Personal profile
Research interests
- The thought and practice of John Heron in humanistic psychology and transpersonal education: model of extended espistemology, co-counselling, 6 categories of intervention, 6 facilitation modes, co-operative inquiry, participatory spirituality
- Spirit Gym the interface between teacher spirituality and spiritual development in relation to SMSC development, Religious Education and PSHE
- EduSynthesis mapping your personal teaching philosophy, the integration of practical theory for trainee teachers
- Developing a personal coaching philosophy: PCP
- Developing a personal teaching philosophy: PTP
- Developing a personal leadership philosophy: PLP
- Developing a personal planetary philosophy: PPP
- Wicked RE project - integrating models of religion and worldviews education for spiritual development and sustainable development to address wicked world problems
- P4C (Philosophy for Children)
- Education for Sustainable Development and Models of Educational Leadership and Management
Teaching
- BA (Hons) Teaching, Learning & Child Development
- BA QTS Primary Education
- PGCE Primary Education
- PGCTHE: Personal and Academic Tutor
External engagement
- Spirit Gym co-coaching in practical spiritual development and peer support for teachers, helping professions and changemakers. Building a community of HE collagues, trainees, Early Career teachers, experienced teachers and school leaders
- Membership of EHU's SustainNet
- Membership of EHU's Education for Sustainable Development group
Biography
LifePlace
I first came to live in the north west of England as a student at Manchester University in 1985 and having lived and worked nomadically here ever since, I eventually settled in Liverpool, a stone's throw from the Mersey estuary. I count both city regions home and it is the living waterways of the Mersey rivers, many streams one river, that connect the places and people I love in this bioregion and ground my one planet thinking and educational practice.
Educational Experience
I have a wealth of experience that includes Primary School teaching (7 years), Headteacher (14 years), University lecturing (7 years), Thinking Skills training in schools (10 years), and Organisational Development Consultant (6 years).
Current Projects I am most enthusiastic to share:
Spirit Gym which is a peer support approach to teacher spirituality and spiritual development, mainly for trainee and early career teachers but inclusive of all helping professions and changemakers; and offering training in the Enneagram and Co-counselling. Ongoing CPD is offered six times a year each half term.
EduSynthesis how to map your personal teaching philosophy, a synthesis of practical theory to help trainee teachers work out their own 1) personal 1:1 coaching philosophy: PCP 2) personal teaching philosophy: PTP 3) personal leadership philosophy: PLP and 4) personal planetary philosophy: PPP
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education, Edge Hill University
2020 → 2022
Postgraduate Certificate in Online & Distance Education, PG Cert ODE, The Open University
2003 → 2004
School Leadership, PhD, University of Liverpool
2000 → 2004
Educational Management, MA, The Open University
1992 → 1996
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, PGCE, University of Manchester
1988 → 1989
Theology & Religious Studies, BA, BA Hons, University of Manchester
1985 → 1988