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SUMMARY:Virtual Webinar! series 7: Garden or desert: the contradictions of
  policy and practice in school music education - Dr Sarah Hennessy\, Unive
 rsity of Exeter
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:The Series of Webinars for Professional Development in the Art
 s aims to provide opportunities for college students\, professors\, practi
 tioners and researchers to participate in webinars with internationally re
 cognized leaders and experts in music and arts education. This program has
  strengthened international collaboration among educational and research i
 nstitutions in Argentina\, Canada\, Cyprus\, Brazil\, England\, Mexico and
  the United States. Initiated in February 2010 at the Universidad Autónom
 a de Chihuahua\, the Seventh Series is also simultaneously transmitted at 
 the University of Cambridge\, Ball State University\, Benedictine Universi
 ty\, Simon Fraser Unviersity\, University of London\, Universidad Veracruz
 ana\, Gettysburg College\, Conservatorio de Música de Chihuahua\, Univers
 idade do Estado de Santa Catarina\, Instituto Universitario Nacional del A
 rte\, University of Cyprus\, SEEECH \, and IIIECH . You are cordially invi
 ted to participate in this collaborative effort to bring the latest advanc
 es in music and arts education research\, and their implications for pract
 ice in the arts.\n\nUsing my knowledge and experience in  England and my i
 nvolvement in international  project work\, I reflect upon the relationshi
 p between general education policy towards schools\, the music curriculum\
 , and music teacher training\; and discuss what I see as a retreat from  t
 he principle of ‘music for all’  and from the central importance of cr
 eativity in music education. Whilst governments claim to embrace arts and 
 cultural education\; and make statements about the importance of creativit
 y\,  the reality for teachers and students is inconsistent. The preoccupat
 ion with advocacy can distract us from the more important work to be done 
 in developing the quality of research and practice in the field.\n\nIn pre
 paration: students might consider the relationship between central or regi
 onal education policies in their own country\; and their impact on the pra
 ctice of music education in and out of school. \n\n*Bio*\n\nSarah Hennessy
  is Senior Lecturer in Music Education at the Graduate School of Education
 \, University of Exeter\, UK. She teaches on initial teacher training prog
 rammes for primary teaching (both generalist and specialist)\, leads the F
 ull time Masters programme and supervises a number of doctoral students. H
 er research and teaching  focus on creativity in  music education. She has
  undertaken several government funded professional development projects  f
 or student teachers and experience primary class teachers in music  and in
  cross curricular approaches involving the arts. She was a partner in the 
  meNet Project (a Comenius 3 EU project)\, 2006-9 which aimed to build a E
 uropean network for knowledge exchange in music education. Tasks  included
  collating and dissemination  of information with commentaries on music ed
 ucation in schools  and music teacher education provision in 20 countries 
 in Europe. The project also produced Learning Outcomes for music teacher t
 raining. Her involvement in this project and extensive involvement in the 
 European Association for Music in Schools (EAS) has given her a wide knowl
 edge and experience of international collaboration. She has acted as a con
 sultant to government and is currently chairing the Expert Panel for prima
 ry music teacher training.\n\nShe has completed funded evaluations for man
 y organisations including Youth Music\, the London Symphony Orchestra\, th
 e Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment\, the Royal Opera House\, and the 
 Association of British Orchestras. She is author of several books\, book c
 hapters and journal articles and is founding editor of the journal _Music 
 Education Research_. She is director of the _International Conference for 
 Research in Music Education_. She was EAS President 2009-2011 and is curre
 ntly an elected board member of the International Society of Music Educati
 on.\n\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 2S5
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