, teaching and practice); Hsu-Chan Kuo (Developing indicators for the evaluation of creative education programmes); Anna Wong (Musical motivation and engagement with disaffected learners); Anne-Marie Higgins (Towards a 'Musicque Concrete' pedagogy); James Biddulph (The social construction of 'creative learning' in multicultural schools); Christine Yau (The role of 'cultural models of self' in conservatoire teaching); Konstantinou Chrysovalentini (Perceptions of the role of technology in primary music education and its potential to enhance musical creativity); Tara Coverdale (Pedagogic practices of artist practitioners); Susan Richards (Stress, pitch and rhythmic processing in music and language in children with specific language impairment); Mandy Winters (Teaching and learning composing in the classroom); Sarah Upjohn (Rethinking physical health, well being and instrument learning).

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Research Projects: Grants Received (and Applied 2011)

2011-12 Creative learning and music composition (Funded by SoundandMusic and Esmee Fairbain)

2011 'Artistic Creativities: Transcending Boundaries in Higher Education and Industry' (ACTs)

2010 'Creativity and Assessment Practice in the Arts' (CAPA): a mixed-methods study to uncover teachers' thinking and practices of creativity assessment in visual arts and music (Faculty Funded). See questionnaire on Assessing Creativity in the Arts (ACA) http://href.hu/x/akmf

2009 'The leadership and management of Music Education in Welsh primary and secondary schools'. (Sponsored by Welsh Educational Research Network; Funded by HEFCE & ESRC).

2009 'Creativity and Arts Assessment in Curriculum Reform: Patterns of Assessment Design, Preparation and Course Delivery in Key Stages 2, 3, and 4'. This is a comparative study of Hong Kong, Australia and the UK (Funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) Hong Kong, China).

2009 'The Network Jamming International Project' (Jam2Jam): a study which aims to enhance learning and community engagement with creative performance activities based on collaborative and generative technologies (Funded by the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design and QUT, Australia).

2008-2009 'Evaluating the use of E-Portfolios' (Pebblepad): a study which aims to enhance creativity and engagement in arts-based research tools (Funded by the TTA).

2007 'Artist Pedagogy and School Change' (APaSC): a study which explores pupil and teacher views on the ways in which visiting artists contribute to pupil learning and how these outcomes might relate to school change (Faculty Funded).

2004-2006 'Progression in Creative Learning' (PiCL): a study which sought to identify how creative learning is evidenced in musical and English composition across Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4 (i.e. with children aged four to fifteen) in collaboration with Professor Anna Craft, the University of Exeter, Professor Teresa Cremin, Canterbury Christchurch University and Dr. Kerry Chappell, Open University (Funded by Creative Partnerships, UK).

2004 'Documenting Possibility Thinking' (PT) in collaboration with Professor Anna Craft, University of Exeter and Professor Teresa Cremin, Canterbury Christchurch University. (Funded by Cambridge-Open University matched Faculty Funded).

2002 'Teacher-pupil Perspectives on Musical Learning at KS3': (Faculty Funded).

2001 'Changes in Adolescent Pupil Attitudes to 'School Music': (Faculty Funded).

2000 'Music Teacher Career Paths': a study of the critical phases and factors that influence why teachers become primary or secondary music specialists (Faculty Funded).

1999 'Into Different Worlds (The Soundings Project)': A study of children's experience of musical improvisation and composition. PhD Thesis, University of Reading, UK (ESRC studentship holder).

1995 'Examining the Relationship between Task Design and Experience of Composition': a study involving senior secondary music students. M.Ed. Thesis, University of Queensland (School Funded).

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Course Involvement

In addition to supervising numerous PhD and Masters students, her teaching includes:

  • Co-coordinating Masters in Arts, Culture and Education (ACE) MPhil/MEd
  • Co-coordinating Masters in Educational Research (EdRes) (ESRC accredited) 
  • BA Education Tripos II SSTL Research and Investigation (in Music/Arts Education)
  • BA Education Tripos II Additional Curriculum Studies (ACS) Thinking Skills and Creativity

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Recent Publications

Books

Burnard, P. (forthcoming, 2011) Music's Creativities in Real World Contexts. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Finney, J. and Burnard, P. (2008) (Eds.) Music Education with Digital Technology. London: Continuum.

Craft, A., Cremin, T and Burnard, P. (2007) (Eds.) Creative Learning 3-11 and How We Document It: What, How and Why? London: Trentham.

Burnard, P. and Hennessy, S. (2006/2010) (Eds.) Reflective Practices in Arts Education. Dordrecht: Springer.

