Staff Profile:Dr James Garnett

Name:

Dr James Garnett

Job Title:

Lecturer Subject Leader for Secondary Music

Responsibilities:

Main responsibilities at the Institute of Education:

• Subject Leader for Secondary Music
• Subject Method Co-ordinator, Secondary PGCE Programme

Teaching:

• Lead tutor for PGCE/GTP Music, Professional Studies tutor for the Secondary PGCE and GTP;
• Contributes to BA(Ed) Music Specialism, MA (instrumental teaching), professional studies programmes for Secondary GTP and Primary BA(Ed), MA module 'Assessment and Measurement'

Areas of Interest:

Areas of expertise and research interest:

• The nature of authentic musical experience and its relationship with music theory and pedagogy
• Theories of learning in the curriculum
• Models of musical pedagogy
• Assessment in music, particularly at Key Stage 3
• The role of music theory in the National Curriculum framework
• Subject knowledge for music teachers in Initial Teacher Training
• Financial literacy in schools

Areas in which you are able to supervise at PhD and Masters level:

• Musical pedagogy
• Aesthetics of music
• Enterprise learning
• Assessment in music
• Educational theory

Current and recent Research Projects:

• 2011 - 2012 Musician and Teacher: Understanding employment priorities for music education
• 2010 - 2011 Enterprise pedagogy in music at Key Stage 3
• 2010 Music and identity at Key Stage 3
• 2009 Students' perception of the 'Q' standards on four courses of initial teacher education
• 2008 Assessment in Key Stage 3 music

Research groups / Centres:

• Arts research group
• Member of the Institute's Enterprise Committee

Publications:

Garnett, J. (2011, June). Global citizenship, enterprise pedagogy and music education. Paper jointly presented at the 4^th Annual Conference of the UK ITE Network for Education Sustainable Development /Global Citizenship, London South Bank University

Garnett, J. (2011, April). Enterprise pedagogy in music. Paper presented at the Research in Music Education conference, University of Exeter

Garnett, J. (2011). Thinking the music of the future: The music theory of the national curriculum. NAME Magazine 33, 5 - 8

Garnett, J. (2010). Democracy and identity: Educating the student voice. In J. Finney & C. Harrison (Eds.) Whose music education is it? (pp 147 - 152) Solihull: NAME

Garnett, J. (2009) Making the grade: Partnership between studio and classroom teachers and their pupils Music Teacher 88:5, 48 - 49

Garnett, J. (2009) Question time: Assessment for learning in instrumental and vocal pedagogy Music Teacher 88:1, 27 - 29

Garnett, J. (2008) Joining the dots: the new National Curriculum for music, Music Teacher, 87:8, 26-29

Paper at UK ITE Network for Education Sustainable Development /Global Citizenship Annual Conference, Global Citizenship, Enterprise Pedagogy and Music Education

Paper at the Research in Music Education conference 2011 on Enterprise Pedagogy in Music

Joint presentation at the Research in Music Education conference 2009: Becoming a teacher becoming a musician

Enterprise activity; external roles and consultancy:

• Chair of the National Association of Music Educators;
• Trustee of the Music Education Council.