The Sunday Age this year for these most useful posters which we hope will be of great benefit to primary and lower secondary teachers. It allows students to become the 'scientists', making new discoveries as they reconstruct past environments and animals. Strategies are explored that promote classrooms which are more collaborative, interactive, intellectually active, less didactic, and characterised by high levels of student engagement and interest. The workshop is a stand-alone session but it is possible to present more if interest is there. We encourage two teachers from each school to attend so that there is mutual support as they implement new ideas in the classroom.
Bookings are essential.
Maximum of 30 places available. Dr Ian Mitchell is a founder and convenor of the Peel Project. He has been teaching science for twenty-two years. He is a lecturer in Education at Monash University. Dr Mitchell has spent sixteen years researching in his own classroom and collaborating with other teachers on issues of learning, teaching and classroom change.