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Investigations and Expressions
Professional Learning for Early Childhood, Primary & Junior School Educators
Through conversation, inquiry and creative exploration, Investigations & Expressions aims to rethink the role of educators and educational spaces in response to our current time and place.
We will share insights and engage in discussions, drawing on our experiences at a school inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach and other place-based pedagogies. Each session features interactive elements including storytelling, collaborative discussions, hands-on workshops, breakout sessions and Q&A sessions. Registrants will also have access to recordings of previous teacher presentations for a limited time.
Whether you join us for one, two or all three experiences, you'll have the opportunity to hear inspiring stories, envision the future of education, and contribute to creating schools that align with our aspirations for a better world. All who are interested in inquiry-based learning are welcome to join us.
-Carla Rinaldi & Peter Moss
Learning is not the transmission of a defined body of knowledge…Learning is a process of constructing, testing and reconstructing theories, constantly creating new knowledge. Teachers, as well as children, are constantly learning. Learning itself is a subject for constant research, and as such, must be made visible.
Summer Symposium
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Living Pedagogies | July 2 - 4
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How can we develop and share new ways of teaching and learning that respect children and deepen our connection to the world? What do educational spaces and approaches that blend theory and practice look like?
We’re excited to gather again with a growing group of curious educators from diverse backgrounds. Our Summer Symposium is a great opportunity for all educators, whether experienced or new. This three-day conference offers many opportunities for professional learning, reflection, exchange and community building, including:
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Presentations and discussions to uncover key questions and concepts
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Hands-on workshops exploring big ideas, materials, and strategies to support inquiry and research
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Stories about inspiring learning experiences, and examples of projects, processes and pedagogies
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Collaborative investigations into new ways of being in solidarity with children
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Invitations to participate in potential projects
Register now and let’s explore new possibilities together!
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July 2 Schedule
9:30 am Opening Circle and Introductions 10:15 an Sharing & Experience: Learning to See: Land-Based Attuning with the Words of Robin Kimmerer
Kathleen Grzybowski & Rachel Hughes12:00 pm Community Lunch
Featuring locally sourced and sustainably produced food1:00 pm Experience: Learning and the Unknown: Stories from Communities in Deep Project Work
Amanda Humphreys & Brianne Fennema1:45 pm Refreshment Break 2:00 pm Experience: Clay Encounters for Cultivating Regenerative Co-Becoming
Kathleen Grzybowski & Jessie Sawyers2:45 pm Closing Circle and Community Reflections -
July 3 Schedule
9:30 am Opening Circle 10:15 am Sharing: Thinking With Paper
With special guests Rachel Lynch-Hasegawa, Katie (Kathleen) McDonald, Tanya Pereira & Isabelle Sain from Bishop Macdonell Catholic School, TDCSB11:00 am Sharing: Environments As Collaborators (Grade 1 and 6)
Tara Kher & Bart Van Veghel12:00 pm Community Lunch
Featuring locally sourced and sustainably produced food1:00 pm Experience: Sky Atelier I
Shelley van Benschop2:15 pm Refreshment Break 2:30 pm Closing Circle and Dialogues -
July 4 Schedule
9:30 am Opening Circle 10:15 am Experience: Sky Atelier II
Shelley van Benschop11:15 am Sharing: Underwater Worlds: Building a Collaborative Project
Heather Evelyn & Neekta Torabian12:00 pm Community Lunch
Featuring locally sourced and sustainably produced food1:00 pm Sharing and Making: Documentation for Connective and Celebratory Ways of Being
Amanda Humphreys, Bart Van Veghel, Shelley van Benschop, Kathleen Grzybowski & Jessie Sawyers
Refreshment Break2:30 pm Closing Circle, Reflections, New Intentions and Finding Pathways Forward
Past Sessions
Engage in inquiries about the possibilities offered to us when we orient ourselves toward relationship-centric ways of being, when we explore learning and teaching "together with," rather than "to" or "about."
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Exploring many questions that surround the ways we see ourselves, children, and learning and teaching environments, and the ways these images might inform and inspire our approach.
