Overview
Background
Julie Ballantyne is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Queensland. Her internationally recognised research focuses on music teacher identities, music teacher education, and the social and psychological impacts of musical engagement. Since completing her PhD in 2005, she has developed a body of scholarship that is highly cited internationally. Julie has served as Editor-in-Chief of Research Studies in Music Education since 2018 and is inaugural Co-Director of the International Teacher Professional Development Centre. She recently completed a prestigious four-year term as an elected Board member of the International Society for Music Education. An award-winning educator and doctoral supervisor, she delivers invited presentations to academic, professional, and community audiences. She provides research expertise and strategic guidance to music and education organisations through consultancy work, connecting scholarship with program development and professional practice in Australia and internationally.
Availability
- Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Diploma of Music Performance, Australian Music Examinations Board
- Bachelor of Music, Queensland University of Technology
- Bachelor (Honours) of Education (Secondary), Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
- Journal Editor in Chief, Research Studies in Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education
Works
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2004
Conference Publication
Teacher education traditions: Early-career teachers' understanding of these and emergence of a single construct
Ballantyne, Julie (2004). Teacher education traditions: Early-career teachers' understanding of these and emergence of a single construct. Australian Association for Research in Music Education: the XXVIth Annual Conference 2004, Tweed Heads, Australia, 25 - 28 September 2004.
2004
Conference Publication
Effectiveness of preservice music teacher education programs: Perceptions of early-career music teachers
Ballantyne, Julie and Packer, Jan (2004). Effectiveness of preservice music teacher education programs: Perceptions of early-career music teachers. XXVI International Society of Music Education (ISME) World Conference 2004, Tenerife, Spain, 11 - 16 July 2004.
2004
Conference Publication
Reconceptualising preservice teacher education courses for music teachers: The importance of pedagogical content knowledge and skills and professional knowledge and skills
Ballantyne, Julie (2004). Reconceptualising preservice teacher education courses for music teachers: The importance of pedagogical content knowledge and skills and professional knowledge and skills. Australian Association of Research in Education Conference 2004, Melbourne, Australia, 2004.
2004
Book Chapter
An analysis of current reform agendas in preservice teacher education in Queensland
Ballantyne, Julie (2004). An analysis of current reform agendas in preservice teacher education in Queensland. Performing educational research: theories, methods and practices. (pp. 265-276) edited by McWilliam, Erica, Danby , Susan and Knight, John. Flaxton, Australia: PostPressed.
2003
Conference Publication
Current trends in teacher education: Some implications
Ballantyne, Julie (2003). Current trends in teacher education: Some implications. Joint New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) & Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Conference, Auckland, New Zealand., Auckland, New Zealand, 29 November - 3 December 2003. Wellington, New Zealand: NZARE.
2000
Journal Article
Senior classroom music: factors influencing subject choice
Ballantyne, Julie (2000). Senior classroom music: factors influencing subject choice. Queensland Journal of Music Education, 7 (1), 39-58.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Music Education and Academic Success: An examination of relationships between formal music education and the 'music effect'
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shaun Brown
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Doctor Philosophy
Community Music Sustainability: The Role of Music Educators
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Scene Change: Lived Experiences and Demographics of Regional/Rural/Remote Qld Popular and Country Musicians
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elin Charles-Edwards
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Doctor Philosophy
The missing link: A qualitative study of crossover voice pedagogy among Australian tertiary music institutions.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Graeme Morton
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Doctor Philosophy
The Singer-Songwriter-Producer: Exploring Self-Production within Contemporary Songwriting
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Robert Davidson, Associate Professor Eve Klein
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the Perceptions and Experiences that Shape Australian Studio Music Teachers' Motivation, Wellbeing, and Flourishing in Work
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mary Broughton
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
The multi-instrumental percussionist: An exploratory study on the roles of teachers, parents, and students towards high school percussion practise across school and home
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mary Broughton, Dr Stephanie Macmahon
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
When the song sounds: Exploring the impact of singing-infused classrooms in general primary education.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Graeme Morton
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Unpacking the instrumental case: Early-career instrumental music educator identity in Australia
Principal Advisor
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2023
Master Philosophy
I'm Just a Musician: Multi-Stylistic Portfolio Musicians' Life Histories, Identities, and Competencies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Eve Klein
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2015
Master Philosophy
The Occupational Identity Development of Early-career Music Teachers
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Adolescent boys' music beliefs, values, and identity work in a single-sex independent school
Joint Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
An Investigation of the Factors Promoting or Inhibiting the Inclusion of Students with Disability in School Instrumental Music Programs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rhonda Faragher
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Jazz up North Down Under: An inquiry into jazz performance, culture and identity through collaborative recitals in Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Liam Viney
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
A case study of the life and work of an Australian Orchestral Portfolio Conductor
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Religious Music in Everyday Life: Adolescents' Identity Work in Catholic Schooling
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Placing identity, identifying place: an investigation of the role of place and identity in the development of artistic thought and practice
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Liam Viney
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2011
Master Philosophy
Parental engagement in stringed instrument learning: a case study investigation of the familial factors that shape children's stringed instrument learning.
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne directly for media enquiries about:
- Education - music
- Festivals - music
- International Journal of Music Education
- Music - social impact of
- Music festivals
- Music teacher education
- Music teaching
- Social impact of music
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