Margaret is a Professor and founding director of the Creative Collaboratorium at the Univeristy of Queensland. She served as the Head of the School of Music from 2008 - 2018. Prior to this, she held appointments at the University of Tasmania Faculty of Education (1988-2008) including Director of Research, Deputy Head of School, Director of Post-Graduate Studies, and convenor of Music Education.
Margaret currently holds positions as a Director of the Australian Music Centre, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the Queensland Music Festival.
Margaret has served as President of the International Society for Music Education (2012-2014), Chair of the World Alliance for Arts Education (2013-2015), Chair of the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research (2009-2011), board member of the International Society for Music Education (2008-2010), and National President of the Australian Society for Music Education (1999-2001). Margaret has been an advisor for arts and educational bodies nationally and internationally, including the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority, and the United Kingdom Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
Margaret's research encompasses the investigation of the role of Music and the Arts in human cognition and social and cultural development. Her research has addressed problems in the areas of aesthetic decision-making, the meaning and value of Arts engagement for young people, young children's musical thinking, young children's identity work in and through music, teaching and learning practices in the arts, and the pedagogy and practices of creativity. A key aspect of her work has been the development of innovative arts-based inquiry and expertise in music and music education.
Her work has been recognised through Fellowship of the Australian Society for Music Education (2011), Excellence Awards for Teaching (UTas 2003), Research Higher Degree Supervision (UQ 2016), and Research Engagement (UQ 2016). Most recently she has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship to further her research into children’s singing and song-making (2017-2018) and is elected Beaufort Visiting Fellow at St. John's College, Univeristy of Cambridge (2019).
Books
Barrett, Margaret S. and Westerlund, Heidi M. (2024). Music education, ecopolitical professionalism, and public pedagogy: towards systems transformation. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45893-4
Ballantyne, Julie, Harrison, Scott, Barrett, Margaret and Temmerman, Nita (2009). Bridging gaps in music teacher education: Developing exemplary practice models using peer collaboration. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
Book Chapters
Abad, Vicky, Broughton, Mary C., Barrett, Margaret S. and Welch, Graham F. (2023). Building a Profile of Australian Parents’ Musical Beliefs, Values, and Practices. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 266-296) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.18
Barrett, Margaret S. and Welch, Graham F. (2023). Section Introduction : Mapping the Landscapes of Music Early Learning and Development. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 3-4) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.65
Barrett, Margaret S., Abad, Vicky and Welch, Graham F. (2023). Researching Music Early Learning and Development : Mapping Methods and Techniques, Locations, Problems, and Theories. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 119-138) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.7
Welch, Graham F. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2023). Future Perspectives. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 971-978) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.61
Barrett, Margaret S. (2023). The Intangible Heritage of Children’s Musical Cultures : From “Child’s Play” to Culture-Making. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 104-118) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.6
Abad, Vicky, Welch, Graham F. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2023). Supporting Children Living with Neurodiversity : An Analysis of Access and Engagement in a Community-Based Music Early Learning Program. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 896-912) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.57
Zhukov, Katie and Barrett, Margaret S. (2023). Windows on Children’s Perspectives on Music in Their Lives : Visual Methods in Music Education Research. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 84-103) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.5
Abad, Vicky, Shoemark, Helen and Barrett, Margaret S. (2023). Musical Parenting in a Digital Age : Affordances and Constraints in Pandemic Times. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 63-83) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.4
Barrett, Margaret (2023). Music education and the natural learning model. Teaching music. (pp. 63-73) edited by Gary Spruce. New York, NY, United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003419495-7
