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'''Paul Stephen Farmer''' (born 16 April 1950) is a retired British teacher who developed the use of pop music in school music education in the 1970s, and was the first to develop a public examination in pop music in the UK.<ref>''A Place for Pop'', Times Educational Supplement 16.7.1976, pp 31 & 33; ''Pop Music in the Secondary School'', Music in Education (Novello & Co Ltd) Sept/Oct 1976 vol 40 no 381 ISSN: 0027-433X page 217; ''Pop Music in School Studies'', Australia Daily News, 19 May 1976</ref> He wrote several music education books and became a London comprehensive school head teacher.
'''Paul Stephen Farmer''' (born 16 April 1950) is a retired British teacher who developed the use of pop music in school music education in the 1970s, and was the first to develop a public examination in pop music in the UK.<ref>''A Place for Pop'', Times Educational Supplement 16.7.1976, pp 31 & 33; ''Pop Music in the Secondary School'', Music in Education (Novello & Co Ltd) Sept/Oct 1976 vol 40 no 381 ISSN: 0027-433X page 217 (also mentioned by Lucy Green on pg 151 of ''Music on deaf ears'', 1988 Manchester University Press 0-7190-2647-4); ''Pop Music in School Studies'', Australia Daily News, 19 May 1976</ref> He wrote several music education books and became a London comprehensive school head teacher.

==Education==
==Education==
Farmer was born in [[Woodford Green]], Essex, the son of an examiner in HM [[Patent Office]]. After attending [[Chigwell School]] Farmer went to the [[Royal College of Music]] where his principal study was the organ, for which he gained the ARCM diploma. On graduating from the RCM, he began his career as a secondary school music teacher. He later studied part-time at [[London University]]’s [[Institute of Education]], where he received both the (Academic) Diploma and MA in Education.<ref name="AboutPF">{{cite web|url=http://paulfarmer.blogspot.com/2007/03/back-again.html|title=About Paul Farmer|publisher=PaulFarmer.com|date=7 March 2007|accessdate=24 September 2011}}</ref><ref>see [[:File:Paul S. Farmer MA certificate.jpg]]</ref>
Farmer was born in [[Woodford Green]], Essex, the son of an examiner in HM [[Patent Office]]. After attending [[Chigwell School]] Farmer went to the [[Royal College of Music]] where his principal study was the organ, for which he gained the ARCM diploma. On graduating from the RCM, he began his career as a secondary school music teacher. He later studied part-time at [[London University]]’s [[Institute of Education]], where he received both the (Academic) Diploma and MA in Education.<ref name="AboutPF">{{cite web|url=http://paulfarmer.blogspot.com/2007/03/back-again.html|title=About Paul Farmer|publisher=PaulFarmer.com|date=7 March 2007|accessdate=24 September 2011}}</ref><ref>see [[:File:Paul S. Farmer MA certificate.jpg]]</ref>

Revision as of 16:45, 24 September 2011

Paul S. Farmer
Self Portrait
BornApril 16, 1950
Woodford Green, Essex
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish
Occupation(s)Teacher, Author, Politician
Known forDevising the first UK school exam in pop music
Websitehttp://www.paulfarmer.com

Paul Stephen Farmer (born 16 April 1950) is a retired British teacher who developed the use of pop music in school music education in the 1970s, and was the first to develop a public examination in pop music in the UK.[1] He wrote several music education books and became a London comprehensive school head teacher.

Education

Farmer was born in Woodford Green, Essex, the son of an examiner in HM Patent Office. After attending Chigwell School Farmer went to the Royal College of Music where his principal study was the organ, for which he gained the ARCM diploma. On graduating from the RCM, he began his career as a secondary school music teacher. He later studied part-time at London University’s Institute of Education, where he received both the (Academic) Diploma and MA in Education.[2][3]

Teaching career

In 1974 Farmer was appointed Head of Music at Holland Park School, London, where he developed the use of pop music in music teaching.[4]

He created the first public examination in pop music,[5] a mode III Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE)[6] which was first administered in 1976.[7] The exam was devised to motivate a group of otherwise educationally disenchanted fourth form pupils.[8] Out of this course emerged what the authors believed to be the first classroom textbook in pop music[9], Pop Workbook, co-written by Farmer and Tony Attwood[10]and first published in 1978. The demand for the book led to its reprinting in 1979 and 1982. Alongside Holland Park's 4th/5th year course in pop music, similar but broader modules for 11-14 year olds emerged which were later published by Farmer alone as the Longman Music Topics.[11]

In 1979 the first edition of Farmer's book Music in the Comprehensive School, written for teachers and students of education, was published,[12] with a slightly larger edition published in 1984. He attempted to set music teaching in the comprehensive school in an academic context and describe new developments[13].