Peer reviewed journal articles

Burnard, P. (2011) Rethinking relationships among educational leadership, musical creativities and digital technology in education Journal of Music Technology and Education 5(1) In print.

Burnard, P. and Wyse, D. (in review) Creativity and the Primary Curriculum: Mapping the Policy Terrain in England (1999-2010).

Burnard, P. and Swann, M. (2010) Pupil perceptions of learning with artists: a new order of experience? Thinking Skills and Creativity, 5(2), 70-83.

Burnard, P. (2010) Inspiring creative mediation in music education. Hellenic Journal of Music, Education, and Culture, 1(1), http://hejmec.eu

Triantafyllaki, A. and Burnard, P. (2010) Creativity and arts-based knowledge creation in diverse educational partnership practices: Lessons from two case studies in rethinking traditional spaces for learning. UNESCO Observatory E-Journal, Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts, University of Melbourne, 1(5). 

Burnard, P. (2010) Creativity, performativity, and educational standards: Conflicting or productive tensions in music education in England? Studies in Music from the University of Western Ontario, 23, Special Issue on 'Rethinking Standards for the 21st Century: New Realities, New Challenges, New Propositions' (electronic copies of any of these collected papers on national music education standards, by authors representing Germany, the US, Australia, Canada and England, can be obtained from Professor Paul Woodford at woodford@uwo.ca).

Hallam, S., Burnard, P. , Robertson, A., Saleh, C., Davies, V., Rogers, L., and Kokatsaki, D. (2009) Trainee primary school teachers' perceptions of their effectiveness in teaching music. Music Education Research, 11(2), 221-240.

Burnard, P. (2009) Modulating pedagogical spaces for creativity in music education. Sound Arts - The MENZA Magazine, 5(2), 4-9.

Burnard, P. (2008) Appropriating a new professionalism in music education through creative mediation. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, 2(2), 3-23.

Burnard, P. and White, J. (2008) Creativity and Performativity: Counterpoints in British and Australian Education. British Educational Research Journal, Special Issue on 'Creativity and Performativity in Teaching and Learning', 34(5), 667-682.

Burnard, P. and Younker, B.A. (2008) Investigating children's musical interactions within the activities systems of group composing and arranging: an application of Engestrom's Activity Theory. International Journal of Educational Research, 47(1), 60-74.

Burnard, P. (2008) A phenomenological study of music teachers' approaches to inclusive education practices among disaffected youth. Research Studies in Music Education, 30(1), 59-76.

Burnard, P. (2008) Editorial: The impact of productive tensions between policy and practice on creativity in education.UNESCO Observatory E-Journal, Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts, 1(3).  

Chappell, K., Craft, A., Burnard, P. and Cremin, T. (2008) Question-posing and question-responding: the heart of 'Possibility Thinking' in the early years. Early Years, 28(3), 267-286.

Burnard, P., Dillon, S., Rusinek, G. and Saether, E. (2008) Promoting social inclusion in music education: International comparisons of key issues in teaching and learning. International Journal of Music Education: Practice, 26(2), 109-126.

Burnard, P. (2007) Reframing creativity and technology: promoting pedagogic change in music. Journal of Music, Technology and Education. 1(1), 37-55.

Craft, A., Cremin, T., Burnard, P. and Chappell, K. (2007) Teacher stance in creative learning: A study of progression. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2(1), 136-147.

Burnard, P., Grainger, T. Craft, A. (2006) Documenting possibility thinking: A journey of collaborative enquiry, International Journal of Early Years Education, Special Issue on Creativity and Cultural Innovation in Early Childhood Education, 14(3), 243-262.

Grainger, T., Burnard, P. Craft, A. (2006) Pedagogy and possibility thinking in the Early Years. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 1(2), 26-38.

Burnard, P. (2006) Telling half the story: making explicit the significance of methods and methodologies in creative education. Music Education Research, 8(2), 143-152.

Burnard, P. (2006) Reflecting on the creativity agenda in education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 36(3), 313-321.

Burnard, P. (2004) Pupil-teacher conceptions and the challenge of learning: Lessons from a Year 8 creative classroom Improving Schools, 7(1), 23-34.

Burnard, P. and Younker, B.A. (2004) Creativity and individual composing pathways: perspectives within a cross-cultural framework'. International Journal of Music Education, 22(1), 59-76.

Burnard, P. (2002) Investigating children's meaning making and the emergence of musical interaction in group improvisation. British Journal of Music Education, 19(2) 157-172.

