HeyJaredOriginal Learning by Suzanne Axelsson
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Care or Control (opens the original)
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Over the last few days I feel like several of the different posts I have been reading seem to be interconnected - in particular a thread on care and lining up shared by Carol Garboden (reacting the the zip up lips poster), and another relating to a reshare of Peter Gray’s post on the Cruelty of US Kindergarten Practice.When it comes to Carol’s post I am assuming, from my various chats with Carol, that she is not against lining up when it is an act of care and is about the well-being of children
Play-led Pedagogy Cycle (opens the original)
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Besearch: A Word Worth Playing With? (opens the original)
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Yesterday I interacted with a post by Martin Lackéus over on LinkedIn - he has written and researched around the idea of beforskande, particularly in relation to entrepreneurship education and learning through experience, action and engagement with the world. I noticed that his translation of his handbook “Den Beforskande Medarbetare” into English was “The Inquiring Practitioner” (check the Everyday Institute ), and that part of me that fell instantly in love with the word beforskande felt disap
Play and the Snail (a philosophical tale) (opens the original)
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Some time ago a child asked me, “What is the purpose of a snail?” And a quick search offered an answer - the snail is food for other animals. I was taken aback, is the snail’s purpose really only to be eaten - or is being eaten just one of the things that happens because the snail exists?I think that we often talk about play in the same way. We say children play to develop language, practice social skills, build resilience, strengthen executive function, or prepare for school, or… or… or…All of
Rethinking where planning begins (opens the original)
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I actually think this is a much more complex question than what we might first consider - in a way, I think it’s very much like the chicken or the egg question - but instead it is the curriculum or the child.I would like to say that when I write curriculum here it also encompasses what the adult knows about child development too. I when I write child I mean what the child can inform the adult about what they know, what they are almost knowing, what they are interested in knowing, what they do no
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