Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Edited Books
Edited Book (1)
McPhail, G. J., Thorpe, V., & Wise, S. (Eds.) (2018). Educational change and the secondary school music curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand (1st ed.). London & New York: Routledge.
Book Chapters (10)
Rata, E., & McPhail, G. (2020). Teacher Professional Development, the Knowledge-Rich School Project and the Curriculum Design Coherence Model. In J. Fox, C. Alexander, & T. Aspland (Eds.), Teacher Education in Globalised Times: Local Responses in Action (pp. 311-329). Singapore: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4124-7_17
McPhail, G. (2020a). Curriculum Integration in Flexible Learning Environments, Challenges for Teachers, and Teacher Education. In M. A. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Teacher Education (pp. 6 pages). Singapore: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_369-1
Thorpe, V., McPhail, G., Wise, S., Horner, M., Little, J., Macfarlane, K., . . . Wenden, L. (2018). Unfinished business and unintended consequences A conversation about teaching music in New Zealand secondary schools. In G. McPhail, V. Thorpe, & S. Wise (Eds.), Educational Change and the Secondary School Music Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 165-180). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315109602-11
McPhail, G., Thorpe, V., & Wise, S. (2018). Mapping the field. In G. McPhail, V. Thorpe, & S. Wise (Eds.), Educational Change and the Secondary School Music Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 3-11). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315109602-1
McPhail, G., Rata, E., & Siteine, A. (2018). The changing nature of music education. In G. McPhail, V. Thorpe, & S. Wise (Eds.), Educational Change and the Secondary School Music Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 74-92). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/
McPhail, G. (2018). The future just happened: Lessons for twenty-first century learning from the secondary school music classroom. In G. McPhail, V. Thorpe, & S. Wise (Eds.), Educational change and the secondary school music curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand (1st ed., pp. 27-41). London & New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315109602-3
McPhail, G. (2018). Music teachers talking: Views on secondary school curriculum content. In G. McPhail, V. Thorpe, & S. Wise (Eds.), Educational change and the secondary school music curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 131). New York & London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315109602-9
McPhail, G., & Rata, E. (2018). A theoretical model of curriculum design: 'Powerful knowledge' and '21st century learning'. In B. Barrett, U. Hoadley, & J. Morgan (Eds.), Knowledge, curriculum and equity: Social realist perspectives (pp. 63-79). Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/
McPhail, G. (2017). Rethinking what it means to be a teacher through a mixed modality approach. In J. Tetnabe, & C. Mutch (Eds.), Understanding enduring ideas in education: A response to those who 'just want to be a teacher' (pp. 82-94). Wellington, New Zealand: NZCER. Retrieved from http://www.nzcer.org.nz/nzcerpress/understanding-enduring-ideas
McPhail, G. (2014). Pathways to powerful knowledge: A case for music’s 'voice'. In B. Barrett, & E. Rata (Eds.), Knowledge and the future of the curriculum: International studies in social realism (pp. 123-135). New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan
Journal articles (36)
McPhail, G. (2020b). The search for deep learning: a curriculum coherence model. Journal of Curriculum Studies. doi:10.1080/00220272.2020.1748231
McPhail, G. (2020c). Twenty-First Century Learning and the Case for More Knowledge About Knowledge. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. doi:10.1007/s40841-020-00172-2
McNeil, J., & McPhail, G. (2020). One Direction: Strategic challenges for twenty-first century secondary school music. Music Education Research.doi:10.1080/14613808.2020.1796952
McPhail, G., & Rata, E. (2019). The knowledge democracy connection and music education. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 27(2), 112-132. doi:10.2979/philmusieducrevi.27.2.02
Pountney, R., & McPhail, G. (2019). Crossing boundaries: Exploring the theory, practice and possibility of a 'Future 3' curriculum. British Educational Research Journal, 45(3), 483-501. doi:10.1002/berj.3508
McPhail, G., & McNeill, J. (2019). One direction: a future for secondary school music education?. Music Education Research, 21(4), 359-370. doi:10.1080/14613808.2019.1605345
Round, R., & McPhail, G. (2019). Using Music: From Spontaneous to Scientific Concepts in the Primary School Writing Classroom. International Journal of Education and the Arts, 20(5), 1-25. doi:10.18113/P8ijea20n5
Rata, E., McPhail, G., & Barrett, B. (2019). An engaging pedagogy for an academic curriculum. Curriculum Journal, 30(2), 162-180. doi:10.1080/09585176.2018.1557535
McPhail, G. (2019). Pedagogic populism vs. opportunities to learn: university music students' appraisal of their school music classes. Music Education Research, 21(3), 257-268. doi:10.1080/14613808.2018.1553942
Thwaites, T., & McPhail, G. (2018). Managing time for Heads of Music Departments: The bipolarity of compulsion and desire. The New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 15(1), 46-62. doi:10.24135/teacherswork.v15i1.244
