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Graça Mota (pianist, Master in Music Education, Boston University, USA, PhD in Psychology of Music, University of Keel, UK) has been for more than 30 years engaged in music teacher’s education at the Music Department of the College of Education in the Porto Polytechnic Institute in Portugal. Currently, she is a senior researcher of the CIPEM (Research Centre in Psychology of Music and Music Education) branch of INET-md (Institute of Ethno-musicology – studies in music and dance) at the Porto Polytechnic. She has collaborated with Higher Education institutions in Spain, Ireland, Canada, and Australia as external examiner, and integrates one of the evaluation teams of the Portuguese Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation in Higher Education. Her research is concerned with musical practice and social inclusion, music in the community, and women in Philharmonic Bands. This research has been funded through grants from the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and been published in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, US, UK, and Latvia. She was Chair of the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education for the biennium 2008–2010, elected member of the Board of directors of the same society for the biennium 2014-2016, and Chair of the ISME Sistema Special Interest Group 2014-2016. She is a Board member and co-founder of the international research platform SIMM (Social Impact of Making Music, www.simm-platform.eu).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria da Graça Parente Figueiredo da Mota
Date of birth
1947/01/17
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Graça Mota

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9F14-44B1-B136
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8936-4692

Email addresses

  • gmota@ese.ipp.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
1997
Concluded
 PhD (Doktor (PhD))
University of Keele,, United Kingdom
"Determinants of Children's Musical Development in the Early Years of General Classroom Music Instruction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass
1984
Concluded
 Master in Education - Music Major (Master)
University of Massachusetts Boston, United States
"Psychological Implications for Music Curriculum Development in the Schools of Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Accepted
1976
Concluded
 Musik Pädagogik (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
Hochschule für Musik un Darstellende Kunst Hamburg, Germany
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Gut Bestanden
1965
Concluded
 Curso Superior de Piano (Outros)
Conservatório de Música do Porto, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 valores
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1994 - 2013 Teacher Coordinator (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
1987/09/01 - 1994/08/31 Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1976/11/09 - 1986/08/31 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Ministério da Educação, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/01 - 2021/09/19 Re-Habitar el Barrio: Procesos de Transformación y Empoderamiento entre Universidad-Escuela-Sociedad a través de Prácticas Artísticas
EDU2017-84750-R (MCI/AEI/FEDER, UE)
Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Concluded
2012/03 - 2015/02 Promover a inclusão social através do envolvimento com a música - o projecto Orquestra Geração
PTDC/CPE-CED/120596/2010
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2007/11/19 - 2010/11/30 Música e Drama no 1º ciclo do Ensino Básico – o caso da Ilha da Madeira
PTDC/CED/72112/2006
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2005/05/01 - 2008/04/30 A Construção da Identidade Musical e Profissional de Jovens Portugueses através das Bandas Filarmónicas
POCTI/CED/60609/2004
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2001/02/01 - 2004/02/29 Educação Musical em contexto – à procura de uma nova Praxis
POCTI/1999/CED/34477
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Graça Mota. "In search of meaning, joy, and justice in music education: Teachers matter". In The Oxford Handbook of Care in Music Education, edited by Karin S. Hendricks. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford Publications, 2023.
    Published
  2. Graça Mota. "Poesía sonora". In Experiencias artísticas comunitarias en Educación. Creando vínculos escuela, universidad y sociedad, 94-101. Madrid, Spain: Editora Morata, 2021.
    Published
  3. Graça Mota. "Exploring the Boundaries of Community Music: Tales of a Piano Journey Inside a Female Prison". In Community Music at the Boundaries, 409-428. Waterloo, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2021.
    Published
  4. Prof. Doutor Paulo Maria Rodrigues Ferreira da Silva; Graça Mota. "Exploring the boundaries of Community Music: tales of a piano journey inside a female prison". In Community Music at the Boundaries, edited by Lee Willingham, 409-428. Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2021.
    Published
  5. Mota, Graça. "Six Young Women on a Band-Stand: Voices Lost in Time". In Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, 19-32. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-28707-8_2
  6. Graça Mota. "Wind bands in Portugal and in the routes of Portuguese migration - The context of Philharmonic Bands in Portugal: A long term commitment". In Our Music Our World - Wind bands and local social life, 41-56. Lisboa, Portugal: Edições Colibri, 2020.
    Published
