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LEARNING DISPOSITIONS - READY, WILLING, ABLE

August 14, 2019

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Kelly Goodsir & Rachel Flottman Learning Dispositions Matter

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Early Childhood Leadership Professional Identity PROFESSIONAL LONELINESS

April 20, 2018

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Kelly Goodsir

"We need sustenance for the journey, for it is difficult and often lonely - a paradox because in teaching one is always with others" Stefania Giamminuti, spoken at Reggio Emilia Conference, 2017 These words have echoed in my thinking since attending the Reggio

Emilia Con...

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Documentation

DOCUMENTATION: PAIN OR PLEASURE?

February 11, 2018

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Kelly Goodsir

I've always been drawn to documenting children’s learning and viewed this as an integral part of my early childhood professional practice.  I’ve also always found it a pleasure. However, I know this is not the case for everyone. After speaking with

many educa...

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Learning Stories

THE RAINBOW CLOCK GIFT

October 14, 2017

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Kelly Goodsir

Integrated approaches to teaching and learning recognise that children are capable of driving learning on their own.  Therefore the adults role is to listen and be responsive in ways that stimulate and stretch those occasions.  This learning story demonstrates the value...

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Play Based Learning

LITERACY IN CONTEXT

September 11, 2017

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Kelly Goodsir

The perceived pressure of expectation in the year prior to school regarding literacy learning continues to provoke teaching strategies that don’t always fit with the ‘play based’ learning approach. We have all seen it, we feel it yet we still succumb to it.

I believe t...

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Learning Story in Practice PLANET EARTH: A WORKING THEORY

July 21, 2017

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Kelly Goodsir

Over the last 10 years I have been invited into many services to deliver training on the topic of learning stories.  It never ceases to amaze me the insight and motivation this training brings to the way educators approach assessment and documentation overall.

Almost...

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Early Childhood Leadership CREATE THINKERS NOT FOLLOWERS!

June 9, 2017

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Kelly Goodsir

As a leader it requires a lot of time, thought and collaboration to support a 'thinking culture' amongst your team.  Let's face it, no-one  is motivated in their work when there is a 'push down' approach or a 'one size fits all' model.  We know that these types of

appr...

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BE A LEARNER - BE TRANSFORMATIVE

April 29, 2017

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Kelly Goodsir

"Being a Learner" is such an important aspect of my professional identity.  As an early childhood educator it forms a strong basis to my leadership philosophy.  The longer I am immersed within early childhood pedagogy the more I value the process of learning and how

th...

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