Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne
Associate Professor
School of Music
Affiliate of Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing
Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing
+61 7 336 54146
Researcher biography
Julie Ballantyne is known for her research work in the areas of music teacher identities, social justice, music teacher education, and the social and psychological impacts of musical engagement. An Associate Professor in Music Education in the School of Music at the University of Queensland, Australia, she has won commendations and fellowships for her teaching, and also holds leadership positions with organisations such as the International Society for Music Education. Currently Editor-in-chief for the journal Research Studies in Music Education, Julie has undertaken consultancies and contracts with a number of music organisations to assist with their education and engagement strategies. She has published widely and is regularly asked to speak to music teachers and early-career researchers in the field. She enjoys teaching pre-service and in-service teachers at the Bachelor and Masters Level, as well as supervising several PhD students.
Publications
Book
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
Ballantyne, Julie (2024). Preparing for an uncertain future: proposing a reflective-practice pathway towards productive and reflexive professional identities. The Sage handbook of school music education. (pp. 569-608) edited by José Luis Aróstegui, Catharina Christophersen, Jeananne Nichols and Koji Matsunobu. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781529674842.n42
Ballantyne, Julie (2024). The musician teacher. Instrumental music teaching: perspectives and challenges. (pp. 197-212) edited by Nick Beach and Gary Spruce. London, United Kingdom: Trinity College London Press.
Reid, Andrew and Ballantyne, Julie (2019). Building a Culture of Ethical, Comparable, Authentic Assessment: Music education in Queensland. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education. (pp. 465-482) edited by David J. Elliott, Marissa Silverman and Gary E. McPherson. New York, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190265182.002.0005
Ballantyne, Julie (2017). Using mobile technologies and problem-seeking pedagogies to bridge universities and workplaces. The Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education. (pp. 575-580) edited by S. Alex Ruthmann and Roger Mantie. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199372133.013.54
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
Ballantyne, Julie and Mills, Carmen (2015). The intersection of music teacher education and social justice: where are we now?. The Oxford handbook of social justice in music education. (pp. 644-657) edited by Cathy Benedict, Patrick Schmidt, Gary Spruce and Paul Woodford. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199356157.013.70
Ballantyne, Julie and Tammie Olm-Madden (2013). Exploring dialogues in online collaborative contexts with music teachers and pre-service students in Australia. Collaborative learning in higher music education. (pp. 63-76) edited by Helena Gaunt and Heidi Westerlund. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315572642
Ballantyne, Julie and Lebler, Don (2013). Learning instruments informally: a collaborative project across disciplines in popular music and education. Collaborative learning in higher music education. (pp. 213-218) edited by Helena Gaunt and Heidi Westerlund. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315572642
Ballantyne, Julie and Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh (2010). Navigating context-based learning in pre-service teacher education. Navigating music and sound education. (pp. 1-15) edited by Julie Ballantyne and Brydie-Leigh Bartle. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ballantyne, Julie and Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh (2010). A letter to pre-service music teachers. Navigating music and sound education. (pp. xvii-xx) edited by Julie Ballantyne and Brydie-Leigh Bartleet. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ballantyne, Julie (2004). An analysis of current reform agendas in preservice teacher education in Queensland. Performing educational research: theories, methods and practices. (pp. 265-276) edited by McWilliam, Erica, Danby , Susan and Knight, John. Flaxton, Australia: PostPressed.
