Professor Susan Hallam was a professional musician and a music educator prior to undertaking a BA, MSc and Phd in the Psychology of Education. She joined the Institute of Education in 1991 and since then has received research funding from a wide range of bodies including the ESRC, DfES, MoD, and a range of charities and LAs for a range of projects relating to attendance at and behaviour in school, exclusion from school, school-home links, ability grouping in primary and secondary schools and research into instrumental music services. In addition she has undertaken research in relation to pedagogy in secondary and higher education, text understanding and conceptions of argument of post-graduate students, homework, learning in music and the effects of music on behaviour and studying.

special interests...

Disaffection, homework, learning (particularly in music) and the impact of music on behaviour.

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