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Mr Jason Boron

Jason Boron is a Lecturer in Music Education and First Year Coordinator (Primary) in the School of Education.

Background

Jason oversees undergraduate and postgraduate units in primary music education. He has almost 20 years of experience leading university, school and community music education programs. Jason is currently the President of Kodály Australia and a past chairperson of the Australian Society for Music Education Western Australian Chapter. He actively supports in-service teacher learning opportunities by facilitating the Musical Foundations professional development package offered by the Music Education Strategy for the Department for Education in South Australia. Jason is a past recipient of the Sarolta Kodály Scholarship, awarded by the International Kodály Society, and in 2020 received the Vice Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award for Innovative Teaching. Jason maintains regular work with children as a choral conductor for the West Australian Young Voices (WAYV).

Current teaching

  • AED2240 - The Arts in Education 2
  • AED4271 - Music Arts in Education
  • AED6205 - Teaching the Arts
  • AED6271 - Music Arts in Education
  • MUE4270 - Teaching Music in the Early Primary Years
  • MUE4271 - Teaching Music in the Middle and Upper Primary Years

Professional associations

  • 2021 - Dalcroze Australia (Member)
  • 2020 - Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education, ANZARME (Member)
  • 2019 - Feierabend Association for Music Education, FAME (Member)
  • 2012 - Australian National Choral Association, ANCA (Member)
  • 2012 - International Society for Music Education, ISME (Member)
  • 2010 - Australian Society for Music Education, ASME (Member)
  • 2010 - Kodály Western Australia (also known as the Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia, Western Australian Branch), KMEIA WA (Committee)
  • 2009 - International Kodaly Society, IKS (Member)
  • 2009 - Kodály Australia (The Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia, KMEIA) (President, Convenor Finance and Strategic Planning Committee)
  • 2009 - West Australian Orff-Schulwerk Association (Member)
  • 2008 - Australian Society for Music Education Western Australian Chapter, ASME (Member)

Awards and recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2020 - Vice Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award for Innovative Teaching.

National and International Awards

  • 2024 - Outstanding Professional Service Award for Kodály - Awarded by the Professional Teaching Council of Western Australia
  • 2021 - Outstanding Professional Service Award for ASME - Awarded by the Professional Teaching Council of Western Australia
  • 2015 - Sarolta Kodaly Scholarship, International Kodaly Society.

Research areas and interests

  • Music education
  • Teacher education

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