Pamela Burnard
Position
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
1978 MMus University of Indiana, USA (Rotary International Fellowship)
1977 DipEd University of Melbourne, Australia (Hugh Childers' Prize)
1976 BMus University of Melbourne, Australia (First Class Honours)
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)
Psychology of Music (Associate Editor)
International Journal of Music Education (IJME), Past Editor (2003-2007)
Editorial Board Membership of Refereed Journals
Research Papers in Education
Thinkings Skills and Creativity
Journal of Artistic and Creative Education
Music, Technology and Education
Research Studies in Music Education
UNESCO Observatory EJournal of Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts
Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education
New Zealand EJournal of Research in Music Education
Teaching and Teacher Education (reviewer)
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 in the role of creativity in education and in particular in understanding situated creativity in music. She is internationally known for her work in the areas of creative learning and teaching, individual, group and collaborative creativity, and the development of innovative research srts-based inquiry tools to investigate creativity in musical composition and improvisation.
She publishes widely on creativity and has delivered keynote addresses at international gatherings (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, USA, Australia, Greece, France, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand and in the UK). She is regularly invited as Visiting Scholar 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
- Creativity
- Creativity in Music, Arts, and Cultural Education
- Creativity in Education
- Creativity Assessment
- Creativity and Technology (particularly Internet-mediated collaborative music creativity)
- Creative- , Arts- and Visual-based Research Methodologies and Design
Research Projects (Grants Received)
2009 '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). Assessing Creativity in the Arts (ACA) http://href.hu/x/akmf
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).
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).
Course Involvement
In addition to supervising PhD and Masters students, her teaching primarily involves the following:
- Co-coordinator the Arts, Culture and Education (ACE) MPhil/MEd
- Co-coordinator he ESRC recognised Educational Research (EdRes) MPhil/MEd
- BA Education Tripos II SSTL Research and Investigation (in Music/Arts Education)
- BA Education Tripos II Additional Curriculum Studies (ACS) Thinking Skills and Creativity
Recent Publications
Books
Burnard, P. and Hennessy, S. (2008/2006) (Eds.) Reflective Practices in Arts Education. Dordrecht: Springer.
Finney, J. and Burnard, P. (2009/2007) (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 Swann, M. (in review) Pupil perceptions of learning with artists: a new order of experience? Submitted to Thinking Skills and Creativity
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. (in review) Creativity, performativity, and educational standards: Conflicting or productive tensions in music education in England? Studies in Music from the University of Ontario, Special Issue on 'Rethinking Standards for the 21st Century'.
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
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. (2009/10 in process) Section Editor of 'Creativity in Practice' for The Oxford Handbook of Music Education.
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. (2010 in progress) How does one assess creative learning? In P. Thomson and J. Sefton-Green (Eds.) Researching Creative Learning: Methods and Approaches. London: RoutledgeFalmer.
Burnard, P. (2010 in press) Pedagogies as jazz: Teacher-artist partnerships and the educational significance of what teachers learn. In K. Sawyer (Ed) The Teaching Paradox: Creative Improvisation in the Classroom. Oxford University Press.
Burnard, P. (2009) Researching children's creativity and the PhD process. In D. Forrest (Ed) The Doctoral Journey in Music Education: Reflections on Doctoral Studies by Australian Music Educators. ASME Monograph No. 6. Melbourne: ASME Common Ground Publishing.
Burnard, P. and Younker, B.A. (2009 in press) 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. Aldershot: Ashgate.
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. (2009) Progression and classroom creativity in music and educational renewal. In J. Ballantyne and B. Bartleet (Eds.) Navigating Music and Sound Education Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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: 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).
Keynote Presentations* and Invited Talks (2008-2009)
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 (2007-2009)
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