Description
Associate Professor Dee O’Connor is the Associate Dean of Education at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. Dee's specialism is Early Childhood Education. She holds over 20 years' experience in the field within a variety of positions across early childhood practice, policy and academia.
The morning presentation will focus on neuroscientific breakthroughs in our understanding of young children’s learning including:
How the brain developments from birth to seven
Young children’s development across eight integrated domains; Emotional, Personal, Social, Physical, Cognitive, Language, Creative and Moral.
How schools can support the development of healthy brains that will support children’s life-long cognitive functioning.
A light lunch will be included in PL.
Presenters
Assoc Prof Dee O'Connor
Associate Professor Dee O’Connor is the Associate Dean of Education at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. Dee's specialism is Early Childhood Education. She holds over 20 years' experience in the field within a variety of positions across early childhood practice, policy and academia. Her research relates to Play, Learning Environments, Creativity and Child Development through Education. She is a highly published author and regularly speaks at international conferences. If you are interested in hearing her speak before the event, you can view her TEDxTALK on The Development of Creativity at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozNo1tSARh8
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Date / Time
5 May 2017 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 12:30Delivery Format : In Person