In 1981 Farmer became Deputy Head of Dick Sheppard School, a mixed comprehensive in Brixton, and subsequently became Head Teacher at the age of 33, and was described as the Inner London Education Authority's (ILEA's) youngest head.[14] In 1987 he was succeeded by Philip Lawrence QGM.[15]

Later life

After the ILEA was abolished Farmer left London for Suffolk and held a number of part-time posts, teaching and examining music. He also founded and ran the first registered UK charity specialising in exclusively male health problems, The Men's Health Trust.[16]

In 2003 Farmer was elected to St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Bury St Edmunds Town Council.[17] He has served on St Edmundsbury's cabinet, first as Arts & Culture portfolio holder,[18] where he immediately got embroiled in the "dangerous" headstone controversy[19] and closing the Manor House Museum.[20] The latter action was deeply unpopular with many of his electors and a possible reason that he lost votes in the 2007 election.[21][22] From May 2007 he became responsible for finance.[23] He was again elected to Suffolk County Council in 2009[24] and was last re-elected to St Edmundsbury in May 2011,[25] after he resigned from the county council and reduced his borough council responsibilities in 2010 for health reasons.[26] He now concentrates on serving his 3,600+ electors in Abbeygate ward which he represents[27].

Main published works

  • Attwood, Tony; Paul Farmer (1 March 1978). Pop Workbook. Edward Arnold. ISBN 9780713101555. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  • Farmer, Paul (1 June 1982). A Handbook of Composers and Their Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780193210929.
  • Farmer, Paul, ed. (1984). Music in Practice. Oxford University Press.
  • Farmer, Paul (June 1979). Music in the Comprehensive School. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780193174184.
  • Longman Music Topics A series of classroom booklets, Longman 1979-1986, including:

References

  1. ^ A Place for Pop, Times Educational Supplement 16.7.1976, pp 31 & 33; Pop Music in the Secondary School, Music in Education (Novello & Co Ltd) Sept/Oct 1976 vol 40 no 381 ISSN: 0027-433X page 217 (also mentioned by Lucy Green on pg 151 of Music on deaf ears, 1988 Manchester University Press 0-7190-2647-4); Pop Music in School Studies, Australia Daily News, 19 May 1976
  2. ^ "About Paul Farmer". PaulFarmer.com. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. ^ see File:Paul S. Farmer MA certificate.jpg
  4. ^ Pop in the Classroom in ILEA Contact, 14 May 1976 vol 5 Issue 3 (pub. Inner London Education Authority)
  5. ^ Poly Victoros (1 October 2005). "WestFocus seminar report: Teaching resources for recorded music" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  6. ^ Metropolitan Regional Examination Board
  7. ^ Foot stompin' hard swottin' for exam sittin' , London Evening Standard, 2 June 1976, pg 11; The comprehensive rock report, Record Mirror & Disc, 10 April 1976, pp 22 & 23
  8. ^ Chapter 7 from Farmer's Music in the Comprehensive School
  9. ^ http://www.attwood.me.uk/bibliography.htm
  10. ^ Pop Workbook - TonyAttwood, Paul Farmer - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  11. ^ Farmer, Paul. "Results for 'se:"Longman music topics"'". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  12. ^ Stephanie Pitts (2000). Reasons to teach music: establishing a place in the contemporary curriculum, British Journal of Music Education, 17, pp 32-42; Perceptions of Crystallising and Paralysing Factors in the Development of Student Teachers of Music in Scotland, http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~wae006/petestollery.com/text/crystpar.html#farm79
  13. ^ File:PSF MITCS cover.jpg
  14. ^ South London press, 25 September 1987, pg 14
  15. ^ "The man who wouldn't hide - News". The Independent. 1995-12-10. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  16. ^ Man Trouble in The Sunday Times Style magazine 13 July 1997 pp 34-35; further info at http://opencharities.org/charities/1061184
  17. ^ "Election Results St Edmundsbury Borough Council". Stedmundsbury.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  18. ^ "St. Edmundsbury Borough Council Cabinet" (PDF). 16 January 2007. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  19. ^ http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/documents/reports/W689%20Memorials%20Testing%20Policies%20and%20Procedures.pdf
  20. ^ "Charity joins bid to save museum - News - East Anglian Daily Times". Eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  21. ^ "Protest as museum collection dismantled - News - East Anglian Daily Times". Eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  22. ^ "St Edmundsbury Borough Council election 2007 - results A to K". Stedmundsbury.gov.uk. 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  23. ^ Page 6 of http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/documents/minutes/Minutes%2009.02.11.pdf
  24. ^ "Results table 2009 - Suffolk CountyCouncil Elections". Elections.suffolkcc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  25. ^ "News - East Anglian Daily Times". Eadt.co.uk. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  26. ^ Published on Fri Oct 01 08:00:50 BST 2010. "Councillor stepping back - Local Authority". Bury Free Press. Retrieved 2011-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/documents/reports/C116%20Polling%20District%20Review.pdf

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