Journal Articles
Ballantyne, Julie and Klein, Eve (2025). Spiralling Engagement Experiences of Creativity (SEEC): a process of research-led arts creation for facilitating experiences of flourishing in participants’ lives. Psychology of Music, 53 (2), 298-313. doi: 10.1177/03057356241232363
Ballantyne, Julie and Kallio, Alexis Anja (2024). Engaging Emerging Diversities: Navigating Complex and Dynamic Intersections in Music Teacher Education. International Journal of Education and the Arts, 25 (15) 15, 1-18. doi: 10.26209/ijea25n15
Ballantyne, Julie and Kallio, Alexis Anja (2024). Editorial. Research Studies in Music Education, 46 (2), 187-190. doi: 10.1177/1321103x241262095
Ballantyne, Julie (2024). Editorial. Research Studies in Music Education, 46 (1), 3-3. doi: 10.1177/1321103X241240191
Koops, Lisa Huisman, Giotta, Kelsey Kordella, Steuver, Jessica L.G. and Ballantyne, Julie (2023). Music teacher mothers’ career navigation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research Studies in Music Education, 47 (1), 149-165. doi: 10.1177/1321103x231206017
Ballantyne, Julie and Canham, Nicole (2023). Understanding music teachers’ perceptions of themselves and their work: an Importance–Confidence Analysis. International Journal of Music Education, 41 (3), 455-471. doi: 10.1177/02557614221124966
Ballantyne, Julie (2022). Editorial. Research Studies in Music Education, 44 (1), 3-4. doi: 10.1177/1321103x221093027
Vellacott, Christine and Ballantyne, Julie (2022). An exploration of the practice habits and experiences of professional musicians. Music Education Research, 24 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2022.2053513
Ballantyne, Julie, Flynn, Libby and Olm-Madden, Tammie (2020). Problem-seeking in teacher education: empowering students to grapple with the complexities of the profession. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 45 (5) 3, 38-61. doi: 10.14221/ajte.2020v45n5.3
Ballantyne, Julie and Retell, James (2020). Teaching careers: Exploring links between well-being, burnout, self-efficacy and praxis shock. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 2255, 2255. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02255
Ballantyne, Julie (2018). Editorial. Research Studies in Music Education, 40 (2), 139-139. doi: 10.1177/1321103X18818306
Randles, Clint and Ballantyne, Julie (2018). Measuring self-perceptions of creative identity: a cross-cultural comparison of the creative identities of pre-service music teachers in the US and Australia. Music Education Research, 20 (2), 231-241. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2016.1249360
Ballantyne, Julie and Zhukov, Katie (2017). A good news story: Early-career music teachers' accounts of their “flourishing” professional identities. Teaching and Teacher Education, 68, 241-251. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.08.009
Mills, Carmen and Ballantyne, Julie (2016). Social justice and teacher education: a systematic review of empirical work in the field. Journal of Teacher Education, 67 (4), 263-276. doi: 10.1177/0022487116660152
Cleaver, David and Ballantyne, Julie (2014). Teachers' views of constructivist theory: a qualitative study illuminating relationships between epistemological understanding and music teaching practice. International Journal of Music Education, 32 (2), 228-241. doi: 10.1177/0255761413508066
Ballantyne, Julie, Ballantyne, Roy and Packer, Jan (2014). Designing and managing music festival experiences to enhance attendees’ psychological and social benefits. Musicae Scientiae, 18 (1), 65-83. doi: 10.1177/1029864913511845
Dingle, Genevieve A., Brander, Christopher, Ballantyne, Julie and Baker, Felicity A. (2013). 'To be heard': The social and mental health benefits of choir singing for disadvantaged adults. Psychology of Music, 41 (4), 405-421. doi: 10.1177/0305735611430081
Ballantyne, Julie and Baker, Felicity (2013). Leading together, learning together: music education and music therapy students' perceptions of a shared practicum. Research Studies in Music Education, 35 (1), 67-82. doi: 10.1177/1321103X13488471
Baker, Felicity and Ballantyne, Julie (2013). “You've got to accentuate the positive”: group songwriting to promote a life of enjoyment, engagement and meaning in aging Australians. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 22 (1), 7-24. doi: 10.1080/08098131.2012.678372
Ballantyne, Julie and Grootenboer, Peter (2012). Exploring relationships between teacher identities and disciplinarity. International Journal of Music Education, 30 (4), 368-381. doi: 10.1177/0255761412459165
Ballantyne, Julie (2012). Valuing students’ voices: experiences of first year students at a new campus. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 7 (1), 1886-1906. doi: 10.5172/ijpl.2012.7.1.41
Ballantyne, Julie, Kerchner, Jody L. and Aróstegui, José Luis (2012). Developing music teacher identities: an international multi-site study. International Journal of Music Education, 30 (3), 211-226. doi: 10.1177/0255761411433720
Ballantyne, Julie (2012). Διερευνώντας το σοκ της διδακτικής πράξης σε νεοδιόριστους Αυστραλούς εκπαιδευτικούς μουσικής: το αντίκτυπο της εκπαίδευσης των εκπαιδευ. Musical Pedagogics, 10, 14-30.
