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. This a repeat of Kath's 2016 workshop for AISWA, 'Planning Journeys of Inquiry in the Early Years'.
Participants will receive a copy of Kath Murdoch's book 'The Power of Inquiry'
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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Date / Time
28 Jun 2017 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person