Description
Designed to support regional K-2 educators who are getting started with inquiry pedagogies, this cross-sectoral 1 day Professional Learning (PL) workshop introduces the 'essential elements' of quality inquiry pedagogies through reflective practice activities, practical examples and stories from real classrooms.
This interactive, practical PL is designed to support participants to explore the fundamentals of inquiry including:
* learning environments that support a classroom culture of inquiry;
* strategies and tools that enhance inquiry learning;
* and approaches to planning a journey of inquiry that balances children's interests, ideas and questions with teacher inputs and curriculum expectations.
Resources to support educators' ongoing professional learning and classroom practice will be shared.
Each participant will also receive a copy of AISWA's latest publication, 'Journeys of Inquiry'.
Presenters
Rebecca Duncan (AISWA Staff)
Consultant | Early Childhood

Rebecca Duncan has been working in education since 1998. Along with teaching experience in each year level across Kindergarten to Year 4, her roles have included Coordinator of the Learning Development Centre at Christ Church Grammar Preparatory School as well as leadership in the integration of learning technologies, including at All Saints' College. In 2004, Rebecca was the recipient of a National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEiTA) for Western Australia.
Rebecca has been with AISWA since late 2010, when she was contracted to write a resource to support educators in their implementation of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). This project culminated in the publication of the acclaimed book, 'Early Years Learning Framework: In Action'. Ongoing employment as a consultant for AISWA followed, initially in the Curriculum, Literacy, and most recently, Early Childhood, teams. She has led numerous projects at AISWA, including initiatives to connect the Australian Curriculum and EYLF, one of which led to AISWA’s publication of 'Playing with the Australian Curriculum' (2013). Her teacher resource, 'Journeys of Inquiry', was published in 2018, highlighting case studies of inquiry in early childhood. This has now been accompanied by a second volume of inspiring stories of inquiry pedagogies in 'Further Journeys of Inquiry', which was published by AISWA in 2020. In 2021, Rebecca authored the text, 'Playful STEM: Using Blocks in Kindergarten to Year 2', followed by being the lead representative and editor for AISWA on the cross-sectoral publication, 'The National Quality Standard in Action: Western Australian schools', due for publication in late 2024. Inquiry pedagogies, literacy and numeracy, learning through play, integrative approaches, responsiveness to children, learning technologies, and the Early Years Learning Framework represent a few of Rebecca’s areas of specialty. She continues to stay deeply connected to classroom practice through mentoring, coaching and working alongside educators across the primary years of schooling.
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Date / Time
9 May 2019 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person