Barrett, Margaret S. (2019). Playing in and through the musical worlds of children. Re-thinking play as pedagogy. (pp. 33-46) edited by Alcock, Sophie and Stobbs, Nicola. New York, NY United States: Routledge.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2019). Singing and invented song-making in infants and young children's early learning and development: from shared to independent song-making. The Oxford handbook of singing. (pp. 471-487) edited by Welch, Graham F., Howard, David M. and Nix, John. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra, L. (2019). Resonant work: metaphor and narrative in music learning, and life. Narrative and metaphor in education: look both ways. (pp. 76-90) edited by Michael Hanne and Anna A. Kaal. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429459191-6
Barrett, Margaret S. (2017). From small stories: laying the foundations for narrative identities in and through music. Handbook of musical identities. (pp. 63-78) edited by Raymond MacDonald, David J. Hargreaves and Dorothy Miell. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199679485.003.0004
Barrett, Margaret S. and Westerlund, Heidi (2017). Practices of music education and learning across the lifespan: an exploration of values and purposes. The Palgrave handbook of global arts education. (pp. 75-89) edited by Georgina Barton and Margaret Baguley. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-55585-4_5
Abad, Vicky and Barrett, Margaret S. (2017). Families and music early learning programs: boppin' babies. Music therapy with families: therapeutic approaches and theoretical perspectives. (pp. 135-151) edited by Stine Lindahl Jacobsen and Grace Thompson. London, United Kingdom: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2017). Policy and the lives of school-age children. Policy and the political life of music education. (pp. 175-190) edited by Patrick Schmidt and Richard Colwell. New York NY United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190246143.003.0011
Ballantyne, Julie, Canham, Nicole and Barrett, Margaret (2016). Facilitating dissonance: implications for social justice in music teacher education. Giving voice to democracy in music education. (pp. 236-251) edited by Lisa C. DeLorenzo. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315725628
Love, Karlin and Barrett, Margaret S. (2014). Learning to collaborate in code: negotiating the score in a Symphony Orchestra Composers' School. Collaborative creative thought and practice in music. (pp. 49-64) edited by Margaret S. Barrett. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315572635-12
Barrett, Margaret S., Ford, Andrew, Murphy, Patrick, Pollett, Patricia, Sellars, Elizabeth and Viney, Liam (2014). The Scattering of Light: shared insights into the collaborative and cooperative processes that underpin the development and performance of a commissioned work. Collaborative creative thought and practice in music. (pp. 17-31) edited by Margaret S. Barrett. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315572635-10
Barrett, Margaret S. (2014). Collaborative creativity and creative collaboration: troubling the creative imaginary. Collaborative creative thought and practice in music. (pp. 3-14) edited by Margaret S. Barrett. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315572635-8
Barrett, Margaret S. (2012). Preparing the mind for musical creativity: Early music learning and engagement. Musical creativity: Insights from music education research. (pp. 51-71) edited by Oscar Odena. Farnham, Surrey, U.K.: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315596952-6
Barrett, Margaret S. (2012). Music learning and education in early childhood: an overview. Oxford handbook of music education. (pp. 227-228) edited by Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. Welch. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Tafuri, Johannella (2012). Creative meaning-making in infants’ and young children’s musical cultures. Oxford handbook of music education. (pp. 296-331) edited by Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. Welch. New York , NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra L. (2012). Stories of selves: A prelude. Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. (pp. 233-234) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer. Dordrecht , The Netherlands: Springerlink.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra L. (2012). Narrative lessons: An interlude. Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. (pp. 129-129) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer. Dordrecht , The Netherlands: Springerlink.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra L. (2012). Singular stories and master narratives: A prelude. Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. (pp. 97-97) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer. Dordrecht , The Netherlands: Springerlink.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra L. (2012). Lives in music and musical practices: a prelude. Narrative soundings: an anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. (pp. 21-22) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra L. (2012). Resonant work: Toward an ethic of narrative research. Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. (pp. 1-17) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer. Dordrecht , Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-0699-6_1
Barrett, Margaret S. (2012). Troubling the creative imaginary: Some possibilities of ecological thinking for music and learning. Musical imaginations: Multidisciplinary perspectives on creativity, performance, and perception. (pp. 206-219) edited by David J. Hargreaves, Dorothy Miell and Raymond A. R. MacDonald. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568086.003.0013
