Pamela Burnard
Position/Status
Senior Lecturer
E-mail Address:
pab61@cam.ac.uk
Phone:
01223 767600
Qualifications
1999 PhD University of Reading, England (ESRC studentship holder)
1995 MEd University of Queensland, Australia
1978 MMus University of Indiana, USA (Rotary International Fellowship holder)
1977 DipEd University of Melbourne, Australia (awarded Hugh Childers' Prize)
1976 BMus University of Melbourne, Australia (First Class Honours)
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
British Educational Research Association (BERA) Creativity SIG, Co-convener
Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE), Treasurer
International Society of Music Education (ISME), Board of Directors (2004-08)
World Arts Alliance (WAAE) Networking Group Chair (2008)
Cambridge, Curiosity and Imagination (CCI), Trustee and University Link Tutor
Profile
Pam's career has been woven from a combination of experiences as in educator, performer, performing arts administrator and higher education in Australia, USA and England. She holds degrees in Music Performance, Music Education, and Education. Before joining the Faculty of Education in 1999, she lectured and completed her PhD at Reading University, UK (1996-2000). Prior to this, she was in initial teacher training at Griffith University, Australia (1992-1996) working with specialist and generalist music and arts educators.
She presently manages and teaches on Higher Degree courses involving arts, culture and education and educational research training, along with undergraduate courses in creativity and thinking, musical creativity and music education.
With an established reputation as an editor and facilitator, she 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, Artistic and Creative Education, Music, Technology and Education, and Research Studies in Education. She publishes widely on creativity and has delivered several keynote addresses at international gatherings (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, USA, Australia and in the UK) with others in the pipeline (Greece, Ireland, and New Zealand). Most recently, she has served as Guest Editor of a Special Issue 'Creativity, policy and practice discourses' (Dec 2008) in the UNESCO Observatory E-Journal, 'Multi-Displinary Research in the Arts' , as Section Editor for Creativity in 'The International Handbook of Research in Arts Education' (2007, Springer) and Guest Editor of a Speical Issue on 'Pedagogies of inclusion in music education' in Research Studies in Music Education.
Academic Area/Links and Research Topis
- Creativity and context
- Creativity in education
- Creativity in Music, Arts, and Cultural Education
- Creative learning and teaching, creative partnerships, teacher education and development
- Creative- , Arts- and Visual-based research methodologies and design
Research Project(s)
2009 'Arts-Know': Assessing the contribution of the arts to the development of key competences for for young people in a European knowledge society' collaborative study involving Norway (Coordinator Dr. Magne Espeland), UK, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, Finland, Poland, and The Netherlands. Submitted to FP7 - SSH. Awaiting outcome.
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.
2007 'Artist Pedagogy and School Change' (APaSC) (Faculty funded)
2006-2007 'Exploring the Pedagogy of Artists in Residence' led by Professor Maurice Galton (Funded by Creative Partnerships and Nuffield).
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 Partnership)
2006 'Promoting Social Inclusion in Music Education' (PROSiME) A cross-cultural, cross-institutional small-scale project involving Dr. Gabriel Rusinek, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dr. Frits Evelein, Rotterdams Conservatorium, Netherlands and Dr Eva Sæther Malmö Academy of Music, Sweden.
2005 'Documenting Possibility Thinking' in collaboration with Professor Anna Craft, University of Exeter and Professor Teresa Cremin, Canterbury Christchurch University. (Funded by Cambridge-Open University matched funding).
2005 'Phonographic Art International Study (PAIS) a cross-cultural study documenting developmental change in children's notations' with Dr. Rivka Elkoshi, Israel and Dr. Regina Murphy, Ireland.
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' study of critical phases and factors that influence why teachers become primary or secondary music specialists (Faculty funded)
1999 'Into different worlds': Children's experience of musical improvisation and composition. PhD Thesis, University of Reading, UK (ESRC studentship holder)
1995 A study of the relationship between task design and experience of composition in senior secondary music students. M.Ed. Thesis, University of Queensland (School/Local Authority funded)
Course Involvement
In addition to supervising several PhD and MPhil/MEd students, her teaching primarily involves the following:
- Co-coordinator, with Mary Hilton, of the Arts, Culture and Education (ACE) MPhil/MEd
- Co-coordinator, with Paul Andrews, of the ESRC recognised MPhil/ MEd in Educational Research
- BA Education Tripos 1 Dissertations in areas of the study of creativity and arts education
- BA Education Tripos II SSTL Research and Investigation in music and arts education
- BA Education Tripos II Additional Curriculum Studies (ACS) Arts and Education
Recent Publications
Books
Burnard, P. and Hennessy, S. (2008/2006) (Eds.) Reflective Practices in Arts Education. Dordrecht: Springer.
Finney, J. and Burnard, P. (2007) (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.
Peer reviewed journal articles
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
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) 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., 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. (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).
Burnard, P. (2007) Section Editor of Creativity. International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, Dordrecht: Springer.
Invited Book Chapters
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 Internationa 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: Psychology Press (Taylor and Francis group).
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).
Conference proceedings
Burnard, P. & Maddock, M. (2007) Pupil and Teacher Perceptions of the Nature of Artist Pedagogy and its impact onSchool Change: An Exploratory Study in a Regenerating Community, British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, London, September, 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.
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 Fourth 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 Fourth 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 Fourth 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 Fourth International Conference of Research in Music Education, University of Exeter, 11-14 April. CDRom