‘Good Ideas from Good Ideas’

Where do good ideas come from?

25th March - Elsternwick

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Understanding that one can get good ideas from peers - learn from and with others - helps answer this question and is an important component of a learning community. Good Ideas from Good Ideas is a practice which promotes this meta-cognitive understanding. In this session, examples of the practice will be shared, and participants will have a chance to play with the practice and discuss its implications for their teaching.

This workshop, held in collaboration between Project Zero Australia Network and Wesley College, is free and open to anyone with an interest in education. Please share this invitation with colleagues and friends who are passionate about early childhood education, play, and nature. While the principles are grounded in early childhood practices, they also offer valuable insights for engaging older students and adult learners. Educators of older students will also benefit from attending.

Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday, March 25

  • Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

  • Hosted by Wesley College, Elsternwick Campus

  • Location: 5 Gladstone Parade, Elsternwick VIC 3185, Australia

Introducing Ben Mardell

Ben Mardell is the former project director of the Pedagogy of Play, a collaboration with the LEGO Foundation and the International School of Billund, exploring how play can have a central part in children’s learning in school. Ben has been associated with Project Zero since 1999, initially as a researcher on the Making Learning Visible (MLV) project and helped co-author Making Learning Visible: Children as Individual and Group Learners and Making Teaching Visible: Documentation of Individual and Group Learning as Professional Development. After continuing his work as a preschool and kindergarten teacher, Ben returned as a researcher on MLV and co-authored Visible Learners: Promoting Reggio-Inspired Approaches in All Schools. Ben publications include From Basketball to the Beatles: In Search of Compelling Early Childhood Curriculum and Children at the Center: Transforming Early Childhood Education in the Boston Public Schools. When not at PZ, Ben enjoys playing with his family and participating in triathlons.