Kelly Goodsir
Kelly is the managing director of KGlearning and has dedicated her career to the development of pedagogy, learning and educational leadership.
She believes whole heartedly that through thinking and learning collaboratively anything is possible.
You will be drawn to Kelly’s creative inspiration, her ability to make the complex simple and her unwavering advocacy for upholding children, families and educator rights. Her strengths are grounded in long-term educational change, designing systems that foster autonomy, ownership and a strong positive learning culture.
Kelly invites you into thinking deeply about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of teaching whilst compelling you to entwine wisdom and courage in all you do.
“We value space because of its power to organise, promote pleasant relationships among people of different ages, create a handsome environment, provide changes, promote choices and activity, and it’s potential for sparking all kinds of social, affective, and cognitive learning. All this contributes to a sense of wellbeing and security in children.”
Loris Malaguzzi, The Hundred Languages of Children
PRESENTATION TITLE:
The Environment: from simplicity to complexity
ABSTRACT:
The learning environment speaks loudly of values, hopes and ideas for the way we show up to teaching and learning. Moving beyond the simplicity of toys on tables and designing a context that invites investigation, curiosity and challenge takes time, collaboration and a shared team commitment to high expectations. We will weave through the following environment lenses to explore what it might take to engage with complexity in your learning environment:
- Organisational spaces
- Relational spaces
- Pedagogical spaces
- Physical spaces