McPhail, G. (2018a). Too much noise in the classroom? towards a praxis of conceptualization. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 26(2), 176-198. doi:10.2979/philmusieducrevi.26.2.05
McPhail, G. (2018b). Curriculum integration in the senior secondary school: A case study in a national assessment context. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 50(1), 56-76. doi:10.1080/00220272.2017.1386234
McPhail, G., & Lourie, M. (2017). Getting Real: Is Realism a Blind Spot in Research Methodology?. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 52(2), 285-299. doi:10.1007/s40841-017-0087-y
Pountney, R., & McPhail, G. (2017). Researching the interdisciplinary curriculum: The need for ‘translation devices’. British Educational Research Journal, 43(6), 1068-1082. doi:10.1002/berj.3299
McPhail, G. (2017a). Constructivism: Clearing up the confusion between a theory of learning and “constructing” knowledge. Set: Research Information for Teachers Online First, 2017(2), 29-33. doi:10.18296/set.0081
McPhail, G. J. (2017b). Rethinking what it means to be a progressive teacher: Key ideas from social realism. Pacific-Asian Education, 29(1), 75-89. Retrieved from http://www.pacificcircleconsortium.org/pae-journal.html
McPhail, G. J. (2017c). Does knowledge matter? Disciplinary identities and students’ readiness for university. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 52(1), 57-71. doi:10.1007/s40841-016-0053-0
McPhail, G. J. (2017d). Powerful knowledge: Insights from music's case. The Curriculum Journal, 28(4), 524-538. doi:10.1080/09585176.2017.1358196
McPhail, G., & Rata, E. (2016). Comparing curriculum types: ‘Powerful knowledge’ and ‘21st century learning’. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 51(1), 53-68. doi:10.1007/s40841-015-0025-9
Bartlett, E., & McPhail, G. J. (2016). Teacher expertise and feedback in music composition. Pacific-Asian Education: The Journal of the Pacific Circle Consortium for Education, 28(1), 63-74. Retrieved from http://pacificcircleconsortium.org/
McPhail, G. J. (2016a). From aspirations to practice: Curriculum challenges for a new ‘twenty-first-century’ secondary school. The Curriculum Journal, 27(4), 518-537. doi:10.1080/09585176.2016.1159593
McPhail, G. J. (2016b). Music on the move: Methodological applications of Bernstein’s concepts in a secondary school music context. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37(8), 1147-1166. doi:10.1080/01425692.2015.1044069
McPhail, G. (2016c). The future just happened: Lessons for 21st-century learning from the secondary school music classroom. Curriculum Matters, 12, 8-28. doi:10.18296/cm.0011
McPhail, G. (2016d). A ‘fourth moment’ for music education? A response to Chris Philpott’s sociological critique of music curriculum change. British Journal of Music Education, 33(1), 43-59. doi:10.1017/S0265051715000091
McPhail, G. (2015). The fault lines of recontextualisation: The limits of constructivism in education. British Educational Research Journal, 42(2), 294-313. doi:10.1002/berj.3199
McPhail, G. J. (2014a). The right to enhancement: Students talking about music knowledge in the secondary curriculum. Curriculum Journal, 25(3), 306-325. doi:10.1080/09585176.2014.913493
McPhail, G. J. (2014b). Music teachers talking: views on secondary school curriculum content. Curriculum Matters, 10, 32-55. Retrieved from http://www.nzcer.org.nz/
McPhail, G. (2013a). The canon or the kids: Teachers and the recontextualisation of classical and popular music in the secondary school curriculum. Research Studies in Music Education, 35(1), 7-20. doi:10.1177/1321103X13483083
McPhail, G. J. (2013b). Developing student autonomy in the one-to-one music lesson. International Journal of Music Education, 31(2), 160-172. doi:10.1177/0255761413486407
McPhail, G. (2013c). Informal and formal knowledge: The curriculum conception of two rock graduates. British Journal of Music Education, 30(1), 43-57. doi:10.1017/S0265051712000228
McPhail, G. J. (2013d). Mixed pedagogic modalities: The potential for increased student engagement and success. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 48(1), 113-126. Retrieved from http://nzare.org.nz/home.aspx
McPhail, G. (2012a). From singular to over-crowded region: Curriculum change in senior secondary school music in New Zealand. British Journal of Music Education, 29(3), 317-330. doi:10.1017/S0265051712000058
McPhail, G. J. (2012b). Knowledge and the curriculum: Music as a case study in educational futures. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 47(1), 33-46. Retrieved from http://www.nzare.org.nz/nzjes.aspx
McPhail, G. J. (2010). Crossing boundaries: Sharing concepts of music teaching from classroom to studio. Music Education Research, 12(1), 33-45. doi:10.1080/14613800903568296
McPhail, G. J. (2010b). Finding the balance: teachers as recontextualising agents in the struggle between classical and popular music in the secondary school curriculum. New Zealand Journal of Research in Performing Arts and Education: Nga Mahi a Rehia no Aotearoa, 2, 18 pages. Retrieved from http://www.drama.org.nz/
McPhail, G. J. (2008). Searching for standards in the NCEA: Assessing musical performance. Waikato Journal of Education, 14, 15-30. Retrieved from http://wje.org.nz/index.php/WJE/index
Creative Outputs (3)
McPhail, G., & Helyard, E. (2018, March 30). Debut in Vienna [CD]. Auckland, New Zealand.
McPhail, G., & Hutton, M. (2013, May 10). The Nations music by Telemann, Rameau and others. [CD]. Auckland, New Zealand.
Tibbles, J., Tibbles, S., McPhail, G., & Cooke, M. (2005). Extempore - Chamber Music by the Sons of Bach, (2005). [CD] Auckland, New Zealand.