Burnard, P. and Younker, B.A. (2002) Mapping pathways: Fostering creativity in composition. Music Education Research, 4(2), 245-261.

Burnard, P. (2002) Into different worlds: what improvising and composing can mean to children. Music and Movement Education Quarterly, 34(4), 22-28. Cleveland: American Orff-Schulwerk Association.

Burnard, P. (2000) Examining experiential differences between improvisation and composition in children's music making. British Journal of Music Education, 17(3), 227-245.

Burnard, P. (2000) How children ascribe meaning to improvisation and composition: rethinking pedagogy in music education. Music Education Research, 2(1), 7-23.

Burnard, P . (1999) Bodily intention in children's improvisation and composition. Psychology of Music. 27(2), 159-174.

Burnard, P. (1995) Task design and experience in composition. Research Studies in Music Education, 5(2), 32-46

Guest editorship of special issues of journals and handbooks

Burnard, P. (forthcoming, 2012) Section Editor of 'Creativity in Practice' for The Oxford Handbook of Music Education.

Burnard, P. (2008) Special Issue of UNESCO Observatory E-Journal Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts on 'Creativity, policy and practice discourses: productive tensions in the new millennium', 1(3).

Burnard, P., Dillon S. and Ballantyne, J. (2008) Special Issue of Research Studies in Music Education 'Pedagogies of inclusion in music education: International perspectives', 30(1).

Burnard, P. (2007) Section Editor of 'Creativity' in the International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, Dordrecht: Springer.

Burnard, P. (2006) Special Issue of Music Education Research on 'Research methodologies and methods in the field of Music Education', 8(2).

Burnard, P. (2006) Special Issue of Cambridge Journal of Education on 'Creativity in education', 36(3).

Invited Book Chapters

Burnard, P. (2011) The practice of diverse compositional creativities. In D. Colllins (Ed) The Act of Musical Composition - Studies in the Creative Process Ashgate: SEMPRE Psychology of Music Series.

Burnard, P. (forthcoming, 2011) Using the metaphor and tool of 'Rivers of Musical Experience' for reflecting on musical pathways. In C. Harrison Musical Pathways. Matlock, Derbyshire: National Association of Music Educators (NAME).

Burnard, P. (forthcoming, 2011) Conceptions and practices of contemporary composers' compositional creativities. In D. Collins (Ed.) The Act of Musical Composition: Studies in the Creative Process. Oxford: OUP.

Cain, T. and Burnard, P. (forthcoming, 2011) Teachers and pupils as researchers: Paradigms for researching school music. In G. Spruce and C. Philpott (Eds.) Debates in Music Education. London: Routledge.

Burnard, P. and Triantafyllaki, A. (forthcoming, 2011) Exploring the sociality of creativity using narrative enquiry: Where the self and the social meet in contemporary composers' musical lifeworlds.  In S. O'Neill (Ed.) Personhood and Music Learning: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Narrative Voices. CMEA/ACME Biennial Book Series, Research to Practice. Canada.

Burnard, P. (forthcoming, 2011) Rethinking musical creativity. In O. Odena (Ed) Musical Creativity: Insights From Music Education Research. Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate.

Rabinowitch, T., Cross, I., Burnard, P., (2011) Between consciousnesses: Embodied musical intersubjectivity, in: Reynolds, D.and Reason, M. (Eds), Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices. Portland, USA: Intellect Press.

Leong, S., Burnard, P., Jeannert, N., Leung, B. and Waugh, C. (forthcoming, 2012) Assessing creativity in music: International perspectives and practices. In G. McPherson and G. Welch (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Music Education. New York: Oxford University Press.

Burnard, P. (2011) Creativity, pedagogic partnerships, and the improvisatory space of teaching. In K. Sawyer (Ed.) Structure and Improvisation in Creative Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Burnard, P. (2011) Constructing assessment for creative learning. In J. Sefton-Green, P. Thomson, L. Bresler and K. Jones (Eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Burnard, P. and Younker, B.A. (2010) Towards a broader conception of creativity in the music classroom: A case for using Engestrom's Activity Theory as a bases for researching and characterising group music-making practices. In R. Wright (Ed.) Sociology of Music Education, pp. 165-191, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Burnard, P. and Bjork, C. (2010) Using student voice research to understand and improve musical learning. In C. Harrison and J. Finney (Eds.) Finding The Student Voice, (pp. 24-33). Matlock, Derbyshire: National Association of Music Educators (NAME).

