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We’re introducing a very special workshop giving teachers the strategies to adopt play-based learning in their classrooms. This teaching workshop is designed for those who have previously attended all three Longworth Education levelled workshops and are looking for a challenge and extension to...... Read more
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Introduction Play lies at the heart of quality early childhood education (ECE) with the benefits to children and their learning and development well documented throughout early years literature (Edwards, 2017; Hedges, 2018; Siraj-Blatchford, 2009; White, Ellis, O’Malley, Rockel, Stover &...... Read more
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In a time of evidence-based foci, teachers are required to ensure that the way in which they teach reflects practices associated with positive outcomes for kids. That best-practice is undertaken, and the ‘right’ way to teach is ensured. The ‘right’ way to run a reading...... Read more
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Recently New Zealand has been honoured with visits from some of the most highly regarded international movers and shakers of the education world. In March, Sir Ken Robinson presented his vision for an education system that values creativity, innovation and curiosity as precursors to successful...... Read more
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One of the biggest perceived barriers schools face when choosing to implement a learning through play approach is a fear of the response from their parent community. Many schools worry that their parents will believe that the school, in adopting play as the medium for which teaching and learning...... Read more
