Associate ProfessorPatrick Shepherd

Associate Professor

School of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Performer perspectives on enhancing the service- and experiencescapes of venues and events
    30 Jun 2026
    Wood, Kimberley
  • TEACHING MENTORSHIP
    Astall, Chris
    29 Jun 2026
    Mentored Dr Astall for the 2026 Promotion Round
  • TEACHING MENTORSHIP
    Sharma, Shweta
    29 Jun 2026
    Mentored Dr Sharma for the 2026 Promotion Round
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Weaving the Curriculum: The Arts and Health and Physical Education
    29 Jun 2026 - 18 Sep 2026
    AKOP253
  • TEACHING MENTORSHIP
    Yapp, Francis
    29 Jun 2026
    Mentored Dr Yapp for the 2026 Promotion Round
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    If a pianist was to become a choral accompanist in Aotearoa, New Zealand, what are the skills and attributes they should have or acquire to help run an e=icient choral rehearsal?
    22 Jun 2026
    Wu, Charlotte
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Understanding and Using Research in Education
    4 May 2026
    EDME40126S2
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Interdisciplinary Folk Music Teaching Methods: a Practical Study of Bamboo Flute Class
    1 Apr 2026
    Li, Zongheng
  • PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINAR
    MusicWorks Ensemble Festival Aotearoa (MEFA) Teacher Workshop
    9 Mar 2026 - 10 Mar 2026
    I was a tutor for this professional development course working with music teachers on aspects of ensemble direction. On the second day we worked with orchestras in schools with teachers who had attended the PD sessions on the first day.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Teaching and Learning In, Through and About Health and Physical Education and The Arts
    17 Feb 2026
    TECP324-424
  • PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINAR
    MusicWorks Ensemble Festival Aotearoa MEFA)
    16 Sep 2025 - 17 Sep 2025
    I worked with different ensembles throughout both days, conducting and coaching them and providing written feedback
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Influence of Music Education on Adolescents’ Reading and Language Learning: A Study of Secondary Schools in Northwest China
    1 Sep 2025
    Zhang, Bowen Wendy
  • TEACHING MENTORSHIP
    Watt, Emily
    15 Aug 2025
    Emily wanted to interview me about the Christchurch Schools' Music Festival for her NCEA Level 2 project, so I worked with her in developing her project.so I
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Understanding and Using Research in Education
    5 May 2025
    EDME401-25S2
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Integrating PERMA into School-Based Orchestras: Comparative Insights on Adolescent Well-Being in China and New Zealand
    1 Apr 2025
    Keying, Sun
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Influence of Interpersonal Relationships and Social History on the Development of Baritone Saxophone Repertoire
    3 Feb 2025
    Jamieson, Michael
  • PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINAR
    Ethics in Educational Research
    2 Oct 2024 - 2 Oct 2024
    I have been invited to deliver a guest lecture as part of the EDME601 course
  • PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINAR
    Thesis-in-Three
    26 Jul 2024 - 26 Jul 2024
    I was a judge for the Thesis-in-Three competitive event where PhD students present a precis of the doctoral research in 3 minutes
  • TEACHING MENTORSHIP
    Clerens, Stefan
    17 Jun 2024
    Helping advise on musical compositions and arrangements. I was specifically asked by the Music Director of the Christchurch School of Music if I would mentor this adult student, as he is advanced and needs specialist teaching
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Understanding and Using Research in Education
    6 May 2024
    EDME40124S2
  • TEACHING MENTORSHIP
    Newland, Emma
    4 Mar 2024
    Interview on Synaesthesia to help her with her Y13 class project. She had seen my profile and came to me as the expert. She is a student at Mt Albert Grammar, Auckland.
  • PROGRAMME DEVELOPED
    Ako
    1 Feb 2024
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Music as a powerful tool of transformation in the inner lives of children
    1 Jul 2023
    Christie, Wendy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Teaching the Unteachable and the ‘synaesthetic advantage’: pedagogy, synaesthesia and the use of an applied transferable synaesthetic experience to facilitate learning of music notation for piano students.
    31 May 2023
    Kearney, Michelle
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Public perceptions of wind turbines
    1 May 2023
    Bruneau, Phillippe