Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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Educative evidence-based practices in music education

A research group expanding the theory and research base for the Educative Evidence-Based Practices (EEBP) model in education and specifically in Music Education
  • https://www.sydney.edu.au/music/our-research.html Explore our research

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Our vision

We invite researchers and practitioners to join us to define, research, and test EEBP. We are developing a raft of approaches, documents, and resources to help teachers advocate for, teach using, and engage with research through Educative Evidence-Based Practice in Music Education. 

What is EEBP?

“Evidence-Based Practice” is a widely used term in educational and popular discourse, yet it is a contested field itself in educational research, theory, and philosophy.

The EEBP model is drawn from research and practice in medicine, where models for Evidence-Based Practice have been properly debated and researched in the field itself. Our model is developed from the medical model of Hoffman et al. (2013, p. 4), and we substitute the consideration of the patient with the consideration of the student, and information from medical contexts with information from classroom contexts. 

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Download the video transcript (rtf, 7.3kb)

Symposia

We bring music teachers and researchers together to extend what we understand about EEBP in music education.

Sydney Conservatorium of Music hosted the inaugural Symposium for EEBP in Music Education. This online event occurred on 30 September and 1 October, 2024. The three key themes of the symposium were:

  • Defining, theorising, and critiquing EEBP
  • Practice and EEBP (for practitioners who want to use EEBP for reflection and/or planning)
  • Research and EEBP (for researchers who want to study the effectiveness of EEBP)

 

Here is a paper given by Brad Fuller, Caitlin Sandiford, and James Humberstone at RIME2025, summarising what we learned at the first symposium and the direction we are now taking:

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Would you like to attend our next Symposium? Get in touch with us here. 

Towards a book and teacher resources

As explained in the video above, teachers and researchers who attended the symposium were keen to create a book about EEBP. Teachers also requested teaching resources for lessons and approaches that work well according to EEBP.

We are now working to create this book over 2026. If you would like to stay in touch with the progress of the book and its supporting resources, get in touch with us here.