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra L. (2012). Troubling persistent questions: A prelude. Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. (pp. 289-290) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer. Dordrecht , The Netherlands: Springerlink.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra L. (2012). Being and becoming a teacher: A prelude. Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. (pp. 159-160) edited by Margaret S Barrett and Sandra Lee Stauffer. Dordrecht , The Netherlands: Springer.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2012). Belonging, being and becoming musical: An introduction to children's musical worlds. Children, meaning-making and the arts. (pp. 57-81) edited by Susan Wright. Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia: Pearson Australia.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2012). Mutuality, belonging, and meaning-making: Pathways to developing young boys' competence and creativity in singing and song-making. Perspectives on males and singing. (pp. 167-187) edited by Scott D. Harrison, Graham F. Welch and Adam Adler. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-2660-4_11
Barrett, Margaret S. (2011). Towards a cultural psychology of music education. A cultural psychology of music education. (pp. 1-16) Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214389.003.0001
Barrett, Margaret S. (2011). On being and becoming a cathedral chorister: A cultural psychology account of the acquisition of early musical expertise. A Cultural Psychology of Music Education. (pp. 259-288) edited by Margaret S. Barrett. Oxford, U.K. ; New York, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214389.003.0011
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra (2009). Narrative inquiry in music education: Toward resonant work. Narrative inquiry in music education: Troubling certainty. (pp. 19-29) edited by Margaret Barrett and Sandra Stauffer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands; London: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9862-8_3
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra (2009). Narrative inquiry in music education: From story to method. Narrative inquiry in music education: Troubling certainty. (pp. 7-17) edited by Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra. Dordrecht, Netherlands: London: Springer.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra (2009). Postlude. Narrative inquiry in music education: Troubling certainty. (pp. 223-224) edited by Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9862-8_21
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra (2009). Introduction. Narrative inquiry in music education: Troubling certainty. (pp. 1-4) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra Stauffer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9862-8_1
Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra (2009). Prelude: Framing and re-framing the narrative possibilities for music education.. Narrative inquiry in music education: Troubling certainty. (pp. 33-34) edited by Barrett, Margaret S. and Stauffer, Sandra. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9862-8_4
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Welch, Graham F. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2007). Music curriculum. Early childhood education: An international encyclopedia. A-D.. (pp. 198-201) edited by Rebecca S. New and Moncrieff Cochran. Westport, Connecticut, U.S.: Praeger Publishers.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2007). Music appreciation: Exploring similarity and difference. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 605-619) edited by Bresler, Liora. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2007). Prelude: Locating the heart of experience. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 565-568) edited by Bresler, Liora. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2006). Aesthetic response. The child as musician: A handbook of musical development. (pp. 173-192) edited by McPherson, Gary E.. New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2005). Representation, cognition, and musical communication: Invented notation in children’s musical communication. Musical communication. (pp. 117-142) edited by Dorothy Miell,, Raymond MacDonald and David J. Hargreaves. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2005). Musical communication and children's communities of musical practice. Musical communication. (pp. 261-280) edited by Miell, Dorothy, MacDonald, Raymond and Hargreaves, David J.. Oxford : New York: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2005). A systems view of musical creativity. Praxial music education: Reflections and dialogues. (pp. 177-195) edited by David J. Elliott. New York: Oxford University Press.
Barrett, M. S. (2003). Musical children, musical lives, musical worlds. Children, meaning-making and the arts. (pp. 63-89) edited by S. Wright. Frenchs Forest, NSW., Australia: Pearson Education Australia.
Barrett, M. S. (2003). Freedoms and constraints: Constructing musical worlds through the dialogue of composition. Composition in the Schools: A New Horizon for Music Education. (pp. 3-27) edited by M. Hickey. Reston, VA United States: MENC.
