The Planning Committee—Members of the Symposium

Heidi Westerlund has completed the Doctor of Music (scientific line) degree at Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland in 2002. She has a Master’s degree in Social Sciences (1999, University of Helsinki) philosophy as her main subject, a Master’s Degree in Music (1988, Sibelius Academy) and Diploma in the Humanities in musicology (1993, University of Helsinki). She has studied at The Royal Music School in Stockholm, at the University of London, and as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (Philosophy of Education Research Center).

Dr. Westerlund is currently working as a Professor of Music Education at Sibelius Academy. In 2003-2004 she worked as a Visiting Scholar at Boston University. At Sibelius Academy she worked as a Research Assistant and as a Planning Officer. She has advised thesis writing there and at the Conservatory of Helsinki. She has taught research methods, history of music education and philosophy of music education at Sibelius Academy for master and doctoral students as well as flute and piano playing in several music schools in Finland.

Dr. Westerlund’s special interest is philosophy of music education. Her dissertation Bridging Experience, Action, and Culture in Music Education (Studia Musica 16, Sibelius-Akatemia, Helsinki; she examined Bennett Reimer’s and David Elliott’s theories on music education in a Deweyan pragmatist framework. She is a Member of the Editorial Committee of the International Journal of Music Education (Research) 2004-2008. She has published articles in several international and Finnish journals and books, for example, in Philosophy of Music Education Review, Music Education Research,International Journal of Music Education,British Journal of Music Education,Nordic Research on Music Pedagogy, Finnish Journal of Music Education, and, recently, in Praxial Music Education: Reflections and Dialogues, edited by David Elliott.

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