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Dr Jo Fahey
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About the talk

Play-as-inquiry enables children to engage in problem-posing and problem-solving, interactional story-telling, transformation, self-regulation and conflict resolution.

In this immersive session, join early years educator, author and consultant, Dr Jo Fahey, to find the link between play and inquiry, both through her own extensive experience, and by building on the research of Professor Kathy Short, Judith Wells Lindfors, Joan Youngquist and Jann Pataray-Ching. Explore practical strategies and ideas that enhance children’s involvement in socio-dramatic play and enable and invite them to take the lead.

Noteworthy highlights

  • Unleash the power of ‘play’ to contextualise and find appropriate provocations for students’ playtime
  • Stimulate creative innovation and independent inquiry through greater student autonomy 
  • Grasp playtime cues to identify when intervention is needed to refocus the group 
  • Explore how students can become resilient learners and problem-solvers through productive playtime

Speaker
Dr Jo Fahey
Teacher, Author, Educational Consultant, Workshop Leader, Fahey-Sparks Consulting

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Dr Jo Fahey
Dr Jo Fahey is a teacher-researcher. With her passion for teaching and learning Jo has always maintained a role as a teacher in early years classrooms, engaging in the daily trials and tribulations of early years educators. While teaching in international schools, Jo became a curriculum developer for the IB Primary Years Program, with special emphasis on the early years. On returning to Australia she conducted extensive research in schools, leading to a doctoral dissertation and a book, ‘Ways to Learn Through Inquiry: Guiding Children to Deeper Understanding’, published in 2012 by the IBO. Jo is also an educational consultant for international and national schools and currently facilitates online workshops. You can learn more about Jo's work here.
Classroom Strategies, Inquiry-based Learning
Play-As-Inquiry – Enabling Children’s Agency to Emerge
Play-as-inquiry enables children to engage in problem-posing and problem-solving, interactional story-telling, transformation, self-regulation and conflict resolution.

In this immersive session, join early years educator, author and consultant, Dr Jo Fahey to find the link between play and inquiry, both through her own extensive experience as a teacher and researcher and by building on the research of Professor Kathy Short, Judith Wells Lindfors, Joan Youngquist and Jann Pataray-Ching. Explore practical strategies and ideas that enhance children’s involvement in socio-dramatic play and enable and invite them to take the lead.