Dr Jane Southcott is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Her research foci are twofold. She explores community music, culture, ageing and engagement in the arts employing both a qualitative, phenomenological approach and quantitative strategies. Her other research field is historical, particularly concerning the development of the music curriculum in Australia, America and Europe. She is a narrative historian and much of her research is biographical.
Southcott, J.E. (ed), 2008, Proceedings of the XXXth Annual Conference - Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education - (Editor), Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME), Melbourne, Australia.
Southcott, J.E. (ed), 2007, Dalcroze Eurhythmics from a Distance. A miscellany of current research, Heather Gell Dalcroze Foundation, Turramurra NSW.
Southcott, J.E., 2012, Nationalism and school music in Australia, in Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education, eds David Hebert and Alexandra Kertz-Welzel, Ashgate, Surrey United Kingdom, pp. 43-57.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2012, Retaining a frisson of the 'other': Imperialism, assimilation, integration and multiculturalism in Australia, in Music education: Major themes in education, eds Keith Swanwick, Routledge, Abingdon Oxon United Kingdom, pp. 250-264.
Stevens, R., Southcott, J.E., 2010, Australia: Recurring problems and unresolved issues, in The Origins and Foundations of Music Education. Cross-Cultural Historical Studies of Music in Compulsory Schooling, eds Gordon Cox and Robin Stevens, Continuum International, UK, pp. 171-187.
Southcott, J.E., 2009, The Melbourne UNESCO seminar, 1956: A watershed in Australian music education, in Musical Dimensions: A Festschrift for Doreen Bridges, eds Martin Comte, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Victoria, Australia, pp. 80-98.
Southcott, J.E., 2007, Experiential education: a new "perspective' on tertiary music education, in Dalcroze Eurhythmics from a Distance. A miscellany of current research, eds Jane Southcott, Heather Gell Dalcroze Foundation, Turramurra NSW, pp. 72-77.
Southcott, J.E., Cosaitis, W., 2012, "It all begins with the beat of a drum": Early Australian encounters with Orff Schulwerk, Australian Journal of Music Education [P], vol 2012, issue 2, Australian Society for Music Education Incorporated, Australia, pp. 20-32.
Li, M., Southcott, J., 2012, A place for singing: Active music engagement by older Chinese Australians, International Journal of Community Music [P], vol 5, issue 1, Intellect Ltd., UK, pp. 59-78.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2012, So much more than just the music: Australian pre-service music teacher education students' attitudes to artists-in-schools, International Journal of Music Education [P], vol E, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 1-14.
Simmonds, J.G., Southcott, J.E., 2012, Stage fright and joy: Performers in relation to the troupe, audience, and beyond, International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies [E], vol 9, issue 4, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Oxford United Kingdom, pp. 318-329.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J., 2011, Embracing cultural diversity in Australian music teacher education, Music Education Research and Innovation [P], vol 14, issue 1, Australian Society for Music Education, Queensland Chapter, Queensland, pp. 7-14.
Southcott, J., Crawford, R., 2011, The intersections of curriculum development: Music, ICT and Australian music education, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology [E], vol 27, issue 1, ASCILITE, http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet.html, pp. 122-136.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2010, Engaging, exploring and experiencing multicultural music in Australian music teacher education: The changing landscape of multicultural music education, Journal of Music Teacher Education [E], vol 20, issue 1, Sage Publications, Inc., USA, pp. 1-19.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J., 2010, Experiences and understandings: Student teachers' beliefs about multicultural practice in music education, Australian Journal of Music Education [P], vol 2, Australian Society for Music Education, Australia, pp. 66-75.
Li, M., Southcott, J., 2010, 'Getting the certificate': Student understanding of the Australian Music Examination Board 'Cello Syllabus, Victorian Journal of Music Education [P], vol 19, Australian Society for Music Education (Victorian Chapter), Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 19-28.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2010, Many layers of meaning: Multicultural music education in Victoria, Australia, International Journal of the Humanities [P], vol 8, issue 2, Common Ground Publishing LLC, Champaign, Illinois, USA, pp. 189-200.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2010, Sharing community through singing: The Bosnian Behar choir in Victoria, Australia, E-Journal of Studies in Music Education [E], vol 8, issue 2, University of Canterbury, School of Music, New Zealand, pp. 17-27.
