Engaging together

As part of continuing to build a peer knowledge network and foster discussion, we encourage you to bring your voice to the conversation in the noticeboard below and / or join the upcoming webinar. 

Have a go at thinking about differentiation in your classroom

Throughout Module 4 you have been prompted to reflect upon your own practices and consider ways in which you can use play-based and inquiry learning to support the learning and development of all students in your classroom.   

Using the Padlet below, post what excites you most about the possibilities of play-based and inquiry learning as a basis for differentiated teaching and learning. You may like to share how you plan to differentiate play experiences for your students. The following questions may guide your responses:  

  • What adjustments might you make to play-based and inquiry learning experiences to enable your diverse learners to access and participate in the learning opportunities afforded by playful inquiry? 
  • What benefits will be differentiated play-based inquiry learning have for the inclusive culture of your class of diverse learners? 

Padlet Noticeboard

Click on the plus (+) icon in the corner of the Padlet screen to make your contribution to the board. We invite you to both discuss the above questions but also post any queries or observations this module has brought about for you. Any questions you ask will be answered on the Padlet or during the webinar.

 

Webinar 4

  • We are talking to Associate Professor Liz Rouse and Dr Kim Davies whose extensive practice and research has looked at differentiated teaching and learning, using play-based and inquiry learning.       
  • We are listening and talking to an expert panel of stakeholders with experience in Foundation teaching.
  • We are unpacking how play enables teachers to differentiate learning and increase access, participation and enhanced learning outcomes.
  • We are exploring parent views of their children's success though engaging in play based and inquiry learning.
  • We are discussing how teachers reconsider differentiation through experiencing play-based and inquiry learning.

Webinar 4 : Play and Differentiated Learning

 

Summary of the project and invitation to keep reading and keep in touch

Congratulations! You have come to the end of the Differentiated, Play-based and Inquiry Learning in the Early Years of Schooling professional learning program.  

On behalf of the DET and the Deakin University team, we hope you enjoyed engaging with each of the four modules, and their accompanying webinars.

You will be able to revisit this program throughout 2021 to further strengthen your understanding of an effective play-based and inquiry learning approach in your classroom. We encourage you to share this resource with your colleagues to stimulate collegial discussions about play-based and inquiry learning approaches to teaching and learning in the Foundation year. 

Course wrap up from Professor Andrea Nolan

 
 

Share your thoughts and evaluate your experience

Like any good teaching practice, reflection is critical to continued development.

This project initiative has comprised of many key areas and used a multimodal approach. We would be grateful if you would complete an evaluative survey, the link for which will be shared at a later date.














Orientation

Professional learning program orientation materials

Module 1

Module1.1 - What is play-based and inquiry learning?

Module1.2 - Differentiated through play-based and inquiry learning

Module1.3 – Experiences and outcomes

Module 1.4 - What does play look like?

Module 1.5 - Play-based learning and general capabilities

Module 1.6 - Building community - discussion and webinar

Module 2

Module 2.1 - Introduction to Module 2

Module 2.2 - Linking High Impact Teaching Strategies to play-based and inquiry learning

Module 2.3 - Planning and implementing play-based and inquiry learning

Module 2.4 - Organising and resourcing play-based and inquiry learning experiences

Module 2.5 - Upholding Victoria’s Vision for Learning

Building community-discussion and webinar for module 2

Module 3

Module 3: Assessing learning through play

Module 3.2 Different types of assessment

Module 3.3 Assessment models

Module 3.4 Assessment of play

Module 3.5 Assessing language and literacy

Module 3.6 Assessing numeracy and mathematics

Module 3.7 Assessing Personal and Social Capability

Module 3.8 Building community – discussion and webinar

Module 4

Module 4.1 Play- based and inquiry learning is differentiated and inclusive

Module 4.2 Knowing students as players and learners

Module 4.3 Differentiation as a teaching approach

Module 4.4 Differentiation in practice-Goal setting

Module 4.5 Supporting dispositions for learning through student agency

Resource bank

Webinar Resources