DEVELOPING YOUR PRACTICE - MAKING A DIFFERENCE

• Developing your practice
• Reflective prompts and
  reading support
• Exploratory Play
• A Conversational Approach
• Emergence

Consider an example of your planning for early science learning. How much do you decide? What might you let the children decide?

See Peter Ovens’ approach - Ovens, P. (2004) ‘A SANE way to encourage creativity’ Primary Science Review, 81, pp.17-20. Consider the authentic and negotiated nature of enquiry in these examples. How might you achieve this outcome in your practice?

‘To let be or not let be; that is the question’.
(translated CR from Galeano, E. (1998) Patas Arriba: la escuela del mundo al revés Madrid: Siglo XXI de España

How do you think children’s emergent ideas might be fostered and developed through exploratory play and a conversational approach? How might you apply the above quote to your reasoning?

The Emergent Science Electronic Network provides support for, and the opportunity to communicate with, people interested in emergent science. If you are interested in finding out more contact Jane Johnson, Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, www.bishopg.ac.uk