Burnard, P., Kelly, E. and Biddulph, J. (2010) Mapping the creative journeying in practitioner research. In M. Khine and I. Saleh (Eds.) Practitioner Research: Teachers' Investigations in Classroom Teaching, pp. 1-15.  Hauppage, New York, USA: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61761-744-7.

Burnard, P. (2010) Creative learning in music and educational renewal. In J. Ballantyne and B. Bartleet (Eds.) Navigating Music and Sound Education, pp. 51-76, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Burnard, P. (2009) Researching children's creativity and the PhD process. In D. Forrest (Ed.) Journeying: Reflections on Doctoral Studies by Australian Music Educators, pp. 33-43. ASME Monograph No. 6. North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

Burnard, P. (2009) Higher purpose: On putting the Arts at the heart of Higher Education. National Campaign for the Arts (NCA), Newsletter, June.

Burnard, P. (2009) Progression in musical composition. In H. Coll and A. Lamont (Eds). Sound Progress: Exploring Musical Development, pp. 73-79. Matlock, Derbyshire: National Association of Music Educators (NAME).

Burnard, P. (2008) Creative learning and progression in the arts. In M. Rouhete (Ed) Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Cultural Education: A European and International Research Symposium, (pp. 161-172). Paris: La Documentation Francaise, Centre Pompidou.

Burnard, P. (2008/2006) Rethinking the imperatives for reflective practices in arts education. In P. Burnard and S. Hennessy (Eds.) Reflective Practices in Arts Education, pp. 3-13. Dordrecht: Springer.

Burnard, P. (2007) Creativity and technology: critical agents of change in the work and lives of music teachers. In J. Finney and P. Burnard (Eds.) Music Education with Digital Technology, pp. 196-206. London: Continuum.

Burnard, P. (2007) Routes to understanding musical creativity. In L. Bresler (Ed) International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, pp. 1197-1212. Dordrecht: Springer.

Burnard, P. (2007) Provocations in creativity research. In L.Bresler (Ed) Handbook of Research in Arts Education, pp. 1171-1178. Dordrecht: Springer.

Burnard, P. (2006) The individual and social worlds of children's creativity. In G. McPherson. The Child Musician, pp. 353-375. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Burnard, P. (2006) Understanding children's meaning-making as composers. In I. Deliege and G. Wiggins (Eds.) Musical Creativity: Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice, pp. 146-167. New York: P

Burnard, P. (2005) What matters in teaching creatively? In Elliott, D (Ed) Praxial Music Education: Reflections and Dialogues, pp.267-271. New York, Oxford University Press.

Burnard, P. (2004) Reflecting on music learning and rethinking contexts. In Bartel, L (Ed.) Questioning the Music Education Paradigm, pp. 244-257. Alberta: Canadian Educator's Association.

Burnard, P. (2003) 'How musical are you?' Examining the discourse of derision in music education. In Leong, S. (Ed) Musicianship in the 21stcentury: Issues, Trends and Possibilities, pp. 28-39, Sydney: Australian Music Centre.

Burnard, P. (2002) 'Teaching and assessing children's musical improvisation'. Harris, D. & Paterson, A. (Eds.) How Are You Doing: Learning and Assessment in Music, pp. 26-35, National Association of Music Educators (NAME).

Keynote Presentations* and Invited Talks (2008-2010)

September, 8-10, 2011, 2nd Biennial Euro-Meditteranean Music Conference, Cyprus Music Institution, Nicosia, Cyprus*

July 2-5, 2011, ASME National Conference, Queensland, Australia*

April 12-16, 2011, RIME International Conference, Exeter, UK*

July 2010, 'The Ideal Partner' CP Conference, Norwich, UK.

May 2010, 'Resituating creativity discourses in education and the arts', University of Exeter, UK.

November 2009, BERA SIG Conference Day 'Situating creativity in education and the arts', Cambridge, UK.

October 2009, 'Creativity and Innovation in Arts Education' World Arts Alliance Education (WAAE) 2009 World Summit, Newcastle, UK*

July 2009, 'Modulating Pedagogical Spaces for Creativity and Innovation in Music Education' Music Education Canterbury '09 Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand*

June 2009, 'Inspiring Creativity in Primary Music Education' 3rd International EEMANE Conference, Athens, Greece*

March 2009, 'The Creative Professional' presented at the International Professional Development Association (IPDA) Conference Ireland*

March 2009, 'Creative Partnerships: Appropriating a new professionalism?' presented at The Anglian Ruskin University, Creativity Symposium, UK.

July 2009, 'Situating Creativity in Music and Music Education Contexts' China Conservatory, Beijing.

