Bahareh Behzadaval (LU)

Bahareh Behzadaval is a dedicated educational technologist and music educator. She completed her Master of Arts in Educational Technology at Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran/Iran in 2021, with a thesis focused on developing learning materials in Iranian folk music for primary school students. She is now doing her PhD studies at the University of Luxembourg, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Luc Nijs.

Bahareh has extensive experience teaching music, having worked as a music teacher and department supervisor at various educational institutions, including Rah-e- Roshd Primary School and Shahid Mahdavi Educational Foundation, both in Tehran. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she established an art group named “Tutak Kids Music” and she produced educational music videos for the Persian language children. She contributed in writing songs, playing, singing, animating and working with green screens. Her teaching career spans from 2007, with roles at institutions such as the Sound of Mehrvarzan Music Academy and the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.
As a PhD student, she is researching the use of augmented reality (AR) in music education (title: “Innovating music learning using pedagogy-driven Augmented Reality to promote rhythm skill acquisition”).
Bahareh has presented her research internationally, including her work on AR/VR in music classes at the SysMus22 conference in Belgium and the development of the Torgheh learning package to introduce Iranian folk music at ICNMC. Her research bridges technology, pedagogy, and music education, aiming to improve student engagement and learning outcomes.