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Questions, Questions, Questions!

Description

‘Enquiry based learning is acknowledged as the most significant pedagogy of the 21^st century - motivating and rewarding for both teachers and pupils.’Lesley Snowball

This approach demands more of the skilful adult in terms of effective questioning and allowing the learner the time and space needed to develop their ideas. This course focuses on the ways in which the adults can scaffold the learning without restricting it. It will include a range of practical techniques and strategies to help you follow children’s interests and fascinations.

Objectives

Course participants will have the opportunity to:

Develop a clear understanding of what is meant by ‘experiential, enquiry based learning’
Explore the relationship between effective questioning and enquiry based learning
Experience a variety of engaging contexts and strategies used in developing thinking skills
Reflect on the challenges that this approach presents to adults and children and ways to overcome them

Target Audience

All Primary Teachers and Practitioners

Course Provider

Glenda Dudley

Glenda Dudley has worked in Early Years education for more than twenty years both in the UK and in an international context in Europe and the Middle East.

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Wendy Thomas

Wendy Thomas has worked in a wide variety of contexts both in the UK and overseas as a teacher, advisory teacher and headteacher.

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