One of the joys I had when working at the University of Tasmania was to work as the liaison between the Faculty of Education and the Department of Educations award winning and innovative pathway, the Partnership in Teaching Excellence Programme.…
Blended Learning in Engineering Education – a Pilot Project
The next paper I want to share is from a fantastic pilot project I was involved in at The University of Western Australia. I worked with some great people on the project. The paper was originally presented at a conference,…
Technology Inertia
Overcoming Technology fear for teachers and home educators I sit and watch my son do his school work on his technology and wonder how he ever gets anything done. There he is with his phone texting his friend, his ear…
Pre-Service Teacher Research
Using Pre-Service Teacher Research: Educating for Diversity I have long enjoyed using action research in my own practice as a way of improving and reflecting on my work. I am including here a paper intended for publication but not pursued, which describes my…
Using Action Research in Education
In 2009 as part of my work at the University of Tasmania, I became involved in the award winning Partnership for Teaching Excellence between the Tasmanian Department of Education and the University. I enjoyed working with in particular Ruth Radford, as we…
A Question of Differentiating
Differentiating the learning experiences “I have a group of bright students in my class, how do I set work for them that engages them, but doesn’t have the feeling of being ‘extra’?” This was a question posed just recently – and…
From My Journal
Reflections on Differentiating “My class is doing a project, they are all working. Imagine a light and airy room, one wall light lime green (not a good description) maybe a sort of light lime/avocado, anyway the other walls are white.…
Overcoming the Complexities of Differentiation
Small Steps When you read Carol Tomlinson’s work she makes it all sound so easy, that it becomes almost overwhelming, but starting with small steps in your planning can help you overcome the complexities of differentiating the classroom. I arrived at…
Creating the Opportunity to Learn
So I have a new book, Creating the Opportunity to Learn, just in from the ASCD. And it has given me pause to reflect once again. Their emphasis in the title is on ‘the’ and the authors, A. Wade Boykin…
Stories from the Chalkface
My journeying Why go backwards in my journeying? Or maybe it is going forward? I will know in time. But right now it is because my stories are stale. In my journeyings I have discovered to be a good teacher…