Marion Leeper
Based in Cambridge, Marion and her amazing story mat are familiar visitors to museums, schools and libraries around the region. She has toured her shows for grownups to clubs and festivals around the country and internationally. She tells stories for children of all ages, and specialises in multi-sensory storytelling for the very young and for people with learning difficulties, working with the charity Bag Books.
Professor Tracey Muir
Professor Tracey Muir is a Professor of Education at the Australian Catholic University. Prior to joining ACU, she was an Associate Professor in Mathematics Education and Director of Initial Teacher Education at the University of Tasmania. Her research interests and expertise include student engagement with mathematics, effective teaching of numeracy, online learning and engagement, flipped classroom, parental involvement, teacher pedagogical content knowledge and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her teaching expertise has been recognised through several Teaching Merit Certificates, VC awards for Teaching Excellence, an OLT team award for teaching excellence and a National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. She has published extensively in academic journals and attracted over 3.2M in grant funding. She regularly conducts professional learning with in-service teachers and has delivered many keynote addresses and workshop presentations at international, national and local conferences.
