About Me

A History specialist and an experienced teacher of Humanities and ICT at GCSE, MYP, A-Level, B-Tech and IB Diploma.

I am an educator with a decade of experience teaching in the U.K and Hong Kong. I am hugely enthusiastic about technology, open source software and enabling the next generation of learners to be self sufficient enough to not have to rely on big technology companies.

I received my Bachelor of Arts from Reading University in 2007, PGCE in 2010 and am currently working on my Masters in Education through Hong Kong University.

I am originally from the UK, but have lived in Hong Kong for a number of years now. I truly love this city and living in Asia, it has given me a perspective on life I could never have predicted when I was younger.

Professional Qualifications & Training

2018 - 2020 M.Ed. Specialising in Gifted & Talented Education (University of Hong Kong)
2009 - 2010 PGCE in Secondary History (University of Reading, U.K.)
2004 - 2007 B.A. Hons. in History (University of Reading, U.K.)

2019 PDAcademia Middle Leaders Development Program
2019 Mental Health Association Hong Kong – Mental Health First Aid
2019 NSPCC: Child Protection
2018 Google Certified Educator level 1&2
2016 Teacher mentorship training for PGDE students at University of Hong Kong
2016 MYP Level 2 and Diploma History Level 3 IB Training Workshops
2016 - 2017 Developed, authored and delivered a whole school PD Programme to embed ICT skills
2015 Training by Harvard University’s Project Zero

Papers & Conferences

• A Lost Generation: The Effects of Nazism of German Children 1933-45 (2005)
  -Presented at “Children in War,” Reading University, 2006
  -Published as:
  i. Shire, Christopher. “A Lost Generation: The Effects of Nazism of German Children 1933-45.” Stichting Werkgroep Herkenning, Vol. 1, No. 25, (Autumn 2007), pp. 4–7.
  ii. Shire, Christopher. “A Lost Generation: The Effects Of Nazism On German Children 1933-45”, Children in War, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec 2006), pp. 27-30.

• Escaping a Nazi Youth: Do German’s have the right to consider themselves victims of World War Two? (2007)

• An Examination of Assessment and Identification Procedures for Gifted students from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in Hong Kong (2018)