Helen Timperley
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Helen Stapylton Timperley {{Post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} is a New Zealand education academic, and is professor emerita of education, learning and professional practice at the University of Auckland. In 2010, Timperley was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.
Academic career
Timperley completed a PhD at the University of Auckland, with a thesis titled The challenge for tomorrow's schools: learning to be responsive.{{Cite thesis|title=The challenge for tomorrow's schools: learning to be responsive|last=Timperley|first=Helen|type=PhD thesis|publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2292/2029|date=1994}} Timperley has taught at several levels, including in early childhood, primary and secondary schools, and in special education.{{Cite web |last=Horrell |first=Rhiannon |date=13 January 2010 |title=Happy to be honoured |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/3223658/Happy-to-be-honoured |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Stuff}}{{Cite web |title=Helen Timperley {{!}} Silvereye |url=https://www.silvereye.com.au/author=Helen+Timperley |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.silvereye.com.au}}
Timperley then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, where she researched professional and leadership learning in education and promoted them in schools, and led a project on capability in schools for the improvement of student achievement. Timperley publishes widely, and has written six books, and co-authored a report aimed at teachers Using Evidence in Teaching Practice: Implications for Professional Learning.{{Cite web |title=Helen Timperley |url=https://us.corwin.com/author/helen-timperley |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Corwin Press - US |language=en}} Timperley collaborated over several years with John Hattie on 'visible learning'.{{Cite web |title=Helen Timperley {{!}} Silvereye |url=https://www.silvereye.com.au/author=Helen+Timperley |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.silvereye.com.au}} Timperley retired in 2014, and is professor emerita of education, learning and professional practice at the University of Auckland.{{Cite web |title=Academic profile: Professor Emeritus Helen Timperley |url=https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/h-timperley/about |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=profiles.auckland.ac.nz}}{{Cite web |title=Professores Emeriti - The University of Auckland |url=https://www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz/en/university-personnel/professores-emeriti.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz}} She continues to publish, and her most recent book Leading professional conversations: Adaptive expertise for schools was published by ACER in 2024. The book describes how to use professional conversations to solve some of the implementation problems that can occur in schools, despite good planning and professional teacher development.{{Cite web |title=Q&A with Helen Timperley, author of Leading Professional Conversations |url=https://www.acer.org/id/discover/article/qa-with-helen-timperley-author-of-leading-professional-conversations |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Australian Council for Educational Research - ACER |language=en-id}}
Honours and awards
In the 2010 New Year Honours, Timperley was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.{{Cite web |date=2009-12-31 |title=New Year Honours List 2010 {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2010 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}}
Selected works
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- {{CiteQ|Q56407312}}
- {{CiteQ|Q57914258}}
- {{CiteQ|Q124221696}}
- {{Cite report |url=https://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leading-learning/Professional-learning/Using-evidence-in-the-classroom-for-professional-learning |title=Using evidence in the classroom for professional learning |last=Timperley |first=Helen |date=2010 |access-date=21 July 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://theeducationhub.org.nz/why-is-evaluative-thinking-important-by-professor-helen-timperley-2/ Why is evaluative thinking important?] by Helen Timperley, via The Education Hub
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