based in Sydney, Australia.
ABOUT
I want to share with you years of experience and knowledge that I have gained as an educator working with my colleagues and my students.
WORKSHOPS
Based on the needs of teachers, school leaders, and system leaders, I can customise workshops and keynote addresses on topics ranging from differentiated learning, and underachievement of gifted learners to fostering creativity and developing entrepreneurial mindsets.
PODCAST
Oceans of Excellence is a podcast dedicated to empowering educators, leaders, and learners to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of education. Hosted by experts in the field, this podcast dives deep into three essential currents of educational excellence: Leading Learning , Deepening Teacher Expertise, and
Fostering Student Voice & Agency.
CONTACT
Only connect! Live in fragments no longer.
– Forster, E. M. (1910). Howard’s End.
BLOG POSTS
Motivation and Teacher Influence
“There is not enough darkness in the world to extinguish the light of one small candle.” – Spanish proverb Motivation is now widely seen as a key to learning. The affective domain of Bloom’s taxonomy is considered to be…
Fostering Independent Learning
“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” – Confucius (551-479 BC) Self-regulated study is the most frequently recommended instructional strategy in programs for gifted students as a means for…
Unleashing Creativity among Gifted Students
Creativity is a basic human need to make something new. Creativity is the ability to generate ideas, products, or solutions that are considered novel and useful for a given problem, situation or context (Amabile, 1996; Beghetto, 2008; Plucker et al, 2004; Runco,…