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Personal profile
Biography
Associate Professor Jenkins is the Deputy Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. She is an expert Initial Teacher Educator and a highly skilled music educator with a wide range of experience and knowledge in the Performing Arts. Her education and research work are underpinned by a particular focus on inclusive teaching practices. This strong belief in inclusive education has seen her work across a range of associated leadership roles to support students from differing backgrounds and experiences to reach their academic and personal potential. She leverages her strong performing arts background as a means to drive socially inclusive educational practices and to include students more actively in their educational life.
Associate Professor Jenkins has a strong teacher practitioner focus and an emphasis on teacher-led research. She uses Action Research and Experiential Learning to drive flexible and contemporary teaching practice, including the combination of a Blended Learning and Experiential Learning approach in the music method classroom. The Blended Learning and Experiential Learning approach is underpinned by pedagogy which re-considers the role of the teacher and student in the classroom. She has disseminated the findings of her research and innovative teacher practitioner work via various national and international journals, a book and book chapters and through the delivery of papers at a wide range of conference papers in New Zealand, London, Paris, Athens, United States, Canada and Australia.
Associate Professor Jenkins also uses historical research methodology to inform and give perspective to all that she does. Her ground breaking research about Australian women music educators from 1890-1950 enabled a more complex understanding of her work in socially inclusive education and inclusive student advising. The early Australian women music educators faced prejudice and discrimination, as well as social exclusion, which aligns and relfects the types of experiences students from diverse backgrounds can experience today.
Current and prior PhD supervisions include:
- Returning to instrumental music performance and music teaching post COVID-19
- Music teaching activities in early childhood centres and kindergartens
- Creating compassionate schools: Principals implementing compassionate school leadership
- Internationalising the student experience: Australian domestic student perspectives
- Flow experiences in Shakuhachi teaching via skype
- What is the impact of the Early Learning Years Framework on teaching music in preschool classrooms?
- The impact of mindfulness on pre-service music teachers
- Instrumental practice with digital technology: Facilitating children's self-regulation of music learning
- International Chinese students' perceptions of social experiences at an Australian university
- Embodied creativity: The phenomenology of early childhood dance.
- Music Performance anxiety: educational relationships between instrumental music teachers and students
- The influence of Confucianism and Western Psychological and religious Culture on Identity and Music Learning among Chinese Musicians
- An examination of the work of studio music teachers as a contribution to the musical life of Victoria, 1900-1950.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Arts, dance and music education
- Performing arts, social inclusion and health and wellbeing
- Socially inclusive curriculum and school environments
- Action research
- Australian women music teachers, performers, composers
- Qualitative methodology
- Case study
- Music
- Music Education
- Team teaching
- Working with disability in classroom music
- Experiential Learning
- Blended Learning
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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South East Program
Marangio, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jenkins, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooper, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Katariya, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Shepard, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
4/06/24 → 27/03/26
Project: Other
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PASS Network Program
Marangio, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jenkins, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooper, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Round, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))
4/06/24 → 27/03/26
Project: Research
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Bass Coast Program
Marangio, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jenkins, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooper, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Katariya, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Shepard, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Project: Research
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Universal Design for Learning: A Blended Professional Learning Program for Victorian Educators
Leif, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Sharma, U. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Jenkins, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
20/03/24 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Teaching Arts: The Need for Artistic and Pedagogical Balance
Ludecke, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jenkins, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Crawford, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Belford, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burke, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Ammermann, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/03/24 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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Teaching arts in a changing world: the need for artistic and pedagogical balance
Ludecke, M., Ammermann, M., Burke, G., Crawford, R., Jenkins, L. & Belford, N., 2 Dec 2024. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Developing the inclusive practice of school music teachers to enhance wellbeing of students with disabilities: initial research findings
Jenkins, L., Crawford, R., Bleekar, O. & Wilson, P., 2023, p. 6. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Digital listening tools to facilitate children’s self-regulation of instrumental music practice
Wan, L., Crawford, R. & Jenkins, L., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Research in Music Education. 71, 1, p. 67-90 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Experiential learning projects as assessment in initial teacher education
Crawford, R., Jenkins, L. E. & Wan, L., 2023, In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 48, 1, p. 37-54 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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LGBTIQ+ inclusive education: the interplay of emotions and cognition in graduate teachers' narratives of becoming
Adams, M., Pringle, R., Cutler, B. & Jenkins, L., 2023, Affectivity and Learning: Bridging the Gap Between Neurosciences, Cultural and Cognitive Psychology. Fossa, P. & Cortés-Rivera, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 455-469 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Award for Teaching Excellence
Jenkins, L. (Recipient), Dec 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean's Award for Partnership Development
Jenkins, L. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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MPA Supervisor of the Year Award Finalist
Jenkins, L. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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MPA Supervisor of the Year Award Finalist
Jenkins, L. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence Finalist
Jenkins, L. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Response to federal government draft discussion paper about Initial Teacher Education in Australia
Jenkins, L. (Contributor)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Response to federal government review of Initial Teacher Education 2023
Jenkins, L. (Contributor)
10 Jul 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Leadership Team for Monash Assistive Technology and Society centre
Jenkins, L. (Facilitator)
2023 → 2024Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Other
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PETE: The political economy of teacher education
Jenkins, L. (Contributor)
2023 → 2024Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public outreach
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Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education Annual Conference 2023 (Online Virtual Component)
Jenkins, L. (Organiser), Crawford, R. (Organiser), Bleeker, O. (Speaker) & Wilson, P. (Speaker)
20 Oct 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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Empowering Future Teachers in Specialist and Outer Melbourne Schools
15/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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The Australian Teachers' Survey 2023: Initial Teacher Education and continuing professional development - summary report
20/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Clare raises “nuclear option” for teacher education
12/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Significant issues affecting Aussie teachers
11/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Australian teacher training reforms ‘scapegoat’ universities
8/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment