Course Description

What type of fish are in your classroom? Do you want to change that? As educators we need to develop critical thinking skills and ways of knowing in our youngest students.

As educators we need to develop critical thinking skills and ways of knowing in our youngest students. They see the world and learning in all it’s possibilities and wonder, meaning they are open to learning cognitive skill development. By recognising the potential in our youngest students and not limiting them with too much routine, we will see the intellectual and creativity that is exceptional and largely untapped.

Audience

Teachers of Students in Prep or Kinder to Year 2 or Year 3.

Teaching Standards

1.2.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Understand how students learn:  Structure teaching programs using research and collegial advice about how students learn.

2.1.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area:  Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.