William BakerWilliam Baker is Senior Lecturer, Associate Head of Learning and Teaching and Director of Postgraduate Courses in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania, Launceston. He has a Bachelor of Music Education, Master of Education, Doctor ofEducation, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) and a Graduate Certificate in Education (University Learning and Teaching) and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has received three UTAS Teaching Merit Certificates, two Teaching Development Grants, a Vice Chancellor's Teaching Citation and Teaching Excellence Award and a CALE Teaching Citation and CALE Teaching Excellence Award. He is a member of the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Music Education (AJME) and has twice been the chairperson for the Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) Tasmanian Chapter (2007–10; 2015–16), convening State Conferences in 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2016. In 2009, he was the Chair of the ASME XVII National Conference Musical Understanding. In 2021, Bill was awarded Honorary Life Membership of ASME. He has around 50 peer-reviewed publications and was chief investigator on two externally funded research projects (Tasmanian Community Fund and Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade Australia–ASEAN Council). He is chief investigator on a project in Arts education, assessment and Initial Teacher Education (ITE) degrees with researchers from University of Southern Queensland, Central Queensland University, the University of Newcastle, Flinders University, Murdoch University and Southern Cross University. Bill is also an investigator with colleagues from the University of Melbourne and Deakin University on a project examining emerging issues and directions in Arts education. His research interest lies in youth Arts participation and social and emotional wellbeing, the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), technology-enhanced learning and teaching (TELT), Music education, Visual Arts education, higher education, educati Read More Read Less