Purposeful Pedagogies - powerful learning, wellbeing and a community of inquiry.

Becky Carlzon is an international Educator, Enabler and Empowerer. As co-creator of the Learning Pioneers and PressPlay Global Communities, Becky is revolutionising Professional Learning. Becky co-authored Powering Up Children with Professor Guy Claxton.

Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL). He founded CRL in 2008, together with Prof. Guy Claxton.

In 2017 Bill was appointed by the OECD as co-chair of the strategic advisory group for the 2021 PISA test of Creative Thinking which will draw on the work of the CRL. In 2018 he was invited to join the Durham Commission on Creativity in Education as an academic adviser and was subsequently co-author of its first report in 2019. Bill is an international adviser to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in Australia and to the OECD/CERI research into critical and creative thinking in France. In 2022, Bill was appointed to the Global Institute of Creative Thinking as chair of its advisory board. 

Bill is known internationally as a speaker on the subjects of learning, change, creativity, healthcare improvement and leadership. Before the pandemic he travelled extensively to present keynotes, most recently in Sydney, Philadelphia, Helsinki, Qatar, Stockholm, Melbourne, Auckland, Belfast, Perth, Dublin and Dubai. He is a prolific, award-winning writer, and has authored and co-authored over forty books and chapters and many peer-reviewed papers.

Professor Guy Claxton is a Cognitive Scientist by training and writer of over 30 books on psychology and education. Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Society with a 'double first' in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and a DPhil in Experimental Psychology from Oxford. Professor Claxton is a regular presenter and contributor within the Learning Pioneer Community. He created the Learning Power Approach (LPA) and has co-author several books on this topic.

Mark Finnis is an Author, Coach, Trainer, Facilitator, Keynote Speaker and NLP Master Practitioner. As Director of L30 Relational Systems, Mark and his team specialise in the whole system implementation of Restorative and Relational Based Practice across Children & Adult services, Schools and Communities, through Executive coaching, leadership development, life coaching, team building and training. Mark is a regular presenter and contributor with the Learning Pioneers Community.

James Nottingham is a consultant, author and teacher. He works with schools and districts to help identify the adjustments that can be made to significantly improve learning for all EY & K-12 students. James is the creator of the Learning Pit, one of the most widely used models for teaching to emerge in the last 20 years. He is a sought-after keynote speaker, who offers demonstration lessons and a regular visitor to most Australian cities, including Perth. James is a regular presenter and contributor in the Learning Pioneers Community.

Adrian Bethune is a teacher, author, trainer and speaker. After working for several years in the music industry, Adrian retrained to become a primary school teacher in 2010 with a firm commitment of placing the health and wellbeing of teachers and children at the heart of school life. Adrian is the author of Wellbeing In The Primary Classroom, which won a Teach Primary Award in 2019, and co-author of A Little Guide to Teacher Wellbeing and Self-Care (Sage). He is also the lead author of The Oxford International Curriculum for Wellbeing (Oxford University Press). He teaches part-time, writes and speaks internationally on the topic of wellbeing in schools.