Description
Kath Murdoch, an internationally renowned speaker, consultant, teacher and author who has researched and published widely in the field of integrative and inquiry-based learning, will lead this three-day workshop. This interactive PL is designed to support PP-2 educators who are new to, or in the early stages of, teaching in inquiry-driven ways. There will be a focus on the following:
- What are the essential elements of inquiry?
- What connections are there between play and inquiry?
- How can we create environments that nurture curiosity and wonder in the early years classroom?
- What teaching strategies can we use to grow the thinking and questioning skills needed for effective inquiry?
- How can we observe and document learning through inquiry?
- How can we approach our teaching as an inquiry in itself?
Participants will gain an understanding of reflective practice (including informal action research tasks to complete between sessions). Examples from real classrooms and practical activities will be a feature of this PL, which aims to develop an understanding of the essential elements of this approach and explore the art of teaching for inquiry learning.
Target Audience: PP-2 educators. This workshop is a repeat of our 2016 invitation-only 'Getting Started with Inquiry in PP-2: with Kath Murdoch' PL.
Each participant will receive a copy of Kath Murdoch's 'The Power of Inquiry' book.
Presenters
Kath Murdoch
Kath Murdoch is an experienced teacher, author, university lecturer and popular consultant who has worked for many years in schools throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, America and Europe. She is widely respected for her work in the field of inquiry based learning and integrative curriculum in which she has taught, researched and published for well over 20 years.
Kath began her professional life as a classroom teacher in Melbourne. Her fascination in how students’ constructed their understandings - and her interest in the way questions and big ideas could drive curriculum soon lead to a passion for integrative and inquiry based methodologies. This passion has become a career long focus for teaching, research and writing and the methodologies in which Kath specialises are now central to curriculum frameworks in many parts of the world – including the popular International Baccalaureate, PYP program.
Critical to Kath’s success is her continued involvement in classroom teaching. Whether it is to demonstrate techniques, coach teachers or build her own repertoire of practices, Kath is committed to regular and ongoing work with students. Her classroom work and research feeds a dynamic and ever-evolving expertise in the area of integrative and inquiry-based learning.
Kath’s professional development offerings are diverse. They range from intensive partnerships with schools to develop inquiry programs and practices over several years through to one-day workshops for beginning or experienced inquiry teachers. Whether in her home town of Melbourne or on the other side of the world, working with a team or speaking to a packed auditorium Kath’s style is refreshingly practical, inclusive and always connected to the real world of teaching.
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Segments
Day One
Date / Time
29 Jun 2017 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
Boulevard Centre (The) - Floreat
PL Hours : 6.50
Day Two
Date / Time
24 Aug 2017 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
Boulevard Centre (The) - Floreat
PL Hours : 6.50
Day Three
Date / Time
8 Nov 2017 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person