Making Learning Visible

Making Learning Visible

When

6 Sep 2017 - 8 Sep 2017

9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Asia/Singapore

Where

Adelaide
Adelaide city, (exact venue to be advised)

Event Tag

The Making Learning Visible project was first developed collaboratively between researchers at Harvard University’s Project Zero and educators of Reggio Emilia. To come to a better understanding of learning, pedagogical documentation is created with the intent to invite children to reflect on their learning, as individuals and in groups, and to provide an avenue for teachers to come to a deeper understanding of teaching and learning.
During the three days workshop, participants will experience many opportunities to explore materials, utilizing an inquiry lens, with the intent to gather artifacts of individual and group learning, create pedagogical documentation and engage in reflective dialogue about the process of making learning visible.

Objectives
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

Develop a heightened, critical eye, crucial to the process of observation as it informs pedagogical documentation
Consider the potential of everyday objects for exploration and discovery
Reflect on the importance of experience first, references to the curriculum second
Critique inquiry models
Select artifacts, images and insights for documentation
Evaluate the process of making learning visible in terms of parental involvement, community building, audience and assessment
Explore several formats of making learning visible, including learning stories, digital documentation and Zoom panels
Engage in critical dialogue with reference to individual and group learning and the process of making learning visible

Outline
Day 1: The Difference Between Documentation and Display through an Inquiry Lens

Participants have the opportunity to examine more closely popular children’s books and small worlds with the intent to invite a heightened and critical eye, crucial to the process of observation
Participants create their first small documentation piece (all documentation is done in learning groups)
The potential of everyday objects (loose parts) and experiences for exploration and discovery is explored with reference to Early Learning curriculum Frameworks and the challenge to invite experience first and reference to a curriculum support second
Inquiry models are suggested to participants and they later inform the consideration of documentation panels and an Early Learning curriculum focus within the cognitive and social realm

Day 2: Learning Stories, Aesthetics and Engaging Families

Participants engage in a group learning opportunity (building and balance) while simultaneously documenting their experience
Participants consider and create learning stories
The artistic eye, graphic design elements, the “hundred languages of children” and pedagogy is explored by participants through the use of art media
Participants utilize the artifacts, images and recorded dialogue generated through this process to develop and discuss the process of a “Zooming In, Zooming Out” format

Day 3: Digital Documentation, Portfolios and MLV Pedagogy

Participants engage in group learning (aerodynamics) to explore the ideas of learning in community and developing collective knowledge
Several forms of digital documentation are considered and critiqued by participants
Participants will examine the assessment of metacognition through ePortfolios
Having engaged in the process of Making Learning Visible, participants engage in a reflective dialogue on the power of pedagogical documentation and learning

Trainer’s Profile
Allie P., M.S., is an early childhood educator from Washington state, USA. She earned her B.S. and M.S. in Early Childhood Education, and has taught children ages 0-8 preschool in a variety of educational contexts for over ten years. Her work has included a children’s museum, Head Start classrooms, parent cooperative preschools, a large international school, and more. She works with children, families, and educators with playful, child-entered curriculum inspired by the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, where she participated in an in-depth institute and has applied the ideas to learning spaces and teacher workshops ever since. Her personal research focus is on interactive environments, curated materials, children’s voices, and the role of the teacher as reflective researcher.

Methodology
The workshops are composed of opportunities for experiential and collaborative hands-on learning opportunities. Participants will have the opportunity to be fully engaged, interact with colleagues, reflect on, and document their learning in an environment that is supportive and meets an educator’s need to gain practical knowledge that can be applied to teaching practices.

Target Audience
Teachers, early childhood educators and administrators of children aged 2 to 8 years.

Investment
AUD950.00/pax
AUD850.00/pax if register by 1 May 17

Other Details
Duration: 3 days, 18 hours
Closing Date: 1 Jul 17 27 Aug 17