Professor Susan Hallam
- Qualifications and position:
- PhD, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, FRSA
- Dean of Faculty
- Professor of Education
- Faculty:
- Department:
- Summary:
- Recent advances in the study of the brain have enhanced our understanding of the way that active engagement with music may influence other activities. Susan Hallam has research interests in disaffection from school (behaviour, attendance, exclusion), learning and understanding (studying, homework, practising, the role of feedback), ability grouping, music psychology and music education.
Tune in - Year of Music
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- Teaching:
- Post compulsory PGCE programmes
Professional Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher and Professional Education
- Research Projects:
- Musical Futures: A case study investigation. Paul Hamlyn Foundation
- Postgraduate Research:
- Research interests: Behaviour, attendance and exclusion, learning, homework, ability grouping, music education, psychology of music
Previous supervisions
Evangelia Karagianni-Karagiannopoulou (PhD) A cross cultural study of the effects of parental divorce on the possible selves of young adults
- Professional Activities:
- Member of the editorial board of the journal Psychology of Music and the Journal of the Institute for Educational Research
Member of the Advocacy Committee of the International Society for Music Education Academician of the Social Sciences
Fellow of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (now Higher Education Academy)
Former editor of the Psychology of Music
Former chair of the Psychology of Education Section of the British Psychological Society
Former Treasurer of the British Educational Research Association
Associate Fellow of the BPS
Chartered Psychologist
- Conferences/presentations:
- 'How our brains listen to, understand and remember music' \Public Lecture, Stockhausen Day, 17th January, 2009, Barbican Centre, London
The Battle over Homework: An Englishman's home is his classroom' Battle of Ideas 1-2 November 2008, London
Key note speaker at the Australian Society of Music Education Annual Conference Understanding Music 2009
Publications
- Hallam, S (in press) 'Cultural perceptions of musicality and musical expertise' M. Barrett, A Cultural Psychology for Music Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Hallam, S. (in press) 'Music Education' P. Juslin and J. Sloboda , Handbook of Music and Emotion: theory, research, applications.
- Hallam, S., Cross, I. & Thaut, M. (eds) (2008) Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Hallam, S & Rogers, L. (2008) Improving behaviour and attendance at school. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
- Hallam, S., Rogers, L., & Creech, A. (2008) 'Gender differences in musical instrument choice', International Journal of Music Education 26(1), 7-19.
- Rogers, L., Hallam, S., and Shaw, J. (2008) 'Do generalist parenting programmes improve children's behaviour and attendance at school: The parents' perspective', British Journal of Special Education 35(1), 16-25.
- Taylor, A., & Hallam, S. (2008) 'Understanding what it means for older students to be learning basic musical skills on a keyboard instrument', Music Education Research 10(3), 285-306.
- Hallam, S., Rogers, L., & Ireson, J. (2008) ' Ability grouping in the secondary school: attitudes of teachers of practically based subjects, International', International Journal of Research and Method in Education 31(2), 181-192.
- Hallam, S. (2007) 'Evaluation of behavioural management in schools- a review of the role of Behaviour and Education Support Teams and the Behaviour and Improvement Programme', Child and Adolescent Mental Health 12(3), 106-112.
- Hallam, S. (2006) Music Psychology in Education. Institute of Education, University of London .
