Opportunities for Gifted Learners at UTAS

Opportunities for both school and university students

An evening for parents and teachers

with 

Dr Amanda J. Harper

Academic Lead, Understanding Gifted Learners: Busting the Myths short course

Course Coordinator, Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania

ABOUT DR HARPER:  Dr Amanda J. Harper (BMus(Ed), GradCertPubSectMgmnt, GradCertRes, GradDipSocSci(Psych), MEd(Hons)(Gifted), PhD(GiftedEdtn) ) has a background in Education having taught in schools and coordinated Enterprise Learning across Tasmania, before moving into academia. Amanda coordinates the Bachelor of Philosophy, a companion degree for gifted students at the University of Tasmania, teaches Gifted Education at the University of New England in NSW, and has written and delivers the Understanding Gifted Learners short course at the University of Tasmania. Amanda has presented her research at both national and international conferences, and has been published in the Roeper Review. Her PhD examined the place of gifted education pedagogy in undergraduate healthcare, focusing on empathy and Dąbrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration for which she received the national 2018 John Geake Outstanding Thesis Award.

TIME:  7:30pm - 9:00pm

DATE: 28th July 2020