教职员
杨阳博士
杨阳博士
助理教授
Dr Yang Yang is Assistant Professor of the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts. He acquired his bachelor and master's degrees in music performance in China, having extensive experiences in both Western classical and Chinese music as a solo singer. He was awarded a PhD in music education in 2011 by the Institution of Education, University of London. His doctoral research explored pedagogical challenges in the teaching and learning of traditional folk song performance in higher education. He has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. Areas of study include music performance, musicology, singing pedagogy, the psychology of music, psychoacoustic and knowledge transfer.
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PhD (University College London, UK)
MA (Capital Normal University)
BA (Northwest Normal University)
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Areas of Teaching
Chinese music (UNESCO ICH)
Music education research methodology
Psychology of music -
Research Interests
Singing pedagogy
Psychology of music
Psychoacoustic
Chinese music (UNESCO ICH)
Online education -
Selected Outputs
- Yang, Y. (2024). The development of music education philosophy in mainland China during 1990–2022: A corpus-based thematic review. International Journal of Music Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02557614241258221
- Yang, Y. (2023). Assessing alignment between curriculum standards and teachers’ instructional practices in China’s school music education. Research Studies in Music Education, 45(1), 56-76. doi: 10.1177/1321103X221099852
- Yang, Y., & Welch, G. (2023). A systematic literature review of Chinese music education studies during 2007 to 2019. International Journal of Music Education, 41(2), 175-198. doi: 10.1177/02557614221096150
- Yang, Y., & Zhang, L.-X. (2023). Building professional resilience: School music teachers’ instructional practice development under curriculum reform. Research Studies in Music Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X231209692
- Yang, Y. (2023). Challenges in teachers’ professional identity development under the National Teacher Training Programme: An exploratory study of seven major cities in Mainland China. Music Education Research, 25(4), 468-484. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2023.2246136
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Research Projects
- The transformation of traditional folk song singing in Higher music education
2005, PhD research - England ‘Sing-up’ national singing programme
2006, Survey data operator - Survival & inheritance: National music ICH in Xi’an
2013, Deputy project manager - Indigenous music education in the development of cultural identity: A comparative perspective of China and Australia
2014, Project leader - Pre-service music teachers’ professional identity development in China
2015, Project leader - Motivational factors that influence non-music undergraduates’ enrolment in general music courses
2018, MOOC for UNESCO music ICH in China
- The transformation of traditional folk song singing in Higher music education
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Prizes and Awards
2006-2009 Overseas Research Students Award
Awarding Body: Secretary of State for Education and Science, UK -
Major External Research Grants
- 2013 Music education training course design
Funding Body: Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China - 2014 Multi-case study of ICH music traditions in Xi’an (co-manager)
Funding Body: Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education, Xi’an, China - 2014-2015 CSC overseas visiting scholar funding
Funding Body: China Scholarship Council (CSC) - 2014-2016 Bilingual music research training course design
Funding Body: Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China - 2015 ‘Music Express’ creativity education programme for Children
Funding Body: Ministry of Education PRC, Beijing, China
- 2013 Music education training course design
