Debbie O’Shea is an enthusiastic and experienced music educator. Her qualifications include a Masters of Music Studies, a Graduate Diploma of Music Education, a Bachelor of Education, and the Holy Names Kodaly Summer Certificate (California – held in Brisbane). In 2020 Debbie earned national accreditation as a Highly Accomplished Teacher.
Debbie is passionate about supporting music educators through Crescendo Music Education. She has worked as a classroom teacher, primary music specialist, early childhood music teacher, curriculum writer, lecturer, workshop presenter, massed choir conductor and composer. Debbie is currently a Kodály Queensland Committee Member and has the Kodály Philosophy in the heart of her teaching. She has had the honour of working with, Catholic Education, KMEIA Qld, Musica Viva in Schools, Music Count Us In, UQ and Griffith University. Currently, she works as a Primary Music Specialist for the Department of Education Queensland.
Debbie lives North of Brisbane on Turbul Land with her husband and has two children, now lovely young men.
Day 3: Wednesday
with Debbie O’Shea
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| Session 5: 15.00 | Responding in the Kodaly-inspired Primary Music Classroom (Australian Curriculum v9) |
| Join Deb and Debbie for an informative, interactive and inspiring look at the responding strand of v9 of the Australian Curriculum and how these aspects of the achievement standard play out in a Kodály-inspired classroom. What does it mean to communicate ideas through our compositions in Year 4? How can 6 year olds express their ideas about where/why and how people make music in an age appropriate and easily teacher-managed way? How do we explore continuing and revitalising cultures in a respectful manner? Participate in discussions and see examples. | |
Day 4: Thursday
with Debbie O’Shea
| Time | Title |
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| Session 4: 14.05 | Advocacy and Change Making |
| Advocacy in its simplest form is about speaking up. It is about making change and being an active participant in this change. As Music Educators, we all need to engage in advocacy for the children we teach to maintain and grow the opportunities they have to be music makers and music learners.
Deb & Debbie will share about the advocacy they have engaged in over the last few years including the very successful Music For Every Child Every Week campaign to reinstate music education in all state schools in Queensland; Together Sing and school based advocacy to raise the profile of First Nations histories and cultures within their schools. They will also discuss opportunities for you to advocate in your own context as well as on a wider scale. Together we are stronger. Deb & Debbie will share about some of their collaborations, the way they work together and with others and the importance of communication, collaboration and relationships. This will not just be a lecture! You will participate in discussions and begin or build on your own planning for advocacy in your context. Being a change agent is exciting and rewarding and vital in our context of Music Education. |
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