Ian Tymms
Former Head of Middle School English
Ian Tymms, BA (Hons), Dip Ed, M.Ed joined UWCSEA in August 2012 to teach Middle School English and Humanities. He has been involved in the UWCSEA Curriculum Articulation Project and in the adoption of the “Workshop” approach to teaching literacy in the Middle School at East.
Ian grew up in Australia and studied English literature and Psychology at Melbourne University, with postgraduate studies at The University of Tasmania and Deakin University. Ian’s Masters research focussed on school cultures.
At the end of Grade 12, Ian was offered a scholarship to complete a 32 day Outward Bound course and he went on to work for Outward Bound Australia as an instructor. From this experience, Ian has retained a lifelong interest in Outdoor Education and Hahnian ideals. Ian has a passion for sailing and spends many of his holidays hiking in Austria or Australia with his wife, Sharon, and their two children.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THIS AUTHOR
![The first ever Sailing Regatta between United World Colleges.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1582187663/uwcseaedusg/y9tfnpqaxulf33gzzqvc/1920_UWC_Sailing-Regatta-College-competition_660x330.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1582187663/uwcseaedusg/y9tfnpqaxulf33gzzqvc/1920_UWC_Sailing-Regatta-College-competition_660x330.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1582187663/uwcseaedusg/y9tfnpqaxulf33gzzqvc/1920_UWC_Sailing-Regatta-College-competition_660x330.jpg","width":660}])
Ian Tymms, Middle School Head of English, East Campus
Whilst competition per se may not be deeply embedded in the educational tradition UWC inherited from Kurt Hahn, sailing certainly is.
- Dover Campus
- East Campus
- UWC
![UWCSEA East students perform at the annual Culturama event.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1583987281/uwcseaedusg/qsatomxib09d5n87jaxy/1617_East_HS_culturama-performance_660x330.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1583987281/uwcseaedusg/qsatomxib09d5n87jaxy/1617_East_HS_culturama-performance_660x330.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1583987281/uwcseaedusg/qsatomxib09d5n87jaxy/1617_East_HS_culturama-performance_660x330.jpg","width":660}])
Ian Tymms, Middle School Head of English, East Campus
An examination of the continuing relevance of the contribution of educationalist Kurt Hahn in furthering UWC's mission to further a sustainable future.
- Dover Campus
- East Campus
- Holistic Learning Programme
- Opinion
- Teaching and Learning
- UWC
![How Reading and Writing Workshop is being implemented in the UWCSEA East Middle School in Singapore.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1584949582/uwcseaedusg/fxc6c9uumahljrgkmecj/1415-East-MS-Chinese-class-660x330.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1584949582/uwcseaedusg/fxc6c9uumahljrgkmecj/1415-East-MS-Chinese-class-660x330.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1584949582/uwcseaedusg/fxc6c9uumahljrgkmecj/1415-East-MS-Chinese-class-660x330.jpg","width":660}])
Ian Tymms, Middle School Head of English, East Campus
How Reading and Writing Workshop is being implemented in the UWCSEA East Middle School in Singapore.
- Dover Campus
- East Campus
- Teaching and Learning