Southcott, J.E., 2009, 'And as I go, I love to sing': the Happy Wanderers, music and positive aging, International Journal of Community Music [P], vol 2, issue 2-3, Intellect ltd., UK, pp. 143-156.
Southcott, J.E., 2009, Book review of Music in Educational Thought and Practice by Bernarr Rainbow with Gordon Cox, British Journal of Music Education [P], vol 26, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 233-234.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2009, 'Opening the doors to multiculturalism': Australian pre-service music teacher education students' understandings of cultural diversity, Music Education Research [P], vol 11, issue 4, Routledge, UK, pp. 457-472.
Southcott, J.E., 2009, The seeking attitude: Ideas that influenced Satis N. Coleman, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education [P], vol 31, issue 1, Ithaca College, School of Music, USA, pp. 20-36.
Southcott, J.E., Lee, A.H., 2008, Missionaries and tonic sol-fa music pedagogy in 19th-century China, International Journal of Music Education, vol 26, issue 3, Sage Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 213-228.
Southcott, J.E., Simmonds, J.G., 2008, Performance anxiety and the inner critic: A case study, Australian Journal of Music Education, vol 1, Australian Society for Music Education, Victoria, Australia, pp. 32-37.
Southcott, J.E., 2007, Early 19th century music pedagogy - German and English connections, British Journal of Music Education, vol 24, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 313-333.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2007, From Empire to filmi: A fusion of western and Indian cultural practices in Australian music education, International Journal of Music Education, vol 25, issue 3, Sage Publications, http://ijm.sagepub.com/current.dtl, pp. 235-243.
Southcott, J.E., 2007, Orff, values and experience, Musicworks, vol 12, issue 1, Australian Council of Orff Schulwerk, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 52-57.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2007, Retaining a frisson of the 'other': imperialism, assimilation, integration and multiculturalism in Australian schools, Music Education Research, vol 9, issue 1, Routledge Publishing, UK, pp. 35-48.
Southcott, J.E., 2006, Changing the voices of teachers and children: singing and elocution in South Australia in the nineteenth and early-twentieth century, The Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, vol XXVIII, issue 1, Ithaca College, New York USA, pp. 53-70.
Southcott, J.E., 2006, Review of 'More than a musician: a life of E. Harold Davies', by Doreen Bridges, Musicology Australia. Journal of the Musicological Society of Australia, vol 28, The Musicological Society of Austalia, Inc., Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 172-176.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2005, Primary teacher training at Deakin University: an Australian experience learning another kind of music, Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education, vol 3, issue 2, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, pp. 63-82.
Southcott, J.E., 2004, Seeing the big picture: experiential education in tertiary music education, Journal of Experiential Education, vol 27, issue 1, The Association for Experiential Education, Boulder USA, pp. 1-14.
Southcott, J.E., 2004, The first Tonic Sol-fa missionary: Reverend Robert Toy in Madagascar, Research Studies in Music Education, vol 23, issue 1, Callaway International Resource Centre for Music Education, Australia, pp. 3-17.
Southcott, J.E., 2004, The singing by-ways: origins of class music education in South Australia, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, vol 25, issue 2, The School of Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca USA, pp. 116-127.
Southcott, J.E., 2003, Experiential education: a new "perspective" on tertiary music education, Australian Journal of Music Education, vol 2003, issue 1, Australian Society for Music Education, Parkville Vic Australia, pp. 16-24.
Southcott, J.E., Hao-Chun Lee, A., 2003, Imperialism in School Music: Common Experiences in Two Different Cultures, International Journal of Music Education, vol 40, International Society for Music Education, Australia, pp. 28-39.
Southcott, J., 2002, Now the labourer's task is o'er: Alexander Clark and the foundation of school music in South Australia, Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol 30, The Historical Society of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 24-38.
Southcott, J., 2000, Curriculum Stasis: Gratton in South Australia, Research Studies in Music Education, vol 14, Callaway Intern'l Resource Centre for Music & Ed, Perth WA Australia, pp. 50-60.
