Course | The Power of Play Module 1
Price
£100
Facilitator
Kym Scott
Kym started her career working with young children as a nanny and a pre-school assistant in my home county of Norfolk. She went on to take teaching and senior leadership roles in London schools, before joining the Lewisham Early Years Advisory team in South London. Meanwhile, in Lewisham, she became a School Improvement Advisor and eventually Strategic Lead for Early Years.
Description
This high impact course will be delivered in four episodes (each 15 minutes long). It contains a clearly explained and highly practical approach to the power of play in early years. It is appropriate for early years classroom teachers, and is equally beneficial if working as a teaching assistant.
Expect an honest appraisal of the strategies and techniques that are effective in helping create intentional experiences and engaged play.
The course is fully practical, designed to equip staff with a range of effective interventions to use with students when supporting them as a teacher.
Course Outline
- What are the ingredients in the ‘recipe’ for good learners?
- The importance fo real experiences for children and uninterrupted periods of safe play.
- Addressing the gap between our principles and practice.
- What spoils the ‘recipe’ for good learners?
- Damaged disposition hypothesis by Lilian Katz.
- Metacognition in young learners.
- Examining pedagogy of Friedrich Frobel, Susan Isaac, Professor Tina Bruce, and Sir John Bowlby.
- Pedagogical framework for early years.
- Examples of play.
- The importance of guided play.
Course Outcomes
- Consider the importance of play for young children’s learning.
- Hear about the conditions which enable high-quality, challenging play to take place.
- Reflect on your own pedagogy for play and how to develop this further.
- Understand the difference between play and playful learning and the benefits of both.
Course | The Power of Play Module 1
- Paid
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