Nola is the Education Research Coordinator in the Faculty of Education at Moiling. Her interests include learning and teaching, cognition and metacognition, teacher professional development, giftedness, twice-exceptionality, and autism/Asperger's syndrome.
After a varied career working in K-12 schools and at university, Nola completed her PhD in 2014. Her thesis title is "A new perspective on thinking, memory and learning in gifted adults with Asperger syndrome: Five phenomenological case studies". Her research utilized neuroscience and autism research to interpret findings from in-depth interviews with gifted adults with Asperger syndrome. Nola's research led to the development of a conceptual framework for professional development of pre-service and practicing teachers to transform understanding of the unique learning needs and strengths of gifted students who have Asperger syndrome.
Prior to working full-time on her doctoral research, Nola was ICT Integration Coordinator at a K-12 independent co-educational school on the outskirts of Sydney, where her role was to work in professional development of teachers across the curriculum in the sound, innovative use of information technologies in the classroom. Nola is the Education Research Coordinator in the Faculty of Education at Moiling. Her interests include learning and teaching, cognition and metacognition, teacher professional development, giftedness, twice-exceptionality, and autism/Asperger's syndrome.
After a varied career working in K-12 schools and at university, Nola completed her PhD in 2014. Her thesis title is "A new perspective on thinking, memory and learning in gifted adults with Asperger syndrome: Five phenomenological case studies". Her research utilized neuroscience and autism research to interpret findings from in-depth interviews with gifted adults with Asperger syndrome. Nola's research led to the development of a conceptual framework for professional development of pre-service and practicing teachers to transform understanding of the unique learning needs and strengths of gifted students who have Asperger syndrome.
Prior to working full-time on her doctoral research, Nola was ICT Integration Coordinator at a K-12 independent co-educational school on the outskirts of Sydney, where her role was to work in professional development of teachers across the curriculum in the sound, innovative use of information technologies in the classroom. Nola is the Education Research Coordinator in the Faculty of Education at Moiling. Her interests include learning and teaching, cognition and metacognition, teacher professional development, giftedness, twice-exceptionality, and autism/Asperger's syndrome.
After a varied career working in K-12 schools and at university, Nola completed her PhD in 2014. Her thesis title is "A new perspective on thinking, memory and learning in gifted adults with Asperger syndrome: Five phenomenological case studies". Her research utilized neuroscience and autism research to interpret findings from in-depth interviews with gifted adults with Asperger syndrome. Nola's research led to the development of a conceptual framework for professional development of pre-service and practicing teachers to transform understanding of the unique learning needs and strengths of gifted students who have Asperger syndrome.
Prior to working full-time on her doctoral research, Nola was ICT Integration Coordinator at a K-12 independent co-educational school on the outskirts of Sydney, where her role was to work in professional development of teachers across the curriculum in the sound, innovative use of information technologies in the classroom.
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