Language of Materials Workshop: Exploring the Studio
In the Reggio Emilia philosophy, “The studio is not an isolated place where artistic things happen. It is a laboratory for thinking.” -Lella Gandini. Loris Malaguzzi, the founder of the Reggio Emilia philosophy, believed that young children have a hundred ways of speaking, listening, and being. Those languages should be encouraged and explored. When you invite a child to draw, the act of drawing creates a pathway for a child to express themselves more fully and more often than not a story or a dialogue accompanies their work.
Centering the Learners in Place-based Education
With a place-based approach, learning can be personally relevant to students and enable student agency while allowing a teacher to be the guide or facilitator instead of the holder of all information. In this virtual workshop, explore and discuss how the learner-centered principle of place-based education can support a personalized approach.
Interdisciplinary Projects: Merging place-based education and project-based learning
In interdisciplinary, place-based projects, learning can match the real world where “traditional” subject area content, skills, and dispositions are learned through an integrated and relevant approach that achieves proficiency of multiple standards.
Community Impact = Inquiry + Design
In this 90-minute session, explore place-based education principles like inquiry and design thinking. Hear inspiring examples of student impact projects and envision ways to create community impact with your students. Walk away with practical tools and strategies you can immediately apply in your classroom to build curiosity, skills, and agency through place-based learning.
Understanding Your Place
In this 90-minute workshop, explore your place through inquiry, reflection, and a virtual scavenger hunt. Dive deeper to uncover stories about your community’s history and current events. This session helps you connect with your place meaningfully while developing insights and inspiration for fostering place-based understanding in your teaching practice.