  7. Mota, Graça. "Initiating music programs in new contexts: in search of a democratic music education". In Music and Music Education in People's Lives, 187-205. New York, United States: Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  8. Teixeira Lopes, João; Mota, Graça; Veloso, Ana Luísa; Teixeira, Rute. "Music and Social Inclusion". In Growing while Playing in Orchestra Geração: Contributions towards understanding the relationship between music and social inclusion, edited by Mota, Graça; Teixeira Lopes, João, 11-30. Porto, Portugal: Edições Politema, 2017.
    Published
  9. Mota, Graça. "Social inclusion and non-formal music learning - in the shadow of Venezuela’s El Sistema.". In Research to practice: Vol. 7. 21st century music education: Informal learning and non-formal teaching approaches in school and community contexts, 39-56. Canada: Canadian Music Educators’ Association, 2016.
    Published
  10. Mota, Graça. "Twenty five years of music teacher education in Portugal – revisiting history". In The Preparation of Music Teachers: a Global Perspective, 241-264. Florianópolis, Brazil: UDESC, 2015.
    Published
  11. Mota, Graça. "Musical development and positive identity change within criminal justice settings". In Rethinking Education: Empowering Individuals with the Appropriate Educational Tools, Skills and Competencies, for their Active Cultural, Political and Economic Participation in Society in Europe and Beyond, 120-149. Belgium, 2014.
    Published
  12. Mota, Graça. "Thorns and joys in creative collaboration: A project with music education and visual arts students". In Collaborative Creative Thought and Practice in Music. Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate, 2014.
    Published
  13. Mota, Graça. "Voices of Two Young Women: Listening to a Growing Selfhood". In Narrative Soundings: An Anthology of Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, 329-349. Springer Netherlands, 2011.
    Published • 10.1007/978-94-007-0699-6_18
  14. Bessa, Rui; Filipa Seabra; Graça Mota. "As vozes e os lugares". In Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas - Um estudo sobre a construção da Identidade musical de jovens portugueses.. Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento, 2009.
    Published
  15. Rui Ferreira; Seabra, Filipa Barreto de; Graça Mota; Conceição Lobato; Ricardo Chéu; Rui Manuel Bessa. "Cap. 4. As vozes e os lugares". In Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas ¿ Um estudo sobre a construção da identidade musical de jovens portugueses, 73-121. Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento., 2009.
    Published
  16. Seabra, Filipa Barreto de; Graça Mota. "Cap. 8. A construção da identidade musical entre o cultural e o social ou¿ da transformação do olhar". In Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas ¿ Um estudo sobre a construção da identidade musical de jovens portugueses, 171-181. Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento, 2009.
    Published
  17. Mota, Graça. "Portugal". In Musical Development and Learning: The International Perspective. Londres, United Kingdom: Continuum, 2001.
    Published
  18. Mota, Graça. "O ensino da música em Portugal". In Educação Musical em Países de Línguas Neolatinas. Brazil: Editora da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2000.
    Published
Book review
  1. Graça Mota. "Rethinking Music Education and Social Change, A Book by Alexandra Kertz-Welzel". (2023): 99-104. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/885195.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Mota, Graça; Veloso, Ana Luísa; Murphy, Regina; Bresler, Liora. "Inclusive music education in the 21st century: What are we missing?". Paper presented in 34th ISME World Conference, Helsinki, 2020.
    Accepted
  2. Veloso, Ana Luísa; Mota, Graça; Boia, Pedro Dos Santos. "Playing in Sistema Portugal: Sociological portraits of young musicians: Symposium "Voices from Inside the Orchestra: Exploring young people's experiences of Sistema-inspired programmes"". Paper presented in 32nd World Conference - International Society for Music Education (Glasgow, United Kingdom), Glasgow, 2016.
    Published
  3. Graça Mota; Rui Ferreira; Seabra, Filipa Isabel Barreto de. "Growing Up in a Philharmonic Band - a cultural perspective". Paper presented in 21st International Seminar on Research in Music Education, Bali, 2006.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Graça Mota; Seabra, Filipa Isabel Barreto de. "Growing-Up in a Philharmonic Band ¿ A study on the construction of musical identity". Paper presented in RIME (Research in Music Education) Conference, Exeter, 2007.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Maria do Rosário Pestana; André Granjo; Damien François Sagrillo; Gloria A. Rodríguez-Lorenzo ; Trevor Herbert; Suzel A. Reily; Graça Mota; et al. Our Music, Our World: Wind Bands and Local Social Life. Lisboa, Portugal: Colibri. 2020.
    Published
  2. Mota, Graça. Crescer a tocar na orquestra Geração: contributos para a compreensão da relação entre música e inclusão social. Porto, Portugal: Verso da História. 2017.
    Published
  3. Mota, Graça. Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas: Um estudo sobre a construção da identidade musical de jovens portugueses. Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento. 2009.
    Published
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Mota, Graça. "Social exclusion". In Music in the social and behavioural sciences: An encyclopedia. SAGE Publications, 2014.
    Published
