REsearch Conversations 2021 - July Meeting

Date: Thursday 22 July 2021

Time: 5.00pm - 7.00pm

Venue: Online

Category: NSW Network

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Program Description

Thank you to everyone who joined us for your contributions and investment at our first RESearchConversation meeting on 30 March 2021.

Jess, Virginia and I were so inspired by your feedback and ideas and the validation you gave to meeting together, in the power that relationships and collaboration has in inspiring and launching us into action, transforming us personally and professionally. We also thank Caroline for opening our meeting with an Acknowledgment to Country and to the Cammeragal and Borogegal people of the Eora Nation and Elders past, present and emerging for the land that we work and play on.

At our first meeting we discussed ‘Why are we committing to come together in this research network?’ The following words and phrases in italics are a collection of our thoughts.

’To connect, converse, debate ideas, different perspectives, challenge, analyse, research, inspire and be inspired, through collaboration and open and honest sharing of ideas, to think creatively and critically with the possibilities to dig deeper’.

In looking at all our contributions from the meeting more closely, we have intentionally pulled out threads of possibilities that will add value when we are exploring more deeply together.

Building RE philosophical understanding.
Research an important tool for change.
Exposure to Reggio approach in action.
Sharing research bank, collective knowledge, explore other theorists.
Metaphors; the dance between theory and practice.
Teachers as researchers, what does this mean?
Creating a road map, becoming unstoppable, my purpose and my way.
“The who has a why, can endure how” Friedrich Nietzsche
“Active contemplation not passive reflection” Sarah Moore
Trust Building: transparency, relationship building, understanding, shared vision of success, truth and empathy.

For our next meeting we would like you to think about the following questions:

What do you take with you every day into the learning space?
What do you leave behind?
What do the children leave behind?
What questions does this raise for you?

We also offer you the following to read and reflect on before the next meeting:

Challenging conventional notions of education (how do we dance around the rules) Reconceptualising the evaluation of early childhood education: seeking answers to ‘the Reggio Emilia question’ Emeritus Professor Peter Moss article. Please click here to read.

2021 MEETING DATES

Thursday 22 July – The Northern Nursery

Tuesday 7th September – venue TBC

Tuesday 9th November – venue TBC

*Meetings are typically held from 5:00pm – 7:00pm

PLEASE NOTE

To protect the integrity of the research we undertake each year, and to support the developing group dynamic in building relationships, we ask those joining to commit ahead of time to attend all meetings in a given year (within reason). As such, please carefully consider the dates of meetings before joining.

COST

Anyone who is interested in all of the above is invited to our first meeting. Meetings are FREE to ALL members of REAIE, whether Individual or Organisational Members. REAIE Membership provides a number of benefits including discounted registrations for professional learning events and a subscription to ‘The Challenge’. To find out more about membership and to join, please click here.

YOUR TO DO LIST

• Pre-check the meeting dates to see if this group will work for you. We are requesting a genuine commitment to attend ALL 4 meetings as this builds collaborative relationship.
• Check your REAIE membership status – renew or become a member. Please contact the REAIE office to assist you – admin@reggioaustralia.org.au
• Register for the group by Tuesday 20 July 2021.

We look forward to seeing you at our second meeting on Thursday 22 July at The Northern Nursery School.

We hope that our times together will lead to shared research across services, as well as deepen and challenge our understandings of our own practice and pedagogy in relation to the values and principles of the educational project of Reggio Emilia.

If you would like to discuss the group further, before committing, please feel free to email researchconversationsnsw@reggioaustralia.org.au with any questions.

For information about professional learning workshops, events, study tours and membership with REAIE please contact the office on admin@reggioaustralia.org.au.