Journal Articles
Barrett, Margaret S. and Zhukov, Katie (2024). Enduring impacts of collaborative workplace music mentoring for early childhood generalist teachers, music mentors and students. Music Education Research, 26 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2024.2416244
Goh, Talisha, Hope, Cat, Devenish, Louise, Barrett, Margaret S., Canham, Nicole, Burke, Robert L. and Hall, Clare (2024). Beyond the gender binary: a survey of gender marginalization and social boundaries in Australian jazz and improvisation. Frontiers in Psychology, 15 ARTN 1412511. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1412511
Zhukov, Katie, Barrett, Margaret S. and Creech, Andrea (2024). The impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns on professional and personal lives of freelance creative collaborative musicians. Research Studies in Music Education, 46 (1), 149-163. doi: 10.1177/1321103x231186952
Kennedy, Iris and Barrett, Margaret S. (2023). Motivation, challenges, skills and understanding: Musicians’ perspectives on working in a curated performance programme for older adults in aged care and community settings. International Journal of Community Music, 16 (3), 293-315. doi: 10.1386/ijcm_00089_1
Canham, Nicole, Goh, Talisha, Barrett, Margaret S., Hope, Cat, Devenish, Louise, Park, Miranda, Burke, Robert L. and Hall, Clare A. (2022). Gender as performance, experience, identity and, variable: a systematic review of gender research in jazz and improvisation. Frontiers in Education, 7 987420, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.987420
Barrett, Margaret S. and Zhukov, Katie (2022). Choral flourishing: parent and child perspectives on the benefits of participation in an excellent youth choir. Research Studies in Music Education, 45 (3), 525-538. doi: 10.1177/1321103x221115080
Barrett, Margaret S. and Zhukov, Katie (2022). Enduring impacts of cathedral choral training on choristers’ lives. Music Education Research, 24 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2022.2046720
Barrett, Margaret S. and Zhukov, Katie (2022). “A Common Obsession”: children’s and young people’s perceptions of learning in an intensive summer choral program. Frontiers in Education, 7 827496, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.827496
Baguley, Margaret, Kerby, Martin, O’Toole, John, Barrett, Margaret S., Grierson, Elizabeth, Dezuanni, Michael and Meiners, Jeff (2021). In their own voice: The role of the Shape of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts Paper Writers in ensuring equitable access to quality Arts education in Australia. The Australian Educational Researcher, 48 (5), 795-818. doi: 10.1007/s13384-021-00489-x
Barrett, Margaret S., Creech, Andrea and Zhukov, Katie (2021). Creative collaboration and collaborative creativity: a systematic literature review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 713445. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713445
Zhukov, Katie, Barrett, Margaret S. and Welch, Graham F. (2021). Developing a child and adolescent chorister engagement survey: probing perceptions of early collective experiences and outcomes. Music and Science, 4, 205920432098321. doi: 10.1177/2059204320983215
Barrett, Margaret S. and Welch, Graham F. (2020). Music early learning programs: enduring outcomes for children and their families. Psychology of Music, 49 (5), 030573562094423-1241. doi: 10.1177/0305735620944232
Abad, Vicky and Barrett, Margaret S. (2020). Laying the foundations for lifelong family music practices through Music Early Learning Programs. Psychology of Music, 51 (4), 1-21. doi: 10.1177/0305735620937780
Westerlund, Heidi and Barrett, Margaret (2020). Narrating arts education research impact in and through research policy: affordances and constraints for professional transformation. Arts Education Policy Review, 123 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/10632913.2020.1811819
Barrett, Margaret S., Zhukov, Katie, Brown, Joanne E. and Welch, Graham F. (2020). Evaluating the impact of a generalist teacher-led music program on early childhood school children’s singing skills and attitudes to music. Psychology of Music, 48 (1), 030573561879035-136. doi: 10.1177/0305735618790355
Barrett, Margaret S., Zhukov, Katie and Welch, Graham F. (2019). Strengthening music provision in early childhood education: a collaborative self-development approach to music mentoring for generalist teachers. Music Education Research, 21 (5), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2019.1647154
