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Biography

Sonja Cruywagen teaches undergraduate courses at the interface of Music Education and Musicology (Popular music) at the University of Pretoria South Africa.
She completed her BA (Ed) Mus degree, BMus (Hons) and MMus (Music education) (cum laude) at the University of Pretoria. She continued her postgraduate studies at North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) and completed her Ph.D. in Music in 2015. Her research interests lie in the fields of hybrid teaching and learning (blended learning) in music, learning, and teaching from a student-centred perspective, constructing teaching strategies for musical understanding and learning through a holistic education approach that develops the student into a well-rounded person. She also investigates the demands for teaching music in the 21st century in South Africa to prepare preservice music teachers for their future careers.
Cruywagen has delivered research papers at ISME 2014 (Porto Alegre, Brazil), ISME 2016 (Glasgow, Scotland), APPC 2018 (Potchefstroom, South Africa) and ISME 2018 (Baku, Azerbaijan), SASRIM 2019 (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Unsettling Paradigms: The Decolonial Turn and the Humanities Curriculum 2019 (Pretoria, South Africa) and ISME 2020 (Online: 28th ISME Seminar on Research in Music Education).

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Pretoria: Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

2012-07-01 to present | Lecturer (School of the Arts: Music)
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Education and qualifications (4)

North-West University: Potchefstroom, North West, ZA

2013-02-20 to 2015-12-15 | PhD in Music (School of Music)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

1990-02-01 to 1991-09-01 | MMus (Department of Music)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

1988-02-01 to 1989-02-01 | BMus Hons (Department of Music)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

1980-01-01 to 1984-12-31 | BA (Ed) Mus (Department of Music)
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Professional activities (2)

SASMT: Centurion, Gauteng, ZA

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International Society for Music Education: Malvern, VIC, AU

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Funding (1)

"Blending with purpose": a multimodal model for Music Education

2015-07 to 2015-12 | Grant
National Research Foundation (Pretoria, ZA)
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UNIQUE GRANT NO: 93160

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Works (20)

Students’ sense of belonging through participation in an intercultural distance learning course

ISME2024, Helsinki, Finland
2024-08-02 | Conference paper | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Sonja Cruywagen; Sanna Salminen
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Mathematics in South Africa’s Intermediate Phase: Music integration for enhanced learning

South African Journal of Childhood Education
2024-05-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Marna Hendriks; Sonja Cruywagen
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MusEd of Note: an online teacher learning environment

SASRIM, 2022
2022-08-26 | Conference paper
Contributors: Sonja Cruywagen; Boudina McConnachie
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Whatsapp, the only alternative: tertiary aural training during the Covid 19 pandemic.

ISME 2022, Online.
2022-07-20 | Conference paper | Resources
Contributors: Sonja Cruywagen; Tessa Rhoodie
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Exploring the “experience of the experiencer” in an undergraduate jazz ensemble learning community

Ritualised belonging: musicing and spirituality in the South African context
2021-12-01 | Book chapter
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Well-being and spirituality: an undergraduate jazz ensemble’s experiences within a creative learning community

PASMAE_ISME regional conferernce 2021
2021-07-07 | Conference paper
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Teaching aural music training online through social media interaction

Music Spirituality and Wellbeing Conference, Boston: Fostering Wellbeing in Times of Global Crisis
2021-07-06 | Conference paper
Contributors: Sonja Cruywagen
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Student centred learning and the study of popular music history in an undergraduate curriculum

ISME 2020 Commission on research in Music Education
2020-07-29 | Conference paper
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The world we live in: A perspective on blended learning and music education in higher education

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
2020-03-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Sonja Cruywagen; Hetta Potgieter
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Understanding of popular music history through student-centred learning

SASRIM 2019, 4-7 September, Stellenbosch University
2019-09-06 | Conference paper
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Decolonisation, constructivism and the study of popular music history.

Unsettling paradigms 2019. The Decolonial Turn and the Humanities Curriculum. 10-12 July, University of Pretoria.
2019-07-11 | Conference paper
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"Flourishing with music": from music students to well-rounded musicians of the 21st century

Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
2018-09-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Sonja Cruywagen
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Wellbeing, spirituality and 21st century skills: preparing undergraduate music students for living and lifelong learning.

ISME 2018. 15-20 July, Baku, Azerbaijan.
2018-07-20 | Conference paper
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A life-long engagement in music: teach to flourish as musician

APPC 2018, Potchefstroom, South Africa
2018-04-05 | Conference paper
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A multimodal curriculum for teaching and learning music education in higher education

ISME 2016, Glasgow, Scotland
2016-07-25 | Conference paper
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"Blending with purpose": a multimodal model for music education. PhD in Music thesis

North-West University
2015-12-15 | Other
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Designing a music education curriculum for the next generation

SAME 2015, Potchefstroom South Africa
2015-07 | Conference poster
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Constructivist learning and teaching perspectives within tertiary Music Education in South Africa

ISME 2014, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2014-08 | Conference paper
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A multimodal model to enhance tertiary Music Education

ISME Porto Alergre, Brazil
2014-08-05 | Conference paper
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ISME 2022: Whatsapp, the only alternative: tertiary aural training during the Covid 19 pandemic.

ISME 2022
Conference paper | Formal analysis
Contributors: Sonja Cruywagen; Tessa Roodie
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