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Pedagogy of the Digital World
My current area of research is upon the creative and expressive uses of digital languages and tools in the early childhood arena of education. For children with whom I am working with now, they are immersed into this digital rich context of social media, coding, research, platforms, and hacks, where books are downloaded and games…
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Values, Culture and Contexts of Education Reflections on the 23rd EECERA Conference in Tallinn, Estonia (Summer 2013)
This week I have been attending and presenting at EECERA in Tallinn, Estonia. Estonia itself is an amazing place that ‘fought’ for its democracy and independence through singing as a nation. A pretty remarkable idea considering the ‘big stuff’ that is going on in the world today. The power of the voice (verbal or non-verbal),…
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Learning Interventions and Learning Group Facilitation
Learning Interventions and Learning Group Facilitation I guess I have always considered myself and have been described as others as the outsider to the process of change happening within an organisation such as a school. My role if anything has been to help facilitate an evolving state of change concerning professionalism, the raising of standards,…
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Leading Change and Developing Practice in the Early Years Environment
Reflections from my notes: “The role of the teachers, the pedagogista, and the atelierista. Which kind of relationship and strategies of collaboration.” Study tour to Reggio Emilia, Italy. October 2009 I remember being part of a discussion group facilitated during this study tour to Reggio Emilia where a heated conversation arose about the frustrations of…
Debi Keyte-Hartland 