Packer, Jan and Ballantyne, Julie (2011). The impact of music festival attendance on young people's psychological and social well being. Psychology of Music, 39 (2), 164-181. doi: 10.1177/0305735610372611
Mills, Carmen and Ballantyne, Julie (2010). Pre-service teachers' dispositions towards diversity: Arguing for a developmental hierarchy of change. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26 (3), 447-454. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.05.012
Ballantyne, Julie, Madden, Tammie and Todd, Nick (2009). Gauging the attitudes of non-traditional students at a new campus: An Australian case study. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 31 (4), 301-313. doi: 10.1080/13600800903191948
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
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.
Ballantyne, Julie and Lebler, Don (2009). Bee Gees to boat people. Griffith Review, 6 (23), 199-204.
Ballantyne, Julie and Mills, Carmen (2008). Promoting socially just and inclusive music teacher education: Exploring perceptions of early-career teachers. Research Studies in Music Education, 30 (1), 77-91. doi: 10.1177/1321103X08089891
Burnard, Pamela, Dillon, Steve and Ballantyne, Julie (2008). Guest editorial. Research Studies in Music Education, 30 (1), 5-7. doi: 10.1177/1321103X08089886
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 (2007). Documenting praxis shock in early-career Australian music teachers: The impact of pre-service teacher education. International Journal of Music Education, 25 (3), 181-191. doi: 10.1177/0255761407083573
Ballantyne, Julie (2007). Integration, contextualization and continuity: Three themes for the development of effective music teacher education programmes. International Journal of Music Education, 25 (2), 119-136. doi: 10.1177/0255761407079955
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.
Ballantyne, Julie (2006). Reconceptualising preservice teacher education courses for music teachers: The importance of pedagogical content knowledge and skills and professional knowledge and skills. Research Studies in Music Education, 26 (1), 37-50. doi: 10.1177/1321103X060260010101
Ballantyne, Julie (2006). What music teachers want: The emergence of a unified understanding of an ideal teacher education course. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 31 (1), 1-11.
Ballantyne, Julie and Packer, Jan (2004). Effectiveness of preservice music teacher education programs: Perceptions of early-career music teachers. Music Education Research, 6 (3), 299-312. doi: 10.1080/1461380042000281749
Ballantyne, Julie (2000). Senior classroom music: factors influencing subject choice. Queensland Journal of Music Education, 7 (1), 39-58.
Conference Papers
Ballantyne, Julie (2024). Composing careers in education. 4th International Possibility Studies Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 8 -12 July 2024.
Ballantyne, Julie and O'Bryan, Jessica (2022). “Just watching them spark up!” Orchestral performers’ perceptions of community engagement tours. Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM) 24th International Seminar, Online, 13-16 July 2022. Malvern, VIC, Australia: International Society of Music Education.
Ballantyne, Julie and O'Bryan, Jessica (2022). Listening to the voices of participants in a symphony orchestra engagement project. International Society of Music Education 35th ISME World Conference, Online, 17-22 July 2022. Malvern, VIC, Australia: International Society for Music Education (ISME).
Grootenboer, Peter and Ballantyne, Julie (2010). Mathematics teachers: Negotiating personal and discipline identities. MERGA33 – 2010 Shaping the Future of Mathematics Education, Fremantle, Western Australia, 3-7 July, 2010. Fremantle, Western Australia: MERGA.
Lebler, Don, Ballantyne, Julie, Harrison, Scott and Carey, Gemma (2009). Challenging the learning of teaching: Perspectives on the influence of popular music pedagogy in tertiary music education. Reflective Conservatoire Conference 2009: Building Connections, London, U.K., 28 February - 3 March 2009. London, U.K.: Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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).
Saether, Eva, Ballantyne, Julie, Ruthmann, Alex, Dillon, Steven C. and Harrison, Scott (2008). International perspectives on pedagogies of inclusion in music education : theorising practice. International Society of Music Education (ISME) Symposium : International Perspectives on Pedagogies of Inclusion in Music Education : Theorising Practice, Bologna, Italy, July 2008.