Love, Karlin G. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2019). Signature pedagogies for musical practice: A case study of creativity development in an orchestral composers’ workshop. Psychology of Music, 47 (4), 551-567. doi: 10.1177/0305735618765317
Barrett, Margaret S., Flynn, Libby M., Brown, Joanne E. and Welch, Graham F. (2019). Beliefs and Values About Music in Early Childhood Education and Care: Perspectives From Practitioners. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (APR) 724, 724. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00724
Barrett, Margaret S., Flynn, Libby Maree and Welch, Graham F. (2018). Music value and participation: an Australian case study of music provision and support in early childhood education. Research Studies in Music Education, 40 (2), 226-243. doi: 10.1177/1321103X18773098
Love, Karlin G. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2016). A case study of teaching and learning strategies in an orchestral composition masterclass. Psychology of Music, 44 (4), 830-846. doi: 10.1177/0305735615594490
McPherson, Gary E., Osborne, Margaret S., Barrett, Margaret S., Davidson, Jane W. and Faulkner, Robert (2015). Motivation to study music in Australian schools: The impact of music learning, gender, and socio-economic status. Research Studies in Music Education, 37 (2), 141-160. doi: 10.1177/1321103X15600914
Rickert, Dale L.L., Barrett, Margaret S. and Ackermann, Bronwen J. (2015). Are music students fit to play? A case study of health awareness and injury attitudes amongst tertiary student cellists. International Journal of Music Education, 33 (4), 426-441. doi: 10.1177/0255761415582343
Osborne, Margaret S, McPherson, Gary E, Faulkner, Robert, Davidson, Jane W and Barrett, Margaret S (2015). Exploring the academic and psychosocial impact of El Sistema-inspired music programs within two low socio-economic schools. Music Education Research, 18 (2), 156-175. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2015.1056130
Barrett, Margaret S. and Bond, Nigel (2015). Connecting through music: the contribution of a music programme to fostering positive youth development. Research Studies in Music Education, 37 (1), 37-54. doi: 10.1177/1321103X14560320
Williams, Kate E., Barrett, Margaret S., Welch, Graham F., Abad, Vicky and Broughton, Mary (2015). Associations between early shared music activities in the home andlater child outcomes: findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 31 (2), 113-124. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.01.004
Rickert, Dale L. L., Barrett, Margaret S. and Ackermann, Bronwen J. (2014). Injury and the orchestral environment: part III: the role of psychosocial factors in the experience of musicians undertaking rehabilitation. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 29 (3), 125-135. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2014.3028
Rickert, Dale L. L., Barrett, Margaret S. and Ackermann, Bronwen J. (2014). Injury and the orchestral environment: part II: organisational culture, behavioural norms, and attitudes to injury. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 29 (2), 94-101. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2014.2020
Rickert, Dale L., Halaki, Mark, Ginn, Karen A., Barrett, Margaret S. and Ackermann, Bronwen J. (2013). The use of fine-wire EMG to investigate shoulder muscle recruitment patterns during cello bowing: the results of a pilot study. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 23 (6), 1261-1268. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.07.013
Rickert, Dale L., Barrett, Margaret S. and Ackermann, Bronwen J. (2013). Injury and the orchestral environment: Part I: the role of work organisation and psychosocial factors in injury risk. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 28 (4), 219-229. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2013.4043
Barrett, Margaret S. and Baker, Jane S. (2012). Developing learning identities in and through music: a case study of the outcomes of a music programme in an Australian juvenile detention centre. International Journal of Music Education, 30 (3), 244-259. doi: 10.1177/0255761411433721
Barrett, Margaret S., Everett, Michele C. and Smigiel, Heather M. (2012). Meaning, value and engagement in the arts: Findings from a participatory investigation of young Australian children’s perceptions of the arts. International Journal of Early Childhood, 44 (2), 185-201. doi: 10.1007/s13158-012-0059-9
