Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   Dr. Dawn Joseph

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Position Senior Lecturer
Email dawn.joseph@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education
Phone +61 3 924 46284
Campus Burwood
Location Burwood
Role and profile Senior Lecturer in Music Education and Education Studies
Research interests • Multiculturalism, Culture and Diversity
• African Music in Schools
• Music Education
• Teacher Education
• Teacher Change and Professional Development
• Ageing and Well-being in the Arts
Current research projects • African Music in Primary Teacher Education
• Eclectic Music Pedagogies in Cross Cultural Contexts
• Multiculturalism, Culture and Diversity
• Teacher change
• Teacher identity
• Community music making
• Teaching African Music to Pre-Service Teacher Education Students
• Melbourne Teacher perspectives on Teaching African Music
• Intercultural attitudes of Pre-service Music Education students
• Ageing and wellbeing in the Arts
Service to the University,
discipline or community  
Member of the:
• International Society for Music Education (ISME)
• Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education(PASMAE)
• American Educators Research Association (AERA)
• Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME)
• Australian Society for Music Education (ASME)
• Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association (VOSA)
• Association of Music Educators (Vic) (aMuse)
• Royal School of Church Music (RSCM)
• May Day Group - Action for Change in Music Education

Editorial board:
• International Journal of Higher Education (Associate Editor)
• International Journal of Music Education (Practice)
• Teacher Development: An International Journal of Teacher Professional Development
• Australian Journal of Music Education
• Victorian Journal of Music Education
• Australian Online Journal of Arts Education
Qualifications Higher Diploma in Ed(Sec), BMus, BEd, MEd University of
the Witwatersrand (South Africa), PhD University of
Pretoria (South Africa)
Memberships School of Education Advisory Board Committee
School of Education Teaching and Learning Subcommittee
School of Education Pre-service Subcommittee
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Additional URLs

African Music Education

Deakin Research Online - Joseph, Dawn

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22nd April 2013