USING THE INSIGHT OF PSYCHOLOGY TO EXCITE YOU ABOUT TEACHING THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE WEEKEND COURSES FOR TOK and NON-TOK TEACHERS We’re excited about the way Theory of Knowledge challenges our certainty about the world! We want to transfer and reignite that excitement amongst teacher colleagues and their students. Sometimes the focus on exams, standards, attainment and terminology takes away the thrill of learning a subject that has the capacity to stretch and enthral us. We aim to help you inject your lessons with excitement and give you ideas to have you interacting and collaborating with your students in building that excitement and understanding in class. Our sessions provide teachers with a relaxed opportunity to focus on how this fascinating subject, part of the IB Core, is relevant to – and can be informed by – their own subject discipline. We provide you with a selection of ideas based on tried and tested activities and materials using an Alice in Wonderland theme to underline how TOK highlights many different versions of reality. We also hope that these sessions demonstrate our commitment to the notion that, through imaginative and creative delivery of learning, we are not only able to inspire students to want to learn and achieve, but we are also able to instil in them greater selfconfidence and enhanced self-esteem. WHO ARE WE?
Ray Heath has taught for 25 years, in Further Education and the Comprehensive School system in the UK before moving to Hong Kong and King George V school 7 years ago, where she works as Head of the school's Psychology Department. She has taught on a wide range of vocational and academic programmes and has delivered Psychology A Level as well as the IB Diploma and GCSE courses. Ray is a highly committed, experienced practitioner who gets a real buzz out of teaching. For her, Psychexcite is all about encouraging other teachers to harness the fun of teaching a fascinating subject like Psychology; to provide colleagues with an opportunity to reconnect with their creativity.
Colleen Bower has been delivering lively and interactive lessons within outstanding Psychology departments in schools in both the UK and HK for over 8 years. She has also conducted postgraduate action research projects developing interventions that use Psychological theory to improve classroom motivation and attainment. Colleen came to education after a successful career in business culminating in Managing Directorships of healthcare and international recruitment companies. She has over 30 years’ experience in delivering engaging presentations to adult conferences, seminars and training groups and has plenty of insight into tailoring materials to satisfy and extend her audience.