Southcott, J.E., Gindidis, M., 2012, The presence of traditional Greek songs in Australian school music classrooms, Music paedeia: From ancient Greek philosophers toward global music communities, 15/07/2012-20/07/2012, International society for music education, Nedlands WA Australia, p. 251.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2012, Well-being and ageing in Australia: Building relationships through community choirs, Music paedeia: From ancient Greek philosophers toward global music communities, 15/07/2012-20/07/2012, International society for music education, Nedlands WA Australia, p. 250.
Southcott, J., Simmonds, J., 2011, Music, positive ageing and older Australians, APSMER 2011 The 8th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research, Department of Music Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taipei, pp. 95-96.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2010, Different sounds, different musics, different teaching: An Australian case study in multicultural teaching and learning, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Cultural Diversity in Music Education, 11-13 January 2010, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, pp. 76-81.
Southcott, J.E., Crawford, R., 2010, Learning from each other: Australian State and Territory curricula in technology, arts and music, Abstracts. 29th World Conference of the International Society of Music Education, 1-6 August 2010, ISME, China, p. 117.
Southcott, J.E., 2010, Music education and national identity: Australian perspectives, Abstracts. 29th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, 1-6 August 2010, ISME, China, pp. 286-287.
Simmonds, J., Southcott, J., 2010, Older adults' perceptions of the benefits of music making: Community, coping and connectedness, Abstracts of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11/07/2010 - 16/07/2010, International Association of Applied Psychologists, Melbourne, p. 882.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2009, Belonging to a Victorian community choir: Ageing, music and culture, Proceedings of the Joint Conference of XXXIst ANZARME Annual Conference and Ist Conference of the Music Educators Research Centre (MERC), 3 - 6 July, 2009, Australian and New Zealand Association For Research in Music Education (ANZARME) and MERC, Australia / New Zealand, pp. 273-280.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2009, Interrupted cadence: the mismatch of the school music curriculum and the intercultural understanding of pre-service teachers in Victoria, Australia, Music '09 Modulations. Proceedings of the New Zealand National Music Education Conference, 6-10 July 2009, Music Education Canterbury (MEC) and Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa (MENZA), Wellington, pp. 84-94.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2009, Making it real: pre-service music teacher education students ideas about artists-in-schools, Musical Understanding. Proceedings of the XVII National Conference, 10 - 14 July 20009, Australian Society for Music Education Inc., Tasmania, pp. 91-95.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2009, Pre-service Australian music educators: an umbrella of cultural understandings, 7th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research ISME Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2009, 24 - 28 June 2009, Shanghai Beijia Publishing House, Shanghai, China, pp. 233-244.
Southcott, J.E., 2009, The history of a common idea in music education: The vertical ladder of the Solfa syllables and hand signs from Glover to Curwen to Kodaly, 7th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research ISME Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2009, 24 - 28 June 2009, Shanghai Beijia Publishing House, Shanghai, China, pp. 446-456.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2008, Breaking the cycle: Creating multicultural musical generations, Abstracts of the 28th ISME World Conference - Music at all ages, July 20-25th, 2008, International Society for Music Education (ISME), Italy, pp. 620-621.
Southcott, J.E., 2008, Giving and receiving: music and positive ageing, Abstracts of the 28th ISME World Conference - Music at all ages, July 20-25th, 2008, International Society for Music Education (ISME), Italy, pp. 619-620.
Southcott, J.E., 2008, Music, Well-being and Ageing, Proceedings of the XXXth Annual Conference - Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education, 3 - 5 October 2008, Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME), Melbourne, Australia, p. 289.
Simmonds, J.G., Southcott, J.E., 2008, Relating to the audience and the group/troupe: Performance tension perceived in relationship, 14th European Symposium in Group Analysis Proceedings Abstracts, 18th - 22nd August, 2008, Group Analytic Society, United Kingdom, p. 107.
Southcott, J.E., Simmonds, J.G., 2007, "It goes to where you live": psychological and physiological manifestations of performance anxiety, Proceedings of the XXIXth Annual Conference Music Education Research: Values and Initiatives, 2 July 2007 tp 4 July 2007, AARME, Melbourne, pp. 144-153.
