Proposal Title
Teaming Up to Tinker: Defending Play in Public Education
Abstract
Learning should never be boring. This is an easy stance to take, but we often see that it is not easily accomplished in public schools. A partnership between Lesley’s Makerspace and Cambridge’s Tobin Montessori has reconceptualized science activities that explore sound, light, and digital waves through making. Join us for this hands– on re–creation of elementary science activities and experience how making inspires playful learning. These public school educators will share their instructional moves that foster learning through tinkering and play.
Start Date
24-3-2017 3:00 PM
End Date
24-3-2017 3:50 PM
Presentation Type
Paper
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | Early Childhood Education | Educational Methods | Elementary Education | Science and Mathematics Education
Teaming Up to Tinker: Defending Play in Public Education
U-Hall 3-094
Learning should never be boring. This is an easy stance to take, but we often see that it is not easily accomplished in public schools. A partnership between Lesley’s Makerspace and Cambridge’s Tobin Montessori has reconceptualized science activities that explore sound, light, and digital waves through making. Join us for this hands– on re–creation of elementary science activities and experience how making inspires playful learning. These public school educators will share their instructional moves that foster learning through tinkering and play.
