My Expertise
education, music education, teacher training, schooling, motivation, psychological needs, music conservatories,
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Specialist studies in education, Educational psychology, Music educationSEO tags
Biography
Dr Paul Evans is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at UNSW. His expertise is in educational psychology, particularly in relation to motivation, engagement, learning and teaching, and cognitive load. His research covers a wide range of domains and settings, including schools, music studios, and workplaces, and spanning childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Dr Evans teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in educational...view more
Dr Paul Evans is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at UNSW. His expertise is in educational psychology, particularly in relation to motivation, engagement, learning and teaching, and cognitive load. His research covers a wide range of domains and settings, including schools, music studios, and workplaces, and spanning childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Dr Evans teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in educational psychology, music psychology, and motivation. He is the Program Director for postgraduate coursework programs in the School of Education. He supervises PhD, Master's, and honours level research projects in a range of areas related to motivation, engagement, and learning.
My Qualifications
PhD (Music Education) (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Master of Music Education (University of Western Australia), Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Education (Hons. 1) (UNSW)
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Motivation
Cognitive Load Theory
Quantitative survey research
My Engagement
Member, International Society for Music Education (ISME)
Member, Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research (sempre)
International Affiliate, American Psychological Association (APA; Division 15: Educational Psychology)
International Affiliate, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Member, Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
Member, Interntional Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)
Editorial Reviews
Frontiers in Pschology (Performance Science section)
Itinerant Journal Reviews
Psychology of Music
Research Studies in Music Education
Musicae Scientiae
British Journal of Educational Psychology
Conference Reviews
Australian Society for Music Education National Conference
My Teaching
Postgraduate classes:
EDST5112: Learning: Psychological and Social Perspectives
EDST5321: Motivation in Educational Settings
Undergraduate classes:
EDST2044: Motivation in Learning and Teaching
GENT0508: Music on my Mind: The Psychology of Music (equivalent to MUSC3102; EDST2092)
Previous classes
EDST1107: Introduction to Music Education
MUSC5121: Creativity in Music
MUSC3602: Creativity in Music Education
MUSC2502: Introduction to Secondary Music Education
MUSC4602: Music Teaching Experience
Contact
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8731-0973