Rickert, Dale, Barrett, Margaret, Halaki, Mark, Driscoll, Tim and Ackermann, Bronwen (2012). A Study of Right Shoulder Injury in Collegiate and Professional Orchestral Cellists: An Investigation Using Questionnaires and Physical Assessment. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 27 (2), 65-73. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2012.2014
Everett, Michele C. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2012). "Guided tour": A method for deepening the relational quality in narrative research. Qualitative Research Journal, 12 (1), 32-46. doi: 10.1108/14439881211222714
Everett, Michele C. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2011). Benefits visitors derive from sustained engagement with a single museum. Curator: The Museum Journal, 54 (4), 431-446. doi: 10.1111/j.2151-6952.2011.00108.x
Barrett, M.S. (2011). Musical narratives: A study of a young child's identity work in and through music-making. Psychology of Music, 39 (4), 403-423. doi: 10.1177/0305735610373054
Barrett, Margaret S., Ballantyne, Julie, Harrison, Scott and Temmerman, Nita (2009). On building a community of practice: Reflective narratives of academic learning and growth. Reflective Practice, 10 (4), 403-416. doi: 10.1080/14623940903138233
Barrett, Margaret S. and Mills, Janet (2009). The inter-reflexive possibilities of dual observations: An account from and through experience. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 22 (4), 417-429. doi: 10.1080/09518390802448549
Barrett, Margaret S. (2009). Sounding lives in and through music: A narrative inquiry of the ‘everyday’ musical engagement of a young child. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 7 (2), 115-134. doi: 10.1177/1476718X09102645
Ballantyne, Julie, Barrett, Margaret, Temmerman, Nita, Harrison, Scott and Meissner, Ellen (2009). Music teachers Oz online: A new approach to school-university collaboration in teacher education. International Journal of Education and the Arts, 10 (6), x-x.
Everett, Michele and Barrett, Margaret S. (2009). Investigating sustained visitor/museum relationships: Employing narrative research in the field of museum visitor studies. Visitor Studies, 12 (1), 2-15. doi: 10.1080/10645570902769084
Barrett, Margaret S. and Langston, Thomas W. (2008). Capitalizing on community music: a case study of the manifestation of social capital in a community choir. Research Studies in Music Education, 30 (2), 118-138. doi: 10.1177/1321103X08097503
Barrett, Margaret (2008). Editorial. Research Studies in Music Education, 30 (2), 98-98. doi: 10.1177/1321103X08097501
Ballantyne, Julie, Barrett, Margaret, Harrison, Scott, Temmerman, Nita and Meissner, Ellen (2008). Music teachers Oz: Learning in teacher education. Music in Action, 5 (4), 24-25.
Ballantyne, Julie, Harrison, Scott, Barrett, Margaret, Temmerman, Nita and Garvis, Susanne (2007). Bridging gaps in music teacher education: Actioning the findings of the national review of school music education. Music Forum, 13 (3), 43-44.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Smigiel, Heather M. (2007). Children’s perspectives of participation in music youth arts settings: Meaning, value, and participation. Research Studies in Music Education, 28 (1), 39-50. doi: 10.1177/1321103X070280010204
Barrett, Margaret S. and Gromko, Joyce Eastland (2007). Provoking the muse: A case study of teaching and learning in composition. Psychology of Music, 35 (2), 213-230. doi: 10.1177/0305735607070305
Barrett, Margaret S. (2007). 'Surface and depth': Generative tensions for a 'Comprehensive' view of music education. Music Education Research International, 1 (1), 25-41.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2006). Inventing songs, inventing worlds: The ‘genesis’ of creative thought and activity in young children’s lives. International Journal of Early Years Education, 14 (3), 201-220. doi: 10.1080/09669760600879920
Kilpatrick, Sue, Jones,Tammy and Barrett, Margaret S. (2006). Learning through research: a regional university and its community. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2 (2), 36-49. doi: 10.5172/ijpl.2.2.36
Barrett, Margaret S. (2006). 'Creative collaboration': An 'eminence' study of teaching and learning in music composition. Psychology of Music, 34 (2), 195-218. doi: 10.1177/0305735606061852
McGill, Michele and Barrett, Margaret S. (2006). What if rationalists wore sombreros?: Some transformative possibilities for teacher education. The International Journal of Learning, 12 (10), 237-242.