  2. Mota, Graça. "Meaning". In Music in the Social and Behavioural Sciences: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications, 2014.
    Published
  3. Mota, Graça. "Music lessons". In Music in the Social and Behavioural Sciences: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications, 2014.
    Published
  4. Mota, Graça. "Musicking". In Music in the Social and Behavioural Sciences: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications, 2014.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Ana Luísa Veloso; Graça Mota. "Music learning, engagement, and personal growth: child perspectives on a music workshop developed in a Portuguese state school". Music Education Research (2021): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2021.1929140.
    10.1080/14613808.2021.1929140
  2. Graça Mota. "Music learning, engagement, and personal growth: Child perspectives on a music workshop developed in a Portuguese state school". Music Education Research (2021):
    Under revision
  3. Graça Mota. "Haiku poetry: an innovative approach to contemporary music with primary school children and college students". International Journal of Education & the Arts (2021):
    Under revision
  4. Costa, Jorge Alexandre; Cruz, Ana Isabel; Mota, Graça. "Between adoption and adaptation: Unveiling the complexity of the Orquestra Geração". Research Studies in Music Education 41 3 (2018): 293-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1321103x18773824.
    Published • 10.1177/1321103x18773824
  5. Mota, Graça. "A Review Essay: Paradigm War: Lessons Learned from 19th Century Piano Pedagogy". International Journal of Education & the Arts 18 2 (2018):
    Published
  6. Rosa, Ariane Samila Ferreira de Oliveira; Pinzoh, Josemar Martins. "O Projeto Orquestra Geração. A duplicidade de um evento musical/social". Sociologia 33 (2017): 135-154.
    Published
  7. Mota, Graça. "Performance, Educação Musical e Investigação: uma reflexão partilhada". Revista Portuguesa de Educação Musical 146/147 (2017): 50-57.
    Published
  8. Mota, Graça. "La formación de profesores de Educación Musical en Portugal. Aportaciones para una reflexión contextualizada". REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN MUSICAL 3 (2015): 41-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.12967/riem-2015-3-p041-050.
    Published • 10.12967/riem-2015-3-p041-050
  9. Mota, Graça; Abreu, Liliana. "Thirty years of music and drama education in the Madeira Island: Facing future challenges". International Journal of Music Education 32 3 (2014): 360-374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0255761413515803.
    Published • 10.1177/0255761413515803
  10. Mota, Graça. "A Educação Musical em Portugal: Uma história plena de contradições". Debates – Cadernos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Música, Centro de Letras e Artes 13 (2014): 41-50.
    Published
  11. Mota, Graça; Araújo, Maria José. "Music and drama in primary schools in the Madeira Island – narratives of ownership and leadership". Music Education Research 15 3 (2013): 275-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2013.772130.
    Published • 10.1080/14613808.2013.772130
  12. Mota, Graça. "Estudo comparativo sobre a formação de professores de música em Portugal e no Brasil". Revista do Centro de Educação da UFSM 37 2 (2012): 273-290.
    Published • 10.5902/198464444843
  13. Davidson, J.; Mota, G.. "Editorial: About "Performance matters!"". Musicae Scientiae 11 SPEC. ISS. (2007): 3-4. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39749179075&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  14. Mota, Graça. "A música no 1.º ciclo do ensino básico: Contributo para uma reflexão sobre o conceito de enriquecimento curricular". Revista de Educação Musial 129 (2007): 16-21.
    Published
  15. Mota, Graça. "The Music Educator’s professional training – challenges and consequences in the new European context". Problems in Music Pedagogy 2 (2007): 5-17.
    Published
  16. Mota, Graça; Mota, G.; Costa, J.A.; Leite, A.. "Music education in context: The construction of the teacher's identity within cross-disciplinary collaboration in the arts". Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 161-162 (2005): 181-188. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-60949675452&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  17. Mota, Graça. "Educação musical em contexto: À procura de uma nova praxis". (2003):
  18. Mota, Graça. "A formação para a expressão musical na educação de infância e no 1º ciclo do ensino básico: contributo para um olhar crítico". Educare Apprendere 1 (2003): 23-37.
    Published
  19. Mota, Graça. "Pesquisa e formação em educação musical". Revista da Associação Brasileira de Educação Musical 8 (2003): 11-16.
    Published
  20. Mota, Graça. "A educação musical no mundo de hoje: um olhar crítico sobre a formação de professores". Educação, Revista do Centro de Educação 2 (2003): 11-22.
    Published
Preface / Postscript
  1. Jorge Alexandre Costa; Graça Mota; Lopes, Filipe. "A Criação do CIPEM e a Organização da Escola de Outono: 25 Anos de trabalho científico, educacional e artístico". Preface to Escola de Outono 2023 | Cartografias do Presente: explorando o ensino de música numa sociedade em mudança (livro de resumos), 1-62. Porto, Portugal: CIPEM | INET ¿ md, Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto. 2023.
    Published
Report
  1. Graça Mota; Seabra, Filipa Isabel Barreto de; Rui Ferreira; Rui Manuel Bessa. 2008. A Construção da Identidade Musical e Profissional de Jovens Portugueses Através das Bandas Filarmónicas ¿ Uma perspectiva cultural.

