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Dr Claire Nicholls

Dr Claire Nicholls
Name Claire Nicholls
Position Lecturer (Curriculum and Pedagogy)
Section School of Education
Office G402
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 2976
Extension 2976
Email
Qualifications BEd Qld , BA Qld , MEd Monash , PhD Monash

Biography

Claire brings expertise in teaching music within primary and secondary school contexts as well as experience in teaching creativity studies, leadership and innovation studies at universities. Now working as a lecturer in curriculum and pedagogy at the University of Southern Queensland, her teaching focus has turned to the preparation of pre-service teachers and supporting them in developing skills and knowledge to become outstanding educators.

She has worked on a variety of research projects and is a passionate advocate for developing research led community music initiatives that curate meaningful learning experiences within the concert hall and beyond. Her contributions to scholarship span a wide range of fields including history of pedagogy, research methods innovations, audience development in the Arts, applied philosophy, listening, and experiential learning. Her current research focuses on investigating regional orchestras in outreach and engagement, learning in community contexts through music and enhancing audience development efforts of Arts organisations.

Research Career


  • Music not elsewhere classified ( 360399 )
  • Music Education ( 360303 )
  • Music ( 360300 )
  • Creative Arts ( 390101 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy Theory And Development ( 390102 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 390199 )

arts audience development, pedagogy and curriculum, phenomenology and applied philosophy


Queensland College of Teachers
International Society for Music Education

Teaching


EDX1250 Arts Curriculum and Pedagogy 1: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts
EDU1100 Introduction to Professional Experience
EDM8006 Curriculum and Pedagogy - Arts and Technologies
EDR8802; EDR8061 - Research project supervisor


2 Years


14 Years

Supervision


  • Music not elsewhere classified ( 360399 )
  • Music Education ( 360303 )
  • Music ( 360300 )
  • Creative Arts ( 390101 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy Theory And Development ( 390102 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 390199 )