BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:Australia/Adelaide X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Adelaide BEGIN:VEVENT UID:491@ais.sa.edu.au DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20210518T160000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20210518T170000 DTSTAMP:20210518T070835Z URL:https://www.ais.sa.edu.au/events/new-thinking-new-possibilities-webina r-series-developing-imagination-play-develop-imagination-stem-learning/ SUMMARY:New Thinking: New Possibilities Webinar Series: Developing imaginat ion in play to develop imagination in STEM learning! DESCRIPTION:Young children are naturally curious about STEM concepts in com ing to terms with the world around them. Join Laureate Professor Marilyn F leer as she transports us into the Conceptual PlayWorld (a play-based and innovative model of intentional teaching) where young children embark on i maginary journeys to solve challenges through STEM concepts. “If you dev elop children’s imagination through play\, you are actually developing t heir foundational capacity to be thinking abstractly and to imagine concep ts – because a lot of concepts are very imaginary.”\nLaureate Professo r Marilyn Fleer began her career as an early childhood educator\, having e xperience in long day care\, preschool\, and later in the professional lea rning of STEM for teachers in the birth to the end of school sector. She i s passionate about play\, intentional teaching of STEM\, and in designing imaginative and inspiring play programs. Her research at Monash Universit y is funded by the Australian Research Council\, and has been recognised n ationally through being the first women in education to be bestowed the aw ard of an ARC Laureate Fellow in 2018.\n\nMarilyn holds the Foundation Cha ir in Early Childhood Education and Development at Monash\, where she's al so a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow. She researches in th e areas of early childhood science\, engineering and technologies\, with p articular attention on digital visual methodology framed through cultural- historical theory. Her Laureate Fellowship on the theme "Imagination in pl ay and imagination in STEM" investigates how families and teachers create conditions for children’s conceptual thinking in play-based settings.\nT arget audience: Early childhood &\; OSHC leaders and educators\n\nDeliv ery mode: Zoom\n\nPresenters:\n\n\nLaureate Professor Marilyn Fleer\nDesir ee Gilbert\, AISSA\nAleida Mabarrack\, AISSA\nMonica Williams\, AISSA\nLib by Worrell\, AISSA\n\n \;\n\nPlease see the AISSA’s Video Conferenci ng Collection Notice and Video Conferencing Privacy Disclosure Statement f or information about the AISSA’s collection of personal information thro ugh video conferencing.\n\nA Zoom link will be sent closer to the event.\n \nFor registration enquiries please contact Rae Dawkins. CATEGORIES:Professional Learning END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Adelaide X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Adelaide BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20210404T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR