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Book a spot before 25 November 2015 to enjoy a generous 15% discount off the regular fees! Melbourne Auckland Perth Stockholm Melbourne Christchurch Read about our Study Groups. Comments by Participants To register, click on the link below to be directed to an online registration form for study groups in the respective countries. Study Groups in Australia Study Groups in New Zealand Study Groups in Sweden Take Charge of Your Own Professional Development! Book your spot today!

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Sweden Study Group 13 - 15 May 2015 Facilitator: Rick Ellis Coordinator: Alyna Chong Day 2 - May 15, 2015 For our final day of our programme, we visited the Katarina School, where we met the Director, Anna and two of the teachers, Maria and Erika.  We spent the morning here and began with an overview presented by all three of the teachers about the history of the school.  We learned that it was begun by a group of mothers  who lived in the building but needed a programme for their children while they went to work.  The teachers have participated in professional development through Reggio trainers.   We began the tour with a view of the space on the first floor for the youngest children.  The teachers very openly shared how many changes the space has gone through, based on observing the children and allowing themselves to be vulnerable to the need to change to respond to the children’s needs.  They initially divided the room into distinct ...

Sweden Study Group 13 - 15 May 2015 Facilitator: Rick Ellis Coordinator: Alyna Chong Day 2 - May 14, 2015 Today we had the opportunity to spend the entire day at another school and met Suzanne Axelsson.    Suzanne greeted us in the morning and gave us a tour of the school, explaining this building had NOT been created as a school but was a former post office!  Renovations were done to the building where possible to make for a better space for the children but certain things were not able to be removed, such as the huge safe used by the post office.  However, the space had been redesigned very effectively.  Rooms were allocated for large motor movement, an atelier, dining and kitchen areas, a dark room for playing with light, and another area for exploring with natural materials.   Suzanne gave a very detailed presentation about the space and its history, also discussing the flexibility of the space and the many things the staff has tried ...

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Meet with passionate early childhood practitioners  and leave with ideas that would transform your practice! About the Study Groups Study groups are  available in  Australia ,  New Zealand ,  USA ,  Sweden  and  Germany .  You can sign up for any number of places subject to availability of places.  The study groups are available on a daily basis up to 3 days. We keep the study group size small and will only accept up to 20 registrations each day. Early registration is advised in order to secure a seat in the study group. The focus of study for each study group is on the emergent curriculum and Reggio-inspired practice.  The educators will visit a different Reggio-inspired early-years centre, meet with with educators at the host centre, engage in dialogue with fellow educators and participate in a group sharing & discussion session facilitated by the study group leader on each day of the study group program...