Todd, Nick and Ballantyne, Julie (2007). 'This is our campus!': student perspectives of their 1st year experience at a new university campus. 10th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference 2007, Brisbane, Qld, Queensland, 4 - 6 July 2007. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: QUT Web Solutions.
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, Todd, Nick and Olm, Tammie (2007). The first year experience: perceptions of students at a new campus. The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) National Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 8 - 11 July 2007. Milperra, NSW, Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
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.
Ballantyne, Julie (2006). Crossing barriers between teacher preparation and teaching: Documenting praxis shock in early-career music teachers. 27th International Society of Music Education, Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission Conference 2006, Hong Kong, China, 16-21 July 2006.
Temmerman, Nita, Ballantyne, Julie, Harrison, Scott and Dillon, Steven C. (2006). Providing quality school arts / music education programs means preparing quality teachers. International Society of Music Education (ISME) Symposium: Providing Quality School Arts / Music Education Programs Means Preparing Quality Teachers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006.
Harrison, Scott and Ballantyne, Julie (2005). Effective teacher attributes: Perceptions of early-career and pre-service music teachers. Teacher Education: Local and Global: Australian Teacher Education Association Conference Proceedings, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 6 - 9 July 2005. Nathan, Australia: Centre for Professional Development: Griffith University.
Ballantyne, Julie (2005). Integration, contextualisation and continuity: Three themes for the development of effective music teacher education programs. Australian Association for Research in Music Education: XXVIIth Annual Conference; Reviewing the Future, Sydney, Australia, 24 - 27 September 2005.
Ballantyne, Julie (2005). Identities of music teachers: implications for teacher education. Teacher Education: Local and Global: Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia, 6-9 July 2005. Australian Teacher Education Association.
Ballantyne, Julie C. and Harrison, Scott D. (2005). Research directions: Gender, technology and engagement in music. Australian Association for Research in Music Education XXVIIth Annual Conference; Reviewing the Future, Sydney, Australia, 24 - 27 September 2005. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Association for Research in Music Education.
Ballantyne, Julie (2004). Teacher education traditions: Early-career teachers' understanding of these and emergence of a single construct. Australian Association for Research in Music Education: the XXVIth Annual Conference 2004, Tweed Heads, Australia, 25 - 28 September 2004.
Ballantyne, Julie (2004). Reconceptualising preservice teacher education courses for music teachers: The importance of pedagogical content knowledge and skills and professional knowledge and skills. Australian Association of Research in Education Conference 2004, Melbourne, Australia, 2004.
Ballantyne, Julie (2004). Preventing praxis shock in music teachers: Suggestions for professional development. Research and the Future of Catholic Schooling Forum, Brisbane, Australia, 2004.
Ballantyne, Julie and Packer, Jan (2004). Effectiveness of preservice music teacher education programs: Perceptions of early-career music teachers. XXVI International Society of Music Education (ISME) World Conference 2004, Tenerife, Spain, 11 - 16 July 2004.
Ballantyne, Julie (2003). Current trends in teacher education: Some implications. 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. Wellington, New Zealand: NZARE.
Research Report
Anja Kallio, Alexis, Ballantyne, Julie, Barry, Glenn, Canham, Nicole, Dollman, Emily, Fuller, Brad, Goopy, Jason, Hardy, Rohan, Humberstone, James, Jones, Tanya, Kradolfer, Ricky, Kruger, Candace, Petty, Simon and Yarnold, Rebecca (2025). Music Education Research and Policy Summit: Feedback Report from the Access to Music for Inclusion and Equity (AMIE) network. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Griffith University.
Generic Document
Ellefmo, Steinar Love, Torkjell Breivik, Nehring, Micah and Ballantyne, Julie (2020). M3G: music as a metaphor in mining geostatistics. In the Trenches: The news magazine of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
Thesis
Ballantyne, Julie (2005). Effectiveness of Preservice Music Teacher Education Programs: Perceptions of Early-Career Music Teachers. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology.