Associate Professor Deirdre Russell-Bowie


Biography

Associate Professor Deirdre Russell-Bowie has been lecturing and researching at a tertiary level for over twenty-five years, in the area of primary Creative Arts education and her research has been published in journals, professional publications, popular magazines and national and international conference proceedings. She has presented invited workshops and lectures on her research in the Creative Arts Education in South Africa, Namibia, Britain, Ireland, USA, Canada and New Zealand and in 2000 she taught a Summer School in Creative Arts Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver as a Noted Scholar in Residence.

As well as being in demand as a practitioner-researcher, Deirdre has written over thirty Creative Arts resource books, cassettes and videos since 1981. Their practical activities and ideas have proved to be very popular with teachers both throughout Australia and overseas and well over 35,000 copies have been sold nationally and internationally. Her research indicated clearly the need for training and development support for primary teachers, so she set up and became the inaugural and continuing president of the Creative and Practical Arts Association within NSW and is now developing websites to continue supporting primary teachers to teach the creative arts.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Primary Creative Arts Education
Academic Service Learning
Preservice teachers' attitudes and perceptions in arts education

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Grants / Current Projects

Research Projects

Creative Arts: Students Attitudes: National and OVerseas Associates (CASANOVA)
Academic Service Learning: University students working in primary schools
Children's self-concept and the Creative Arts

Grants

UWS Campus Life Committee (2004). Children�s Art Exhibition and Creative Arts Experience.

UWS Research Funding Support Scheme: Publications. (2004) MMADD about the Arts: Introduction to Arts Education. .

ArtSmart Grant: 2005: Implementing an After School Arts Program at Banksia Road Public School:

UWS Academic Service Learning Grant, 2006. MADD about the Arts: Music, Media, Art, Dance and Drama in the primary school.

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Awards and Recognition

2007: Awarded a National Carrick Citation for outstanding contribution to student learning
2007: Recognised as one of the top 40 UWS Researchers by Publication
2006: Highly Commended: Vice Chancello's Award for University Engagement
2006: Commended: Vice Chancellor's Award for University Engagement
2006: Board Member of the International Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission (2006 � 2010)
2002: Winner: UWS Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence
2001: Winner for the Australian Award for University Teaching (Social Sciences) 2001
1994: UWS Macarthur Award for Excellence in Research (Early Career): 1994
1994: UWS Macarthur Award for Excellence in Teaching: 1994

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Publications

Books

Russell-Bowie, D. (2009) MMADD About the Arts: An Introduction to Creative Arts Education, (2nd Edition). Sydney: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Russell-Bowie, D. and Whitton, D. (2005) Literacy and the Creative Arts Activities for Bookweek 2005. Reading Rocks! Sydney: Karibuni Press.

Russell-Bowie, D. and Thistleton-Martin, J. (2004) Literacy and Creative Arts Activities for Bookweek 2004: The Arts: Doorways to Literacy. Sydney: Karibuni Press

Russell-Bowie, D. and Thistleton-Martin, J. (2003) Literacy and Creative Arts Activities for Bookweek 2003: Oceans of Stories. Sydney: Karibuni Press

Russell-Bowie, D., Van Niekirk, C. and Lamey, M. (2002) Music is for Young (South African) Children, Too! Pretoria: University of South Africa Press

Russell-Bowie, D. and Thistleton-Martin, J. (2002) Literacy and Creative Arts Activities for Bookweek 2002 Sydney: Karibuni Press

Russell-Bowie, D., Graham, N., Madsen, V., Norman, N., and Trevisan, T. (2002) The NEW EXPANDED Creative Arts Handbook. Sydney: Karibuni Press.

Russell-Bowie, D. and Thistleton-Martin, J. (2001) Literacy and Creative Arts Activities for Bookweek 2001. Sydney: Karibuni Press

Russell-Bowie, D. and Thistleton-Martin, J. (2000) Literacy and Creative Arts Activities for Bookweek 2000. Sydney: Karibuni Press

Russell-Bowie, D. (1999) Teaching Literacy Through the Creative Arts. Melbourne: Hawker Brownlow Education

Chapters in Books

Russell-Bowie, D. (2006). Building bridges, crossing barriers: Using service learning to bridge the gap between teacher education theory and classroom practice in music and other art forms, in School music and teacher education: A global perspective in the new century, by Moore, M. & Leung, B.W. (Eds).ISME / CAPE: Hong Kong.

Russell-Bowie, D. (2004) Are we different from you? In Shand, P. (Ed). Music education entering the 21st century. Perth: ISME

Russell-Bowie, D. (2003) Does arts education need reforming? In Yip, R.L.C., Leung, C.c. & Lau, W.T. (Eds) Curriculum Innovation in Music. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Russell-Bowie, D. (2003) Advice to novice sailors: Navigating the doctoral journey in music education; in Doctoral Monographs in Music Education. Melbourne: Australian Society for Music Education.

Journal Articles

Russell-Bowie, D. (In press 2009) What me? Teach Music to my primary class? Challenges to teaching music in primary schools in five countries. Journal of Research in Music Education, (10) 3,

Russell-Bowie, D. (in press: July 2008). Learning to teach the creative arts in primary schools though Community Engagement. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 20(2),

Russell-Bowie, D. (2008) Time for Syntegration. Music in Action, 6(3)

Russell-Bowie, D. (2008). Creative and Artistic Development: Toddlers. Raising Children's Network

Russell-Bowie, D. (2008). Creative and Artistic Development: Preschool. Raising Children's Network

Russell-Bowie, D. (2008). Creative and Artistic Development: School. Raising Children's Network

Russell-Bowie, D. (2007). Learning to teach music through an academic service learning project. Australian Journal of Music Education, (1)1, 50 - 60.

Russell-Bowie, D. (2007). Community engagement enhancing creative arts education in a primary school setting. The Australasian Journal of Community Engagement, 2(1), 205-210.

Russell-Bowie, D. (2007). Creating harmony in practice and pedagogy across primary curriculum through an innovative arts project. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, (1) 1, pp. 106-114.

Russell-Bowie, D. (2007). Using the creative arts to enhance self concept in a diverse school community. Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education, 2007.

Russell-Bowie, D., A. Seeshing Yeung, A. and Yuk Hung Hon, R. (2006) Design Of Learning Materials For Contemporary Music. Asia Pacific Journal for Arts Education. vol 4, no.2.

Russell-Bowie, D. (2005) Community Harmony Project. Reclaiming Children and Youth. Vol 14, No. 1, Spring 2005.

Russell-Bowie, D. (2004). Do you hear me? Australian Music Teacher. Vol. 11, No. 2. Victoria: Boss Publishing.

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Creative Arts Advisor to the Raising Children Network, 2006 onwards
Editorial Board: International Society of Music Education: 2007 onwards
Keynote Speaker at Southern African Music Education National Conference, 1996
Keynote Speaker at New Zealand Society of Music Education National Conference, 1998
Member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Association of Research in Music Education Conference Proceedings, 2000 and 2001
Visiting Noted Scholar at the University of British Columbia, Summer 2000
Keynote Speaker: University of Western Sydney Vice Chancellor’s Inaugural Awards of Excellence Ceremony, 2002
Examiner for 6 Doctoral theses: 2000 - 2007