Smith, R.E.J., Southcott, J.E., 2007, 'Everything was different': experiencing music pedagogies in an unfamiliar context, Proceedings of the XXIXth Annual Conference Music Education Research: Values and Initiatives, 2 July 2007 to 4 July 2007, AARME, Melbourne, pp. 130-136.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2007, Multiculturalism in arts education: Engaging schools in effective and authentic pedagogies, AARE Conference 2006, 27 November 2006 to 30 November 2006, AARE, http://www.aare.edu.au/06pap/jos06692.pdf, pp. 1-6.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2007, Perceptions of multiculturalism in music education: what matters and why, Proceedings of the XXIXth Annual Conference Music Education Research: Values and Initiatives, 2 July 2007 to 4 July 2007, AARME, Melbourne, pp. 137-143.
Southcott, J.E., 2007, 'Putting on a show': engaging and authentic learning in experiential music education, AARE Conference 2006, 27 November to 30 November 2006, AARE, http://www.aare.edu.au/06pap/sou06693.pdf, pp. 1-6.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2007, So much to do, so little time: Multicultural practices in Australian school music, Celebrating Musical Communities. Proceedings of the 40th Anniversary National Conference, 6 July 2007 to 10 July 2007, Australian Society for Music Education Inc., Norwood SA Australia, pp. 199-202.
Southcott, J.E., Simmonds, J.G., 2007, Someone is always listening: Performance anxiety and the perception of audience, Celebrating Musical Communities. Proceedings of the 40th Anniversary National Conference, 6 July 2007 to 10 July 2007, Australian Society for Music Education Inc., Norwood SA Australia, pp. 203-206.
Southcott, J.E., Simmonds, J.G., 2006, A case study in performance tension: responding to the vulnerable child, Proceedings of the XXVIIIth Annual Conference Music Education: Standards and Practices, 24 September 2006 to 26 September 2006, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 111-115.
Southcott, J.E., De Vries, P.A., 2006, Bright and breezy: past and present practices in pre-school music education, Proceedings of the XXVIIIth Annual Conference Music Education: Standards and Practices, 24 September 2006 to 26 September 2006, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 104-110.
Joseph, D.Y., Southcott, J.E., 2006, The blind men and the elephant: music education in a changing world, Proceedings of the XXVIIIth Annual Conference Music Education: Standards and Practices, 24 September 2006 to 26 September 2006, Australian Association for Research in Music Education (AARME), Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 66-70.
Southcott, J.E., 2005, Drums, fifes and drill: patriotism and militaristic practices in 19th century Australian school music, Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research, 14/07/2005 to 16/07/2005, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle, pp. 1-10.
Joseph, D., Southcott, J.E., 2005, Empowering Australian students in African music: experiential education in primary teacher training, Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research, 14/07/05 to 16/07/05, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle, pp. 1-11.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2005, Integration and multiculturalism in music in Australian schools: Has/can/should the leopard change its spots?, AARME Proceedings of the XXVIIth Annual Conference, 24/09/2005 to 27/09/2005, AARME, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 150-156.
Southcott, J.E., 2005, 'Much ado about teaching': Music theatre, authenticity and experiential learning in music education, AARME Proceedings of the XXVIIth Annual Conference, 24/09/2005 to 27/09/2005, AARME, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 126-133.
Southcott, J.E., 2005, Nationalism and School Music in Australia, Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research, 14/07/2005 to 16/07/2005, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle, pp. 1-7.
Southcott, J.E., Joseph, D., 2005, Other musics in the classroom: from assimilation to multiculturalism in Australian school music, Australian Society for Music Education Inc. XV National Conference Proceedings, 03/07/2005 to 07/07/2005, Austalian Society for Music Education, Parkville Vic Australia, pp. 241-246.
Southcott, J.E., 2005, Removing the "Australian twang and slang": Vocal health, singing tone and enunciation in school music in South Australia in the 19th and early 20th centuries, AARME Proceedings of the XXVIIth Annual Conference, 24/09/2005 to 27/09/2005, AARME, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 134-141.
Southcott, J.E., 2005, Six ways at once: effective curriculum change in primary music education. An historical model, Australian Society for Music Education Inc. XV National Conference Proceedings, 03/07/2005 to 07/07/2005, Austalian Society for Music Education, Parkville Vic Australia, pp. 235-240.
