Xavier Robichaud

Xavier Robichaud is a researcher at the Université de Moncton, Shippagan Campus, New Brunswick, Canada, where he has held a teaching and research position since 2017. He holds a doctorate in education from the Université de Moncton and a master's degree in music from the Université de Montréal. His research and publications focus on the pedagogy of creativity and the development of musical creativity in young people. In 2023, he undertook research into the use of a collaborative platform for music creation as a learning factor for young people.

He is a member of Réseau CompéTICa in Atlantic Canada, a strategic partnership for the adaptability of digital skills. Within this framework, in 2022-2023, he studied the operation of an innovative project in schools of the New Brunswick school system, where learning spaces were transformed into "malleable spaces". In addition, since 2023, he has been leading a think-tank aimed at devising a teaching model based on the historical links (scientific, artistic and socio-cultural) between music and other school disciplines.

The project

Title: Measuring children's creativity in music: design and validation of a digital assessment tool

"The aim of my research project is to develop a digital assessment tool to measure children's musical creativity. This project is part of my research on musical creativity, and will enable me to evaluate its development in children. More specifically, the objectives of the project are: 1) to design and validate a digital assessment tool, and 2) to assess the level of creativity of primary school children (grade 4-8) using this tool."

Hosting institution: Université Paris Cité

Selective Bibliography

• Robichaud, X., Fellus, O., Martinovic, D., Freiman. V. (dir.) (2024). MACAS2022: Creating space for mathematics to emerge between, within, and across contexts and disciplines. Université de Moncton.
• Robichaud, X. et Freiman, V. (2023). Wonders of Mathematics Through Technology and Music Creativity in a School Setting. Dans A. Savard (dir.), 5 Years MACAS (Mathematics and its Connections to the Arts and Sciences): Mathematics in an interdisciplinary context as a key for our future challenges. Springer
• Robichaud, X. (2022). Créativité musicale à l’ère numérique : une étude d’explorations sonores conduites par les élèves du primaire à l’aide d’une station audionumérique. Revue hybride en éducation- numéro spécial sur les compétences du 21e siècle, Vol.6 (1), p.992-124.
• Robichaud, X. (2021). L’éducation musicale dans les écoles francophones. Dans M. Landry, D. Pépin-Filion et J. Massicotte (dir.), L’état de l’Acadie : Un grand tour d’horizon de l’Acadie contemporaine (p.119-121). Delbusso Éditeur.