Yee-Ni Tse (Cindy) completed her PhD in music education at the UCL Institute of Education (IOE). Her research mainly focuses on Graded music examinations, music instrumental teaching and learning, and their relationship with the social-cultural context in Hong Kong. Alongside her doctoral research, she has worked as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant for different departments and programmes, including undergraduate, and postgraduate taught and research, at the Institute of Education and the University College London. She was previously a Research Assistant at the IOE and was a former instrumental lecturer at Kingston University. Cindy was also a co-founder of the Upbeat Music Institute in Hong Kong (HK). Cindy graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music where she received scholarships and obtained her Bachelor's and Master's degrees majoring in piano performance in 2014 and 2015. The following year, she was awarded her second Master's degree with distinction in Music Education at UCL Institute of Education. Before pursuing her doctoral degree, Cindy was a professional performer and an experienced music educator in Hong Kong. She has over 15 years of teaching experience as a music and instrumental tutor in HK, teaching both Western and Chinese music. Before settling in the UK, she was an assistant instrumental teacher at the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and an assistant music teacher and music therapist at Heep Hong Society where she served children with special education needs. Cindy has a broad research interest in music and music education. Her research interests include formal and external assessments, the sociological aspects of music and education, pupil-parent-teacher triadic relationships in music learning, music instrumental pedagogy, and music and cognition.
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Formal and external assessments, the sociological aspects of music and education, pupil-parent-teacher triadic relationships in music learning, music instrumental pedagogy, and music and cognition
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