ABOUT US
Starfish Consultancy
Starfish Consultancy is run by Shanti Wong (PhD) and Ian Wong (MEd).
Ian and Shanti are experienced educational researchers who will work with you to prepare your report or conduct your research for your educational or community project. We specialise in workshop facilitation, strategic planning, data analysis, survey design and evaluation and measuring impact as well as partnership brokerage between educational, community and business entities. Based in Geelong, we are happy to travel to assist you with your reporting or research requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS & AWARDS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
& SERVICES
Evaluation of community programs
Shanti Wong
PhD (RMIT 2004)
MEd (RMIT 1998)
Diploma in Education (Flinders University 1973)
BA (University of Melbourne 1972)
Partnership brokerage
Learning communities
Adult education and lifelong learning
Ian Wong
MEd (Monash University 2003)
Graduate Diploma Computing (Deakin University 1992)
Diploma in Education (Hawthorn 1974)
Diploma in Textile Chemistry (Gordon TAFE 1972)
AWARDS
Shanti Wong
2011 and 2008, Researcher of the Year, Teaching and Learning Award, SmartGeelong Network.
2001, Recipient, TAFE Travelling Scholarship
Ian Wong
2006, Achievement and Innovation Award, Performance Management and Census Division, Australian Bureau of Statistics
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Australian Learning Communities Network
PASCAL International Observatory
Data analysis
Strategic planning
Workshops and facilitation
Here is the story that inspired us to choose our name, Starfish Consultancy:
“Star Thrower” by Loren C. Eiseley
There was a man taking a morning walk on the beach. He saw that along with the morning tide came hundreds of starfish and when the tide receded, they were left behind in the morning sun rays and would die.
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Both Shanti and Ian are
qualified
Workplace Trainers and Assessors
When the tide was fresh and the starfish were alive, the man took a few steps, picked one and threw it into the water. He did that repeatedly.
Right behind him there was another person who couldn't understand what this man was doing. He caught up with him and asked:
"What are you doing? There are hundreds of starfish. How many can you help? What difference does it make?"
This man did not reply, took two more steps, picked up another one, threw it into the water, and said:
"It makes a difference to this one."
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What difference are we making? Big or small, it does not matter. If everyone made a small difference, we'd end up with a big difference!
Dr Megan Wong
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A professional Researcher and Educator, Megan has a unique range of skills both as a scientist and an educator. She is a highly capable and insightful researcher in both these fields and brings an eye for detail and excellent writing skills that we value highly in our educational consultancy.
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View Megan's profile at:
OUR TEAM
Ginkgo Media
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With a long history in education and digital media, Ginkgo Media provides all our media education and training needs. Ginkgo Media specialises in Adobe Software training to produce educational digital media for deployment in the on-line world. Ginkgo also works closely with RTOs, schools and teachers to provide training materials as well as teacher professional development.
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