PPTA Te Wehengarua Keynote speaker presentations
Rosemary Hipkins
Confessions of a “lifelong learner"
Rosemary Hipkins is a Chief Researcher/ Kaihautū Rangahau at NZCER. She was a science and biology teacher in her first career and then worked for a few years in teacher education before joining NZCER in 2001. Rose has led research projects related to both curriculum and assessment innovation in New Zealand, drawing on this work to help develop a weaving approach to coherent curriculum design.
Her recent books include Key Competencies for the Future, NCEA in Context (both co-authored) and Teaching for Complex Systems Thinking (published November 2021).
Welby Ings
Disobedient Thinking: Intelligences that dance beyond assessment criteria
Welby Ings is a Professor in Design. He is an elected Fellow of the British Royal Society of Arts and has been a consultant to many international organizations on issues of creativity and learning. He is also a multi-award winning designer, illustrator, author and filmmaker. He has taught at all levels of the New Zealand school system and currently supervises practice-led doctorates at AUT University.
Welby has written and spoken extensively on dehumanized systems of teaching, our obsession with performance, and the benefits of disobedient thought. His book Disobedient Teaching has had significant influence on educational reform both in New Zealand and internationally. In 2001 Dr Ings was awarded the Prime Minister’s inaugural, Supreme Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence and in 2014 and 2022 he was awarded the AUT University medal for his contributions to research and creativity
Dr Paul Wood
From Adversity to Advantage
Dr Paul Wood is an expert in helping people and organisations strive towards their potential and flourish through change and adversity. Paul works with everyone from senior leaders in fortune 100 companies such as Google to at risk-teens.
He is a regular contributor in the media, an author, and his recently released second book, "Mental Fitness; Build your mind for strength and resilience every day" was another instant best seller. Paul’s passion for the pursuit of excellence and turning adversity to advantage comes from his own journey from delinquent to Doctor of Psychology. Paul uses this journey to illustrate key lessons for us all.
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