Lance King is an internationally recognized author, teacher and workshop facilitator who, in the last 29 years, has worked in over 300 schools in 39 countries with many thousands of students, teachers and parents. He is the creator of the Art of Learning programme taught to over 250,000 students worldwide and is a specialist in the direct teaching of thinking and learning skills (21stC Skills, 21stC Competencies). 

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Within the International Baccalaureate Organisation he designed and developed the Approaches to Learning (ATL) framework for both the MYP and DP programmes which is currently being implemented in more than 5000 IB schools in 160 countries.

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He is a sought-after presenter for his workshops for teachers, students and parents and is also the author of seven books on teaching and learning, three of which are now translated into Chinese, French, Vietnamese and Spanish. 

 

Lance is married with four grown-up children, lives in Raglan, New Zealand and divides his time between delivering workshops around the world and writing.