Conceptual PlayWorld PD highlights

In this post we present highlights from our latest Conceptual PlayWorlds PD. 

Conceptual PlayWorld PD highlights

In July 2022, the PlayLab team delivered four free weekly Zoom PD sessions to a group of 90 pre-service and in-service early childhood teachers studying postgraduate early childhood degrees at the Indonesia University of Education (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, UPI). The fourth session was opened by Professor Ahmad Bukhori, Director of International Affairs; Dr Nandang Budiman, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Education; and Dr Euis Kurniati, Head of the Master of Early Childhood program. UPI has an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Monash University and thus PlayLab is pleased with this opportunity to support and strengthen our relationship with Indonesian academics and researchers in the early childhood field.

It was wonderful to see participants’ high levels of engagement with the program. They also worked together to investigate how Conceptual PlayWorld (CPW) can be adapted into the Indonesian context by using well-known local storybooks to teach STEM ideas to young children. For example, participants shared ideas on how CPW can be used to teach children about current environmental issues such as flooding, which is common in Indonesia.

According to Dr Kurniati, “CPW’s planning proforma is easy to understand and will be very helpful for our future teachers wherever they teach. Thank you to Professor Fleer, Dr Anne Suryani, Ms Oriana Ramunno, and Dr Taj Johora for organising these Zoom PD sessions for us. We look forward to further collaboration with PlayLab”.

The PlayLab team welcomes expressions of interest from early childhood educators and educational institutions around the world who would like to learn about, and implement, the CPW program in their practice. If you would like more information please contact Dr Anne Suryani at conceptualplaylab@monash.edu

Latest papers

Our latest papers are available online:

• Balancing play and science learning - developing children's scientific learning in the classroom through imaginary play
• Promoting Chinese children's agency in science learning: Conceptual PlayWorld as a new play practice
  
• The dialectical relation of real and digital Conceptual PlayWorlds in Family Day Care
  

You can also access our latest working papers from the Conceptual PlayLab publications page.

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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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