Other

Other output
  1. A investigação como parte integrante da Formação de Educadores Musicais: perspectivas e modelos. Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Educación Musical. 2010. Graça Mota.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/15 Perspetivas críticas em Educação Musical XI Encontro Nacional da APEM 2023
Associação Portuguesa de Educação Musical (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/17 Mota, Graça (2022). “Music Teachers' Education: A great challenge” para apresentação no Music Education Professional Development Series 2022 - Caring Pedagogies in Music education: Fostering Meaning, Connection, and Justice. Boston, Estados Unidos da América, 17 de setembro de 2022. Music Education Professional Development Series 2022 - Caring Pedagogies in Music education: Fostering Meaning, Connection, and Justice
(Boston, United States)
2019/11/07 Mota, Graça (2019). "SIMM, An International Research Platform" para apresentação na Conferência Internacional The Social Power of Music. Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, 07 de novembro de 2019. URL: https://www.europarque.pt/the-social-power-of-music/ Conferência Internacional The Social Power of Music.
(Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal)
2019/10/10 The context of Philharmonic Bands in Portugal: A long term commitment Our music, our world: wind bands and local social life - International Conference
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/09/19 Mota, Graça (2019). "CIPEM: a coerência de um percurso" para apresentação na Conferência Internacional do CIPEM 'Desafios em Educação Musical'. Porto, Portugal, 19-21 de setembro de 2019. URL: https://cipem.eventqualia.net/pt/2019/inicio/programa/ Conferência Internacional do CIPEM 2019 'Desafios em Educação Musical'
CIPEM/INET-md (Porto, Portugal)
2019/05/26 Mota, Graça (2019) "The voices and trajectories of participants in social inclusive music projects" para apresentação no Music Health Wellbeing International Symposium. Setúbal, Portugal, 26 e 27 de maio de 2019. URL: http://www.festivalmusicadesetubal.com.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ENCARTE-SIMPOSYUM-ENGLISH.pdf Music Health Wellbeing International Symposium
(Setúbal, Portugal)
2018/10/13 A coerência de um percurso CIPEM 20 anos de Investigação e Prática
Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical (Porto, Portugal)
2018/05/24 Six young women on a band-stand – voices lost in time 6th International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education
(Boston, United States)
2018/05/24 Aesthetic Intonation: Narrative Variants of the Research Journey 6th International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education
(Boston, United States)
2017/11/04 Performance, Educação Musical e Investigação: uma reflexão partilhada XI Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Educação Musical
Associação Portuguesa de Educação Musical (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/04/24 Women in Portuguese Philharmonic Bands: finding a place in changing times 10th International Conference for Research in Music Education
(Bath, United Kingdom)
2016/09/07 A Orquestra Geração: contributos para a compreensão da relação entre música e inclusão social VII Congresso de Educação Artística
(Funchal, Portugal)
2016/07/24 Symposium 'Voices from inside the orchestra: exploring young people's experiences of Sistema-inspired programmes 32nd World Conference of the International Society of Music Education
International Society of Music Education (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2016/07/24 Playing in Sistema Portugal: Sociological portraits of young musicians 32nd World Conference International Society for Music Education
International Society for Music Education (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2016/07/06 Música y inclusión social: un tema crucial en el dominio de la Educación Musical Seminario de Investigación en Educación Musical
Universidade de Palma de Mallorca (Palma de Maiorca, Spain)

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019 - 2019 Conferência Internacional do CIPEM 2019 'Desafios em Educação Musical' Porto
2018 - 2018 Third Research Symposium on Social Impact of Making Music Porto
2017 - 2017 1st International Conference: Music for and by Children: Perspectives from Children Composers, Performers and Educators Aveiro

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - 2018 Revista Portuguesa de Educação Musical (1646-8094) Associação Portuguesa de Educação Musical
2017 - 2017 Revista Portuguesa de Educação Artística (2183-7481)
Distinctions

Other distinction

1964 Prémio Gulbenkian do Conservatório de Música do Porto, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
1964 Honor prize in the Piano competition of the city of Viseu, Portugal
1962 1.º Prémio ex-aequo no Concurso Debussy da Emissora Nacional
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SA, Portugal