Schedule of Presenters  QAGTC Conference - 14-15 March 1998

SAT 8:50 Robertson State School Recorder Consort  -  W Block Theatre (Room BLT2.01)

SAT 9:00 Official Opening and Plenary 1 Session  — W Block Theatre
    Bran Rout

SAT – Plenary
    Marilyn McMeniman   Sustaining the curious and imaginative mind
 

SAT 11:00 Plenary 2  — W Block Theatre
     George Betts Reflections of the past, visions of the future

SAT 12:10 Seminar sessions (six strands)

1. Gayle Dallaston Times change and we with time: A school for the future.
2. Greg Smith, Sandra Lummis and Karen Harrison Birds of a feather: A three school G & T cluster 1996/1997.
3. Carmel Diezmann & Jim WattersDeveloping giftedness by teaching thinking skills effectively
4. Michelle Juratowitch No crime’s so great as daring to excel (Charles Churchill 1763)
5. Tony Burton  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Implications for diagnosis and treatment in the gifted population.
6. George Betts  Classroom Strategies for Autonomous learning

• Keynote 1 Brian Start The wrong agenda?
• Keynote 2 Vicki R Franson  Traits and characteristics of eminent gifted women and their lessons to us today: “A woman is like a teabag. You never know how        strong she is until she gets into hot water - Eleanor Roosevelt.

SAT 3:30 Workshops (parallel strands)

1. Rick Duguid  The gifted in the alien years: Why do we lose some of the most able students from ages 10 to 15?
2. Ros Roodveldt No more add ons
3. Tony Burton Counselling Panel
4. Irena Kirpichnikova Brain gym: Have fun balancing the gifted child!
5. Ian Ginns Gifted children and astronomy: The importance of parental involvement
6. Eric Frangenheim  Good is the enemy of the best - good is the enemy of best thinking.

Sat 5pm – 8pm Convivium and Meeting – University Refectory
 

 Sunday

              – 2a Sonja Brown, Lydia Balzat, Cameron Hall and Geremy Davey. Children’s voices
                 2b Beth Wood and Glenda JorgensenFrom me to we

              – 3a Libby Lee Gifted and talented girls: A waste of talent or talent wasting away?
                 3b Paul Richards Town high fliers: A curriculum enrichment course in science and mathematics for more academically able secondary school students.

Workshop session 1
 

1. Jan Macks  Strategies that work for primary school gifted and talented students
2. Tony Ryan The passion of lifelong learning
3. Lyne Megarrity  Learning needs of the gifted

Sunday 11:00 Plenary  — W Block Theatre
 Miraca Gross “The love that dare not speak its name”: Gifted children and the love of learning

Sunday 12:10 Seminar session 2

1. Cherrie Cran and Pat BurgessTo be a parent!
2.  Judith Hewton “A Chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Making the most of Multiple Intelligences: Music and movement as vital links in the MI chain.
3. Lester Hardwick Strategic thinking as a key component for individual and organisational success
4. Michelle Wollaston & Sandy WydellMeeting the needs of the work program while catering for student interests.
5. Paule Eckhaus   Constant dropping wears away a stone: Valuing and educating the gifted child.
6. Lesley Pratchett Identifying and developing potential across the school.

Sunday 2:15 Workshop session 2

1. Geoff Bishop The Magic of Words
2. Robyn Luttrell Footprints in the Sands of time are not made by sitting down: Utilizing people power in gifted education.
3. Rick Duguid  GATE Way – Twelve months on: A panel discussion.
4. Jennifer Riggs Kila ndege naruka na mibao yake - Every bird flies with its own wings.  (Swahili proverb)
5. Marion Mackenzie  A trouble shared ... A parent forum.
6. Joan Trueman and Pine Rivers SHS students Lets listen to the students

Sunday 3:40 – 4:00
Conclusion and summation W Theatre

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