I have taught a wide range of subjects in English and the Social Sciences for the last 10 years in secondary schools and academies in Australia and South East Asia. My strengths are in understanding film theory and visual literacy in classic and cult cinema as well as graphic novels. I also enjoy sharing the power of novels and poems, new, old and translated texts, to inspire students. I am also an avid traveller and I have a great fondness for history, especially early modern and ancient societies such as the Incas and Khmers.
I teach to activate and engage students in language, literature, film and history. I demonstrate and model skills rather than lecture students with content, and then it is up to students to lead their learning and inquiry. Sure knowledge and understanding is important, but transfer and application are also essential skills sets that our students need for this contemporary world.
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Master of Education Leadership Graduate Diploma of Education Secondary, Bachelor of Creative Industries in Drama and Literature, Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA/TESOL)
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4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, World History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Special Education, Drama, ELA Test Prep, Australian History, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Short Stories, Writing, Writing-Essays, Poetry, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Close Reading