Southcott, J.E., Hartwig, K., 2005, States of change: A comparison of school music curricula initiatives in Queensland and Victoria, 2006, AARME Proceedings of the XXVIIth Annual Conference, 24/09/2005 to 27/09/2005, AARME, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 142-149.
Southcott, J.E., 2004, "Dear Madam" - the letters of Sarah Glover and John Curwen, Artistic Practice as Research: Proceedings of the XXVth Annual AARME Conference, 27/09/2003 to 30/09/2003, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Burwood Vic Australia, pp. 1-8.
Southcott, J.E., 2004, Changing sound worlds - the development of Australian songs for children, Proceedings of the 26th International Society for Music Education World Conference, 11/07/2004 to 16/07/2004, Enclave Creativa Edicones, Madrid Spain, pp. 1-11.
Southcott, J.E., 2004, Essential learning in music education: teaching music in schools in South Australia during the 1950s, Proceedings of the XXVIth Annual AARME Conference, 25/09/2004 to 28/09/2004, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 292-300.
Smith, R.E.J., Southcott, J.E., 2004, The effect of policy change on the Australian music curriculum: Inclusivity or de-skilling?, The Puerto Papers, 07/07/2004 to 10/07/2004, International Society for Music Education, Nedlands WA Australia, pp. 157-170.
Southcott, J.E., 2004, The missionaries' helpmeet: Tonic Sol-fa in Madagascar, Artistic Practice as Research: Proceedings of the XXVth Annual AARME Conference, 27/09/2003 to 30/09/2003, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Burwood Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.
Southcott, J.E., 2003, 'A Knight of Song': F.L. Gratton, Australian Association for Research in Music Education: Proceedings of the XXIII Annual Conference, 21/09/2001 to 24/09/2001, Australian Accosiation for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 151-158.
Southcott, J.E., Smith, R.E.J., 2003, Experiential learning in European pedagogies: the value of structured responses in reflective journals, Over the top: the impact of cultural learning in our own and neighbouring communities in the evolution of Australasian Music Education, 04/07/2003 to 08/07/2003, The Australian Society for Music Education, Parkville Australia, pp. 97-100.
Southcott, J.E., 2003, The origins of colonial class music education in South Australia: a Sunday school was established, Curriculum Innovation in Music, 09/07/2003 to 12/07/2003, Dept. of Creative Arts, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, pp. 338-342.
Smith, R.E.J., Southcott, J., 2002, A flexible approach to educating Music teachers: developing strategies for on-line teacher education, Music Education: Special Edition: Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Greek Society for Music Education, 28/06/2002-30/06/2002, Greek Society of Music Education, Thessaloniki Greece, pp. 345-355.
Southcott, J., 2002, A tale of two brothers: E. Harold and H. Walford Davies, Research Matters: Linking Outcomes with Practice. Australian Association for Research in Music Education: Proceedings of the XXIV Annual Conference, 28 September 2002 to 1 October 2002, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 179-186.
Southcott, J., Smith, R.E.J., 2002, Reflection and inspiration: understanding music pedagogies through journal writing, Research Matters: Linking Outcomes with Practice. Australian Association for Research in Music Education: Proceedings of the XXIV Annual Conference, 28 September 2002 to 1 October 2002, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 187-192.
Southcott, J., 2002, Songs for young Australians, A Community of Researchers. Australian Association for Research in Music Education: Proceedings of the XXIInd Annual Conference, 30 June 2000 to 3 July 000, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 164-171.
Southcott, J., 2001, Sarah Glover: music educator and theoretician, The 3rd Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research & International Symposium on 'Uragoe' and Gender, 23 /08/2001 to 26/08/2001, Aichi University of Education, Nagoya Japan, pp. 75-80.
Southcott, J., 1998, Evaluating music education: the role and processes of historical inquiry, Directions for the 21st Century: research in music assessment and evaluation, Griffith Uni - 28-30 Sept 1997, AARME, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 33-42.
Southcott, J.E., 2009, Determination and serendipity: the doctoral odyssey, Journeying. Reflections on Doctoral Studies by Australian Music Educators, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne Vic Australia.
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