Dr Jason Goopy is Lecturer in Music Education at Edith Cowan University and coordinates undergraduate and postgraduate units in secondary music education at the School of Education. He has previously held sessional academic roles at The University of Queensland and Griffith University and draws upon 15 years of leading arts programs and teaching music in Queensland combined primary and secondary schools. Jason’s research investigates the interface between music education and music psychology using mixed and arts-based research methods. His doctoral research investigated the role of music in boys’ lives and the contributions of school music to their identity construction, for which he received the ASME Callaway Doctoral Award. He serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing and the Australian Journal of Music Education. Jason is currently the Vice President of the Australian Society for Music Education, Education Committee Convenor and Immediate Past President of Kodály Australia, and is an Advisory Group member for the philanthropic Alberts Tony Foundation.
Jason is presenting a paper titled ‘Australian Kodály-inspired music teachers’ beliefs, values and identity work’
and a workshop titled Opening DAWs in the Kodály Classroom