November 2008, 'Creativity, Disciplines, Interdisciplinarity and Paradigms' Hong Kong, China*

June 2008, 'Creativity and Contemporary Practices in Music Education' World Creativity Summit Taipei, Taiwan, China*

March 2008, 'Creative Learning and Progression in the Arts' A European and International Research Symposium, Centre Pompidou Paris, France*

October 2007, 'Researching with visual- and creative-based methodologies', Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain*

Conference proceedings (2007-2010)

Burnard, P. and Lavicza, Z. (2010) Teachers' conceptions and practices of assessing creativity. Paper presented at the BERA 2010 Conference, Warwick, UK, Creativity SIG, 2 September 2010.

Burnard, P. and Lavicza, Z. (2010) Primary and secondary music and visual arts teachers' conceptions and practices of Assessing Creativity in the Arts (ACA): Developing the ACA questionnaire. Research Note for the International Research Commission 25-30 July, Northeeast Normal University, Changchun, China, July, (to be published on the ISME website).

Burnard, P., Fautley, M. and Savage, J. (2010) 'Assessing creativity in the secondary school classroom: Exploring variations in teachers' conceptions and practices'. Full Paper Conference Proceedings of the 29th ISME World Conference, Beijing, August, CDROM.

Burnard, P. and Wyse, D. (2009) 'Creativity in the Primary Curriculum: Reconciling disconnections between policy, theory, research and practice'. Paper given at the British Education Research Association (BERA) Conference, September, Manchester, September.

Burnard, P. (2009) 'Situating musical creativity in relation to informal music learning practices' as part of a Symposium on 'Informal Learning and Post Compulsory Music Education' at the The Reflective Conservatoire 2nd International Conference: Building Connections February at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Barbican Conference Centre, London, CDROM.

Burnard, P. (2009) 'Rethinking standards for the 21st century: New realities, new challenges, new propositions' The 6th International Research In Music Education (RIME) Conference, April, CDROM.

Burnard, P. (2009) ''International perspectives on the impact of partnerships on learning and school change; knowledge creation through partnerships' The 6th International Research in Music Education (RIME) Conference, April, CDROM.

Burnard, P. (2008) Discourses of creativity and performativity: Appropriating a new professionalism in music education through creative mediation. N. Jeanneret and D. Forrest (Eds) Commission for Policy: Culture, Education, Mass Media: The Bologna Papers, pp. 7-11. Melbourne: International Society for Music Education and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. ISBN 978-0-9804560-3-5.

Burnard, P. and Maddock, M. (2007) Pupil and Teacher Perceptions of Artist Pedagogy: An Exploratory Study. British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, London, September, CDROM.

Cremin, T., Craft, A. and Burnard, P. ( 2007) Examining 'Possibility Thinking' in action in Early Years Settings in C. Broom(Ed) Opening Doors to Imaginative Education: Connecting Theory to Practice. Proceedings of the 1st Annual Symposium on Imaginative Education, July 12-15th 2006 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Canada.pp.28-39.

Burnard, P. (2007) 'Creative learning and progression in the arts'. In Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Cultural Education: A European and International Research Symposium. Conference Proceedings. Paris: Pompidou Centre Publications. Presentation can be viewed www.centrepompidou.fr/symposium.educart.paris2007/

Burnard, P., Dillon, S., Rusinek, G., Saether, E. (2007) 'Promoting social inclusion in music education: International comparisons of key issues in teaching and learning'. Collaborative paper co-presented at The 4th International Conference of Research in Music Education, University of Exeter, 11-14 April. CDROM

Burnard, P. with Craft, A, Cremin, T & Chappell, K. (2007) 'Creative learning and progression through composing music'. Paper presented at The 4th International Conference of Research in Music Education, University of Exeter, 11-14 April. CDROM

Elkoshi, R., Murphy, R. & Burnard, P. (2007) 'Is early musical symbolization a universal human activity? Reports from a multicultural developmental pilot study' Paper co-presented by Dr. Rivka Elkoshi (Levinsky College Music Academy (Israel) and Dr. Regina Murphy, University College, Dublin (Ireland) at The 4th International Conference of Research in Music Education, University of Exeter, 11-14 April. CDROM

Hallam, S., Burnard, P., Robertson, A., Saleh, C (2007) 'Trainee primary school teachers' perceptions of their effectiveness in teaching music' Paper presented by Professor Susan Hallam, Institute of Education, University of London, at The 4th International Conference of Research in Music Education, University of Exeter, 11-14 April. CDROM