Planning Journeys of Inquiry in the Early Years (K-2) - 10615

PL # 10615

  • Starting on 14 Oct 2016
  • Cancellation permitted until 04 Oct 2016
  • Event registrations closed on 23 Sep 2016

Delivery Format :

Event registration is Closed

Description


Kath Murdoch, is a fellow of the University of Melbourne and an internationally renowned consultant, teacher and author who has researched and published widely in the field of inquiry-based learning.  Kath will lead this PL, which is designed for Kindergarten to Year 2 teachers who already have some experience with inquiry-based teaching/learning and wish to extend their knowledge and classroom practice.  In this PL, Kath takes teachers through a model for planning and teaching inquiry that builds students' understandings and interdisciplinary skills.  Teachers will have an opportunity to reflect on their own planning as well as exploring ways to enhance the quality of inquiry planned with and for their students.  

Some of the questions that will be investigated include:

  • How do we provoke and sustain interest through an inquiry?
  • How can we make the most of authentic moments/events and opportunities that present themselves for spontaneous inquiry?
  • How can we use inquiry journeys as a context for building skills in literacy and numeracy?
  • How can we plan and document inquiry in the early years?
  • How can we balance curriculum expectations with children's interest as we plan for and with our students?

Targeted Audience: Kindergarten - Year 2 Teachers

Participants will receive a copy of Kath Murdoch's book 'The Power of Inquiry'.

Please contact Rebecca Duncan for more information.

Presenters

Rebecca Duncan (AISWA Staff)

Early Childhood Consultant

Rebecca Duncan <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

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. In 2004, Rebecca was the recipient of a National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEiTA) for Western Australia, in recognition of her work in the promotion of early literacy practice at All Saints’ College.

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, then Literacy teams, interspersed by the births of her three children. Rebecca now works for AISWA in a part-time capacity and thoroughly enjoys her role as a consultant within the early childhood team. She has lead numerous projects at AISWA, including initiatives to connect the Australian Curriculum and EYLF, one of which lead 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. Rebecca's latest publication for AISWA, 'Playful STEM: Using Blocks in Kindergarten to Year 2' is due for distribution in 2021. Inquiry pedagogies, early 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.

Kath Murdoch

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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Date / Time

14 Oct 2016 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30

Delivery Format : In Person

Boulevard Centre (The) - Floreat

PL Hours : 6.50

Learning Area

  • Early Childhood

School Area

  • Early Childhood (PK - 2)

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