An Encounter with Paper: Transforming thinking about the role of materials for learning

 

Presenter: Kelly Boucher

Date: Thursday 18 March 2021

Time: 7.30pm – 8.30pm (AEDT)

Venue: Online

This webinar will be made available from 4pm Monday 22 March until 4pm Thursday 1 April. This time period is not negotiable. If you are unable to view the webinar on the scheduled date or wish to re watch the webinar please do so within this timeframe. It will not be possible to extend the viewing time. This webinar will not be available to purchase at a later date.

 

Program Description

An Encounter with Paper: Transforming thinking about the role of materials for learning

How do we learn with paper?
What questions does paper propose to/with the world?

This webinar focuses on how, as educators, we might think ‘otherwise’ with materials in early childhood learning spaces. Thinking with paper as an active participant in children’s (and adult) learning (Pacini-Ketchabaw, Kind, & Kocher, 2016), this session responds to/with paper as a ‘proposal’ in the everyday –gesturing to us via multiple and complex histories, possibilities and potentialities.

Drawing on contemporary theory, materials scholarship and research, Kelly Boucher will activate examples of everyday moments of practice with paper in early childhood settings.

This session will draw on:

• The pedagogy of listening (Rinaldi, 2001)
• Supporting paper as ‘participant’ in ECE spaces.
• Sustainability/ethics

Side note: If possible, participants are encouraged to have access to a variety of paper (newspaper, recycled wrapping paper, paper grocery bags, recycled packaging etc) however, it is not essential for engaging with the experience.

References:

Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., Kind, S., & Kocher, L. L. (2016). Encounters with materials in early childhood education. Taylor & Francis.

Rinaldi, C. (2001). The Pedagogy of Listening. The Listening Perspective from Reggio Emilia.

 

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