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Dr Geoffrey Lowe

Senior Lecturer

Staff Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2009 .
• Master of Music Education, The University of Western Australia, 2001 .
• Bachelor of Music, The University of Melbourne, 1982 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Lowe, G., (2011), Class music learning activities: Do students find them important, interesting and useful?. Research Studies in Music Education, 33(2), 143 - 159, London, DOI: 10.1177/1321103X11422768.
• Lowe, G., (2010), In their voice: Lower secondary school students' beliefs about playing musical instruments, and the impact of the instrument lesson upon those beliefs. Australian Journal of Music Education, 2010(2), 41-51, Melbourne.

Conference Publications

• Lowe, G., (2011), Retention in instrumental programs in lower secondary school: the student perspective. Magnetic Resonance & Research Conversations: Proceedings of the 2010 XXXVII and 2011 XXXIII Annual Conferences, 31 - 40, James Cook University.
• Lowe, G., (2011), Students voting with their feet: The values students attach to class music learning activities in lower secondary school. Magnetic Resonance & Research Conversations: Proceedings of the 2010 XXXVII and 2011 XXXIII Annual Conferences, 41 - 49, James Cook University.
• Lowe, G., (2008), This task is really boring:Examining the impact of class music learning activities upon Year 8 music student values. Proceedings of the XXXth Annual Conference: Innovation and Tradition; Music Education Research, 185-194, Melbourne.
• Lowe, G., (2008), Extending expectancies for class music; A new perspective within achievement motivation. Proceedings of the XXXth Annual Conference: Innovation and Tradition; Music Education Research, 194-201, Melbourne, Victoria.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Master of Education,  The Development Of A 15 Minute Direct Instruction Program For Year 7 Students For The Victorian Music Classroom And An Evaluation Of Its Effectiveness In Advancing Students' Music Literacy.