Playful Pedagogies: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Constructing Meaning
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View the event slides below:
Plenary – Intentional Pedagogy_Kathy Sylva Slides
Workshop 1 – A Story About Storytelling_Sara Ratner Slides
Workshop 2 – Dramatic Play_Faidra Faitaki Slides
Workshop 3 – Learning Through Songs – Cate Hamilton Slides
Workshop 4 – Policy into Playful Practice_Jasen Booton Slides
Join us for a day of exploring how play-based pedagogies can deepen thinking, spark creativity, and help children construct meaning.
The event is tailored for primary practitioners working with children between 5 and 12 years old, but colleagues teaching younger or older learners are warmly welcome. If you’ve used playful pedagogies in your classroom or school and would like to share your experience, please contact us to join the roundtable.
Speakers:
- Prof Kathy Sylva OBE, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford
- Dr Faidra Faitaki, Departmental Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Course Director, MSc ALLT, University of Oxford
- Dr Cate Hamilton, Departmental Lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods and EAL, University of Oxford
- Dr Sara Ratner, Research Officer & Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Learning in Families through Technology (LiFT) project, University of Oxford
- Jasen Booten, Education Consultant
Ticket types and prices:
- Standard (standard in-person attendee ticket) – £45
- ECT (in-person attendee ticket for teachers that have received QTS within the last 2 years) – £35
- Student (in-person attendee ticket for university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First) – £25
- Group (discount in-person ticket for groups of up to 4 attendees from the same school, trust, or organisation) – £70
- Sch’ship (colleagues who have made a successful application for a scholarship will receive a password to complete their purchase of a reduced price in-person ticket via this option) – £9
Information for participants – visiting guide.
Oxford Education Deanery Scholarships available to join this event. Find out more and apply.
