Holistic Adult Learning Specialist
About Karin
Karin Berky (B.Tch (ECE), M.Ed. Social Ecology) has 20 years experience teaching adult learners in classrooms at University and in Vocational Education.
Holistic Teaching and Learning
Karin Berky (B.Tch (ECE), M.Ed. Social Ecology) has 20 years experience teaching adult learners in classrooms at University and in Vocational Education.
Karin individually tutors adult university students aged 17-65 through their university studies. Karin has also taught children, youth and adult learners and has run workshops for parents and other educators.
Karin's Qualifications & Awards
Karin has qualifications and degrees in Education and Social Sciences, a Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) and a Master of Education (Social Ecology) and uses a holistic multi-disciplinary integrated approach to teaching and learning.
Karin has obtained two Vice Chancellor Awards from two universities for teaching excellence. This included an award for teaching and subject coordination achieving the top 10% across the university as recognition for high student engagement and low attrition.
Karin's Experience & Expertise
As an experienced and skilled tertiary teacher of adult learners she has extensive experience in the Education system. Karin has taught, marked and tutored across a number of Universities as well as TAFE on Early Childhood/Primary courses, Sociology, Social work and Aboriginal subjects.
Karin taught university classes for almost a decade primarily on Creativity and Educational Philosophy contributing to the evaluation and development of subjects. Karin has supervised thousands of pre-teacher practical field placements in Early Education services and has been a practical experience supervisor for almost a decade. She has also taught on the TAFE Higher Education degree in Education.
Karin tutors Indigenous university students face to face and online across several universities though Education, Social Work, Sociology and Aboriginal degree courses and Foundation and bridging courses.
Karin’s talent is in relating to people at different levels as she has been Coordinator of Access and Equity courses at TAFE for the Iranian Community Centre and Sudanese refuges in Foundation and Education courses for a number of years. She has also taught young vulnerable teens in Western Sydney and assisted them in completing further studies when they were marginalised from mainstream education. She has also volunteered for Father Chris Riley’s Youth Off the Streets as a mentor.
Karin's Empowering Methodology
Karins motto is ‘Fear to Freedom’ and she is very passionate about inspiring others in seeing options, alternatives and in shifting ways of thinking, to think creatively outside of the box and norms. Karin’s other motto is ‘Bringing the Heart back to Education’ as Karin is especially skilled at helping people think flexibly outside the box and is passionate about assisting those struggling and overwhelmed with their studies, or with the Education system, to break things down and help them see a clear pathway through.
Rather than just passively accepting having to follow guidelines for compliance or the way ‘you have to go’ Karin encourages inspires and helps find alternate routes and creative ways to meet compliance requirements within the Education system. She helps with alternatives inspiring others to think and approach things differently.
Karin is a highly creative and intuitive thinker seeing possibilities others cannot see or think of and she has a forward thinking and multidisciplinary approach to teaching, learning and education. She is skilled at transforming thinking and seeing multiple possibilities where others see only one or cannot see their way out. Karin sees education through multiple lenses as her interests bridge the divide between traditional, progressive and alternative approaches.
Seeing beyond traditional approaches, Karin is passionate about holistic and creative approaches which engages, empowers and inspires students to not only enjoy learning but also widen perspective, develop a holistic understanding and deep learning. This, in turn, helps develop confidence and trust in their unique individuality and abilities.
Karin is deeply passionate about the student experience at tertiary level and cares about students and fellow teachers having a voice and wants to inspire a new paradigm to break down the barriers, awaken and transform our educational experiences.