STEM Educator, Science Communicator, Sail Trainer, Academic Researcher, International Speaker, Writer, Stage Combatant, Magician, Game Designer
Recently I attended the Sail Training International annual conference in Bordeaux France. Sail Training International is a world-wide outdoor education group with a focus on personal development through sailing for which …
Recently I had the pleasure of working with 4 wonderful presenters from around the world in a collaborative session on connecting mainstream education with adventurous learning activities such as Sail …
Today’s year 8 lesson I showed them Severn Suzuki’s 1992 video speech to the UN on changing our approach to climate change. Understandably the students were moved that a girl …
I’ve come to believe there is a cause for every behaviour be it positive or negative. If we focus for a moment on the negative behaviour, the suggestion is when …
Everyone suffers motivation failure some times. Its part of being human. I have a scale in my office where each day I place a little magnetic tile that reminds …
Science and mathematics teachers from all over Australia gathered in Canberra over the recent school holidays to boost their knowledge and teaching practices in new and creative ways during …
I’ve been racking my brain of recent trying to work out how to break through the Teacher-Led paradigm of teaching that I find myself in. Don’t get me wrong there …