Description
Given current COVID rules, this presentation by Kath Murdoch will be conducted in an online format. Those who have engaged with Kath previously will know that her Zoom workshops share the same hallmarks as her ‘in-person’ presentations, being highly engaging, interactive and responsive to the group. This is an inspiring workshop not to be missed!
Many early years educators believe strongly in creating a classroom culture that values curiosity, exploration, theorising and meaning making. Indeed, early years classrooms are amongst the very best examples of inquiry-based teaching and learning in action. Despite this, tensions can remain about the ways in which assessment ‘works’ in these environments. In this workshop, Kath Murdoch will help shine a light on the many opportunities that an inquiry based approach can provide us with insights into children’s learning and how these insights can inform feedback, reporting,
conversations with children and parents and, of course, our ongoing planning. This workshop will not only deepen educators understanding of assessment as an act of inquiry but will enhance understanding of inquiry overall: inquiry teaching, learning and assessment are interwoven and interdependent.
Through practical examples and opportunities for discussion and sharing, we will explore the following:
- What do we mean by ‘assessment’ in the early years?
- How can we find alignment between assessment practices and our beliefs about learning through inquiry?
- What practices can we embed into our interactions with children that reveal thinking and understanding as they inquire?
- What practices can we use to gain insight into children’s learning when we are gathered around the ‘planning table?’
- What are we looking for when we assess through inquiry?
- How does a cycle of inquiry present opportunities for assessment?
- How can we strengthen our listening, observation and documentation to enhance assessment?
- How can we involve children in assessing their own learning - how to we partner with them in the process?
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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Webinar Event
Date / Time
31 Mar 2022 Starts: 08:45 Finishes: 15:00Delivery Format : Webinar
Webinar - Online Only
PL Hours : 6.50
Learning Area
- Early Childhood
School Area
- Preschool (PK-K)
- Early Childhood (PK - 2)
- Pre-Primary
- Year 1
- Year 2