martinthomasemo
How and why does a classroom music teacher end up with a PhD?
Last week I graduated with a PHD in Education. I've spend 11 of my 13 years of tertiary study at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of...
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martinthomasemo
- Apr 15
- 2 min
The ‘Digital Native’ Myth: A Modern-day Tech Yeti Story
The persistent myth of the 'Digital Native' is unhelpful and potentially harmful for businesses, especially in the Software as a Service...
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martinthomasemo
- Feb 29
- 4 min
PHD is published!
Five years of research is now published and available for anyone to read! Last week I uploaded a PDF of my 70,000 word thesis to the...
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martinthomasemo
- Sep 3, 2023
- 1 min
PHD SUBMITTED!
Still a bit of a process till I’m Dr - needs to be marked and then orally defended. I estimate I wrote 500,000 words in the process which...
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martinthomasemo
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
What happens when you give Ableton Live to Music teachers?
What happens when you give Ableton Live and a Push to secondary school teachers? Read my latest published paper here...
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martinthomasemo
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
Why I'm not blogging much this year...
I'm writing between 70,000 - 100,000 words for my PHD thesis which is due in 2023. It's on the relationship of how music teachers...
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martinthomasemo
- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
"Why I'm staying up all night for a conference"
For 5 nights in April 2021, I attended the Researching in Music Education RiME2021. It was based in Bath, in the UK. This meant sessions...
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martinthomasemo
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
Why you should put your hand up!
6 reflections from 6 years on the MENZA board (Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa) This article was be published in the June edition of...
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martinthomasemo
- Mar 30, 2020
- 1 min
After 2 years of working from home, some tips.
For the last 2 years I’ve predominantly worked from home office managing full time post-graduate study, board positions and 7 other jobs....
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martinthomasemo
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
What do your beliefs have to do with what you teach?
“Beliefs are unlikely to be replaced unless they prove unsatisfactory, and they are unlikely to prove unsatisfactory unless they are...
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martinthomasemo
- Sep 8, 2019
- 2 min
What enables teachers to learn?
In research I undertook in 2018 for my Masters in Education I found a number of factors when looking at teachers learning music...
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martinthomasemo
- Sep 8, 2019
- 1 min
The first time you perform, it shouldn't matter
I recently wrote a guest post for Melodics. My best piece of advice for performing, is that the first time you play a piece in front of...
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martinthomasemo
- Sep 8, 2019
- 2 min
I've learnt more in 4 weeks of study, than 12 years of teaching.
Whilst most teachers have been enjoying a well-earned break in December and January, I’ve been busy working on the first three papers of...
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