We had a fantastic month welcoming Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith and outstanding Australian early childhood education academics to the PlayLab.
PlayLab visitors
We were thrilled to e-welcome Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith to our Conceptual PlayLab over Zoom! One of the first of her kind, Lisa is the well known astrophysicist, author and Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador. Amazing diverse STEM trajectories coming together to inspire and support young thinkers and lovers of STEM!
We also had an incredible day hosting Professors Claire McLachlan (Dean, School of Education, Federation University Australia), Jayne White (Associate Dean ECE, RMIT University), and Nicola Yelland (Professor of Early Childhood Studies, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne). These outstanding Australian ECE academics and research teams bring together their strengths, making a dynamic and pioneering presence in ECE worldwide!
Strengthening our partnership with Playgroup Victoria
The Conceptual PlayLab team travelled to Melbourne CBD to participate in Playgroups Victoria CEO Forum. Our Programmatic Research is creating new knowledge and innovative resources to support families and diverse institutional settings in reinforcing young children’s engagement, learning and development in STEM.
Supporting early- and mid-career researchers
Marilyn shared her unique winning pathway towards an ARC Laureate Fellowship Scheme in the Humanities with nearly fifty early and mid career researchers and PhD students during September's Peninsula Campus Research Seminar.
Conceptual PlayWorlds around the globe
Conceptual PlayWorld ideas are endless and are proliferating around the world thanks to social media! Check out our Facebook page to get an insight into how an inspired educator from Samoa created a “School PlayWorld” to support children’s transition from kindergarten to primary school. She posted:
“The children will role play a teacher at every opportunity and I am now the student as they explore the role, responsibilities and through play demonstrate their social construction of the teacher and school. It is very informative and insightful.”
Please share your ideas here too, we'd love to hear from you!
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We would love to hear from you about what this research means to you and if you would like to get involved.
If you are an early childhood educator who would like to have an opportunity to participate in the Conceptual PlayLab research activities in the future, you can register your interest and join our private Facebook group - Conceptual PlayWorlds for Educators. You can also access free resources for educators.
If you are a parent who would like to have an opportunity to participate in the Conceptual PlayLab research activities in the future, you can register your interest. You can also access free resources for families.
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