Dr Peter Merrotsy
Senior Lecturer in Gifted and Talented Education, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
DTeach (NTU), BSc(Hons) (UNSW), BD(Hons) (Edinburgh Univ), GradDipEd (Newcastle CAE), GradCertHigherEd (UNE)
Contact
| Email: | pmerrots@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Milton Building (E6) 23 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3832 (or +61 2 6773 3832 overseas) |
Peter Merrotsy is a member of the 'Learning & Teaching' Teaching and Research Group (TRG).
Affiliations
World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
Asia-Pacific Federation of the WCGTC
Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented
NSW Association for Gifted and Talented Children
Areas of Teaching
The Education of Gifted and Talented Children, Creativity and Problem Solving
Research interests
Education of Gifted Students: gifted children and youth from backgrounds of disadvantage (low socio-economic status, cultural minority status, rural and isolated contexts, immigrant and refugee children, and youth caught up in the juvenile justice system); academic acceleration and early entry to tertiary level courses; giftedness and psychopathology; mathematics and problem solving.
Research and recent publications
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Refereed articles
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Other Publications
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Conference papers |
Post-graduate supervision
Web sites of interest
Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented
http://www.aaegt.net.au
World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
http://world-gifted.org
The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
http://www.aamt.edu.au
The Mathematical Association of New South Wales
mansw@math.nsw.edu.au
http://www.aaegt.net.au
Srinivasar Aiyangar Ramanujan
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Ramanujan.html
Rogaining: the sport of long distance cross country navigation
http://rogaine.asn.au/ara/
http://www.qldrogaine.asn.au
The cello
http://www.cello.org
Chess
http://www.nswca.org.au