Smigiel, H. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2005). Young voices: New perspectives. NJ (Drama Australia Journal), 29 (2), 3-16.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2004). Thinking about the representation of music: A case-study of invented notation. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education (161/162), 19-28.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Smigiel, Heather (2003). Awakening the 'Sleeping Giant'?: The arts in the lives of Australian families. International Journal of Education and the Arts, 4 (4).
Barrett, M. S. (2003). Meme engineers: Children as producers of musical culture. International journal of early years education, 11 (3), 195-212.
Barrett, M (2002). Toward a 'situated' view of the aesthetic in music education. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 36 (3), 67-77. doi: 10.2307/3333598
Barrett, M. S. (2002). Invented notations and mediated memory: A case-study of two children's use of invented notations,. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 153/154, 55-62.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2001). Constructing a view of children's meaning-making as notators: a case-study of a five-year-old's descriptions and explanations of invented notations. Research Studies in Music Education, 16 (1), 33-45. doi: 10.1177/1321103X010160010401
Smigiel, H. and Barrett, M. S. (2001). Imaginative reflection: towards a model for pre-service teacher learning in the arts. Arts and Learning Research, 17 (1), 37-60.
Barrett, Margaret (2000). Windows, mirrors, and reflections: a case study of adult constructions of children's musical thinking. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education (145), 43-61.
Barrett, M. (1999). Modal dissonance: an analysis of children's invented notations of known songs, original songs, and instrumental composition. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education (141), 14-20.
Barrett, Margaret (1997). Invented notations: a view of young children's musical thinking. Research Studies in Music Education, 8 (1), 2-14. doi: 10.1177/1321103x9700800102
Barrett, Margaret (1996). Children's aesthetic decision-making: an analysis of children's musical discourse as composers. International Journal of Music Education, 28 (1), 37-62. doi: 10.1177/025576149602800104
Barrett, Margaret (1994). Music education and the primary/early childhood teacher: a solution. British Journal of Music Education, 11 (3), 197-207. doi: 10.1017/S0265051700002163
Barrett, M. S. (1993). Integrating music into the early childhood program. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 18 (1), 41-48.
Barrett, M.S. (1993). Music in the early childhood classroom: an expressive medium. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 18 (1), 23-28.
Barrett, M. (1992). Music education and the natural learning model. International Journal of Music Education, 20 (1), 27-34. doi: 10.1177/025576149202000104
Barrett, Margaret (1990). Music and language in education. British Journal of Music Education, 7 (1), 67-73. doi: 10.1017/S0265051700007518
Conference Papers
Doherty, E., Wilson, W.J. and Barrett, M. (2024). Music education for students with hearing loss. Queensland Department of Education statewide conference for Advisory Teachers: Deaf & Hard of Hearing [Teachers of the Deaf], Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29-30 May 2024.
Zhukov, Katie and Barrett, Margaret (2019). The role of music in children’s lives as heard through draw-and-tell interviews. Eleventh International Research in Music Education Conference, Bath, United Kingdom, 23–26 April 2019.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2016). Attending to “culture in the small”: a narrative analysis of the role of play, thought, and music in young children’s world-making. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/1321103X15603557
Ballantyne, Julie, Barrett, Margaret, Harrison, Scott and Temmerman, Nita (2008). Bridging gaps in music teacher education. 28th International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference: "music to create the city", Bologna, Italy, 20-25 July 2008. Nedlands, W.A.: International Society for Music Education (ISME).
Smigiel, Heather M. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2008). From the mouths of babes: The importance of learning communities in arts education in primary and secondary schools. Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility. AERA 2008 Annual Meeting, New York, NY, U.S.A., 24-28 March 2008. American Educational Research Association.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2008). Sounding stories, sounding lives: Narrative accounts of young children's identity work in and through music. Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility. AERA 2008 Annual Meeting, New York, NY, United States, 24-28 March 2008. American Educational Research Association.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2008). Music appreciation: Cultivating the "art of the possible". Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility. AERA 2008 Annual Meeting, New York, NY, U.S.A., 24-28 March 2008. American Educational Research Association.
