David Giles, University of Waikato
Biography
David Giles is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Professional Studies in Education, School of Education, University of Waikato. David's (research and teaching) interest and concern is the nature and centrality of relationships in educational experiences. His doctoral research explored the essential nature of relational experiences in education in the context of teacher education.
- What have we taken for granted about the nature of our relationships in education; what do our 'lived experiences' show us?
- How does, and how can, our professional practice, as teachers and leaders, show a greater relational sensitivity?
Keynote presentation - Learning from relational experiences: Implications for leadership
After ‘being-in' teaching for 30 years, which includes lecturing at the Palmerston North College of Education, Bethlehem Institute of Education, AUT University and now the University of Waikato, David is being drawn back to the heart of education: relationships.
In the busyness of our lives as educators, we can find ourselves taking-for-granted the essential nature of our educational practice. Arguing for the centrality of relationships in education, and drawing upon stories of relational experiences, this keynote address will open fresh ways of viewing the nature of relationships in education. To this end, participant's stories from a doctoral inquiry will be used to open different aspects of the nature of relationships.
David's keynote presentation powerpoint
Keynote workshop - Working with experiential stories: Interpretive writing and appreciative appraisals that sensitise professional practice.
This interactive workshop will involve participants in a process of descriptive & interpretive writing towards essential meanings of leadership. Secondly, participants will be familiarised with the notion of Appreciative Appraisals and how such appraisals might examine an individual's / group's professional practice.
