Merryn Dunmill
Merryn is the DigiAdvisor Project Leader and a VPLD Facilitator
Merryn has most recently been Project Leader for Arts Online, the New Zealand Ministry of Education’s key arts education portal. She has also been active in the development and direction of distance arts e-learning programmes through the Virtual Learning Network, and a mentor for the VPLD programme in 2010 and 2011. Through 2010—2011 Merryn has been a lead writer for the Ministry of Education’s Senior Secondary Arts Teaching and Learning Guides.
Merryn established and directed the National Centre for Research in Music Education at the University of Canterbury, and negotiated an MOU with UNESCO for this centre to serve as an international Arts Education Observatory carrying out a range of research projects and presenting at national and international conferences. In 2010, she worked for the South Korean Government to develop an international Arts Research portal.
Previously, Merryn has been a National Coordinator for the Arts (Ministry of Education), NEMP advisory group member, NZ Film Archive advisory group member, NZ Music Commission advisory group member, Schools Advisor, Senior Lecturer in teacher education, ERO officer, NZQA expert panellist, standards writer and workshop presenter, and Ministry of Education Curriculum developer and materials writer for the NZC (2007).
- Teacher Education
- Arts Education
- e-Learning
- Music Education NZ Aotearoa (ex Chair)
- Dunmill, M. (2010). Charting the Future of The Arts in Education: Arts Online Initiatives. Symposium paper, NZARE, Auckland.
- Dunmill, M. (2007). Incredible India. (PDF) http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/TeacherLearning/professional/Arts/
- Dunmill, M. (2006). New Zealand Case Studies in the Effective Utilisation of ICT in Arts Learning. http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/casestudies/
- Dunmill, M. (2006). ICT and Arts Education: A Literature Review. (PDF) http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/TeacherLearning/professional/Arts/
- O'Connor, P., & Dunmill, M. (2005). Key competencies and the arts in the New Zealand curriculum. Paper prepared for the Ministry of Education's New Zealand Curriculum Marautanga Project. http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Archives/Curriculum-project-archives/Refe...
- Dunmill, M. (2004). Literature Review in Like Writing off the Paper: Student Learning in the Arts. http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=9715&data=1
- Dunmill, M. (2004). Exemplifying Teaching and Learning in Music: the New Zealand Story. MISTEC Commission Paper, ISME, University of Granada, Spain.
- Dunmill, M., & Hong, C. (2004). The New Zealand Arts Curriculum. In Arts Education in the Asia Pacific Rim, UNESCO.
- Archer, C., & Dunmill, M. (2004). Sweet: Another Taste of New Zealand Music. Ministry of Education and NZ Music Industry Commission.
- Archer, C., & Dunmill, M. (2003). Sweet: A Taste of New Zealand Music. Ministry of Education and NZ Music Industry Commission.
- Dunmill, M. (2003). The New Zealand Arts Exemplar Project. Paper presented at Assessment in the Arts International Symposium, New York University.
- Dunmill, M. (2002). Teaching Music in 3D. Lead article in Sound Ideas Volume 5 Number 2, Canterbury Studies in Music Education, University of Canterbury.
Writer and editor for Learning Media (2001–2005 publications)
- He Waiata ma te Katoa na Hirini Melbourne (2005)
- Into Music 4 – Assessment in Music Years 1 – 12 (2005)
- The Winds of Tawhirimatea (Music and Science Unit in Connected), (2004)
- Into Music 3 – Classroom Music for Years 7 – 10 (2004)
- Into Music 2 – Classroom Music for Years 4 – 6 (2003)
- Into Music 1 – Classroom Music for Years 1 – 3 (2002)
- Presenter, by invitation, at UNESCO 2nd World Conference on Arts Education, Seoul Korea; 2010
- Presenter at NZARE Symposium; Auckland, 2010
- New Zealand presenter at the Assessment in the Arts International Symposium in New York; 2003
- NZ representative and presenter at UNESCO Pacific Arts Education Forum, Fiji; 2002
• Asia NZ Foundation study award winner to attend Linking Latitudes conference in India; 2007
"The reason I have long been passionate about teaching and learning in the arts is the difference they make to students’ and school communities’ lives. Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, Nga Toi final statement translates as:
Ignite imagination! Let the mind create beyond what is seen, so that the arts that inspire continue to do so. Let everyone know that the arts celebrate the present and create the future.
Culturally responsive pedagogies are critical to student learning and wellbeing. My ongoing intention is to support students and teachers to engage in environments where their backgrounds, aspirations and successes are celebrated—in both online and face-to-face contexts."