Harrison, Scott, Ballantyne, Julie, Barrett, Margaret and Temmerman, Nita (2007). Building communities of music education practice: Peer collaboration in music teacher education. NACTMUS - Music in Australian Tertiary Institutions: Issues for the 21st Century, Griffith University, Brisbane, 29 June - 1 July 2007. Nathan, Qld, Australia: Griffith University.
Ballantyne, Julie, Barrett, Margaret, Harrison, Scott and Temmerman, Nita (2007). Working together across institutions: Fostering collaboration within higher education. The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) National Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 8-11 July, 2007.
Stauffer, Sandra L. and Barrett, Margaret S. (2006). Narratives of "Public Interest": The Role of Locality and Place in Teachers' Educational Decision Making. American Educational Research Association 2006 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 7—11 April 2006. San Francisco, California: American Educational Research Association.
Mills, Janet and Barrett, Margaret S. (2006). Raising boys' achievement?: Music as everyday life. 27th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-21 July 2006. Nedlands, W.A: International Society for Music Education.
Barrett, M. S. and Mills, J. (2006). Reflexive observations: Seeing, hearing, feeling towards narrative understandings. Narrative Soundings: 1st International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education (NIME 2006), Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A., 5-7 April 2006.
Barrett, M. and Smigiel, H. (2005). Uncompromising messages: Lessons from the arts to education. National Education and the Arts Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 12-14 September, 2005. Surry Hills, N.S.W.: Australia Council.
Barrett, M.S. (2004). Children as music critics. XXVI International Society of Music Education (ISME) 50th Anniversary World Conference for Music Education 2004: Sound Worlds to Discover, Tenerife, Spain, 11-16 July 2004. Madrid, Spain: Enclave Creativa Ediciones.
Barrett, M. S., Forrest, D. and Smith, R. (2004). Kabalevsky and Kodaly: Crossing borders between sound worlds. Sound worlds discover: 26th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Tenerife, Spain, 11-16 July 2004. Nedlands, W.A., Australia: International Society for Music Education.
Barrett, Margaret (2004). Musical ecologies: An examination of the mutually constitutive nature of cultural and individual processes in children's musical learning and development. PME04: Simposio Internazionale Psicologia e Educazione Musicale (International Symposium on Psychology and Music Education), Padova, Italy, 29-30 November 2004. Lecce, Italy: Pensa Multimedia.
Barrett, Margaret S. and Smigiel, Heather M. (2003). All the chalk would be white: Australian children's perspectives of the meaning, value and purpose of the arts in their lives. AERA 2003: "Accountability for Educational Quality: Shared Responsibility". 84th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Associatio, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., 21-25 April 2003.
Barrett, Margaret and Smigiel, Heather (2003). Teaching for education and the imagination: Students' perceptions. 1st International Conference on Imagination and Education (IERG 2003), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 16-19 July 2003. Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG).
Barrett, Margaret and Smigiel, Heather (2003). "The spark of an idea": Students making the connections between education and imagination. 1st International Conference on Imagination and Education (IERG 2003), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 16-19 July 2003. Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG).
Barrett, M. S. and Smigiel, H. (2003). Children's learning communities in the arts: A strong imperative. NZARE/AARE Joint International Conference 2003: Educational Research, Risks and Dilemmas., Auckland, New Zealand, 29 November-3 December 2003. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) & Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE).
Kilpatrick, Sue, Barrett, Margaret and Jones, Tammy (2003). Defining learning communities. 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. NZARE/AARE.
Barrett, Margaret (2003). "It's my gift": A case study of tutor and conductor perceptions of an intensive residential music camp in their lives. 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Research in Music Education, Hong Kong, China, 9-12 July 2003.
Barrett, Margaret S. (2000). Perception, description, and reflection: young children's aesthetic decision-making as critics of their own and adult compositions. 18th International Society for Music Education ISME Research Seminar, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 8 - 14 July 2000. Champaign, IL, United States: University of Illinois Press.