To meet the needs of teaching/training professionals globally in the most cost-effective ways, I offer training in EBCT through two major programs which are delivered fully online, customised to professional contexts and can be enhanced through personalised coaching when required.
I was fortunate to have worked in the Singapore education system for over 25 years and occupied key roles that were central to its drive to become a world class educational system, which it has now attained based on global matrices. This involved extensive research into educational systems and instructional approaches worldwide, and a commitment to research and professional development that was evidence-based.
During this time, I evolved an Evidence-Based Creative Teaching (EBCT) approach that was initially inspired by the pioneering research on the effectiveness of different instructional methods and strategies by John Hattie (2008, 2012), and the application of this work by Geoff Petty (2006; 2018), who established Evidence-Based Teaching in the global educational literature.
EBCT is an ongoing synthesis of current research on how humans learn from cognitive neuroscience, validated effective instructional practices, and the utilisation of technology to enhance different aspects of the learning process. With the rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI), EBCT will frame and direct the future of learning, as it transcends traditional approaches to teacher education by focusing on scientific core principles of learning in the design and facilitation of learning environments, rather than a plethora of different and often conflicted learning theory. This means that teaching/training professionals can now employ a concise evidence-based pedagogy with the immense power of AI in this rapidly changing educational landscape.
I also offer a specialised program Mastering the Learning Process for students to develop the essential learning-to-learn strategies and skills to enable them to become self-directed learners. It is based on the same cognitive science principles that underpin the faculty development programmes, but tailored to the student learning context. In this way they will both gain an understanding of how to learn effectively and efficiently and be fully aligned cognitively to how faculty are teaching- hence sharing a common 'language of learning'.