John Munro

Teacher and psychologist

Professor John Munro is a teacher and a psychologist who has taught and researched in gifted education and talent development for 4 decades. He led a research agenda that investigates gifted learning, talent development, twice exceptional learning and creativity in the classroom and his work features widely in journal articles, book chapters, international conferences and podcasts. He wrote the initial version of general capabilities in ‘Critical and Creative Thinking’ for the Australian Curriculum and has received the Award for Eminence in Gifted Education from the Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented and the Honorary Fellowship Award from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders.

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A learning-based approach to differentiating educational provision for gifted students

Feb 17,2025

‘Educational provision includes what students learn … how they will be taught … and the culture in which they will be taught ... Gifted students benefit from the opportunity to interact with differentiated versions of each of these.’ Professor John Munro explains 3 areas of differentiation, and shares examples of what this could look like in the classroom.

curriculum implementation, curriculum planning, school culture, evidence-based practice, teaching skills, expertise, intervention, acceleration, long reads

Teacher’s Bookshelf: Twice-exceptional students – the perplexity of high ability without high-level outcomes

July 29,2024

A new book from Professor John Munro shares high-impact strategies that can be the focus of improving high-level outcomes for gifted and talented students in school. In this exclusive extract for Teacher readers, we share a snippet from Chapter 5, Twice-exceptional students.

school improvement, student objectives, knowledge base for teaching, acceleration, short articles

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