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
British Educational Research Association (BERA) Creativity SIG co-convener (2001- )
International Society of Music Education (ISME), Board of Directors (2004-2008)
Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) Treasurer (2002- )
Cambridge, Curiosity and Imagination (CCI) Trustee, University Link Tutor (2001- )
Profile
Pamela has taught in Primary and Secondary schools in Australia, USA and England. Before joining the University of Cambridge in 2000, she worked at Reading University, UK (1996-2000) and at Griffith University, Australia (1994-1996). She contributes to the preparation and development of educational researchers, pre-service teachers and undergraduate courses and researches issues of creativity in relation to creative learning and teaching. Her focus is creativity research with a particular interest in children's musical creativity as composers, notators, and improvisers. She is co-editor of the International Journal of Music Education, an Associate Editor of Psychology of Music and serves on eight other editorial boards including the British Journal of Music Education, Thinking Skills and Creativity, Artistic and Creative Education, and Music, Technology and Education. She publishes widely on creativity. Most recently, she has served as Section Editor of the Creativity Section in the International Handbook on Research in Arts Education (Kluwer, 2006), co-editor of Reflective Practice in Arts Education (Kluwer, 2006) and as guest editor of a special edition on Creativity in Education for the Cambridge Journal of Education, 36(2), September 2006. She is currently co-convener of BERA: Creativity SIG, an appointed member of the Executive Committee to the elected Board of Directors of the International Society for Music Education and a Trustee of Cambridge, Curiosity and Imagination (CCI).
Academic Area/Links
- Creativity in Music, Arts and Cultural Education
- Creative learning and teaching, creative partnerships, teacher education and development
- Creativity research, design and methods
- Creative- , Arts- and Visual-based research methodologies
Research Topics
- Musical Creativity: children's and adult practices as composers, notators and improvisers
- Creativity in education: creative learning and creative teaching
- Teacher thinking and creativity
- Creative partnerships and creative pedagogies
- Reflective practices in arts education
Research Project(s)
2008 Creativity and arts assessment in curriculum reform: A comparative study of Hong Kong, Australia and UK (HK1,000,000) Research Grants Council (RGC) held at Hong Kong Institute of Education
2007 Pupil and Teacher Perceptions of the Nature of Artist Pedagogy and its impact on School Change (APaSC). Co-researchers Pam Burnard and Mandy Maddock
2006-2007 Exploring the Pedagogy of Artists in Residence with Professor Maurice Galton (Grants from Creative Partnerships and Nuffield).
2006-2007 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.
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 (Creative Partnership)
2006 'Promoting Social Inclusion in Music Education' (PROSiME) A cross-cultural, cross-institutional EU funded 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'. This creativity research involved Cambridge-Open University matched funding with Professor Anna Craft, University of Exeter and Professor Teresa Cremin, Canterbury Christchurch University.
2002 'Teacher-pupil perspectives on musical learning at KS3' a one-year Faculty funded collaborative project, involving cross-regional school-partnerships at the University of Cambridge and the University of Exeter.
2001 'Changes in adolescent pupil attitudes to 'school music' (at ages 12 and 16). This Faculty funded project provided the opportunity to: (a) plan a follow up in depth study in response to the NFER (2000) report Arts education in secondary schools: effects and effectiveness; and (b) collect longitudinal data.
2000 'Music teacher career paths' a Faculty funded study of critical phases and factors that influence why teachers become primary or secondary music specialists.
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.
Course Involvement
- Co-coordinator MPhil/MEd Educational Research (EdRes)
- Co-cordinator MPhil/MEd in Arts, Culture and Education (ACE)
- PGCE teaching and supervision
- Education Tripos 1 Dissertations in areas of the study of creativity and arts education
- BA Education Tripos II SSTL Research and Investigation in music education
- BA Education Tripos II Additional Curriculum Studies (ACS) Arts and Education
Principal Publications
Peer reviewed journal articles
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. 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., 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.
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. (2007) Reframing creativity and technology: promoting pedagogic change in music. Journal of Music, Technology and Education. 1(1), 37-55.
Burnard, P. and Younker, B.A. (2007) 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, (in press)
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. (2006) Provocations in creativity research. In L Bresler (ed) International Handbook of Research in ArtsEducation, (pp. 2003-2015) Dordrecht: Springer.
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. (2006) Editor of Creativity Section. International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, Dordrecht: Springer.
Books
Craft, A., Cremin, T and Burnard, P. (2007) Creative Learning 3-11 and how we document it: What, How and Why? London: Trentham.
Finney, J. and Burnard, P. (2007) Music Education with Digital Technology. London: Continuum.
Burnard, P. and Hennessy, S. (2006) Reflective Practices in Arts Education. Dordrecht: Springer.
Book Chapters
Burnard, P. (2008) Creative learning and progression in the arts (pp. 161-172) In M. Rouhete (Ed) 'Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Cultural Education: A European and Internationa Research Symposium'. Paris: La Documentation Francaise, Centre Pompidou.
Burnard, P. (2007) Creativity and technology: critical agents of change in the work and lives of music teachers. In J. Finney and P. Burnard Music Education with Digital Technology, pp. 196-206.London: Continuum.
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. (2006) Routes to understanding musical creativity. In L. Bresler (Ed) International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, pp. 1197-1212. Dordrecht: Springer.
Burnard, P. (2006) Provocations in creativity research. In L.Bresler (Ed) Handbook of Research in Arts Education, pp. 1171-1178. Dordrecht: Springer.
Burnard, P. (2006) Rethinking the imperatives for reflective practices in arts education. In P. Burnard and S. Hennessy (2006) Reflective Practices in Arts Education, pp. 3-13. Dordrecht: Springer.
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.
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