Early Years Conference 2020 | 9th October

​We're looking forward to welcoming Ferre Laevers and Julia Moons to the South West for the TSSW Early Years Conference 2020 later this year.

Ferre is director of the Research Centre for Experiential Education based at the University of Leuven and former President-elect of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association. Most of his work is linked to the innovative ‘Experiential Education’ project (EXE) of which he was the founding father, more than 35 years ago.

In EXE, a child’s wellbeing and the intensity of his or her mental activity (involvement) is seen as a key indicator for the ‘power’ of the learning environment and a condition for ‘deep-level learning’.

Julia Moons has been part of the EXE project since 1980. As a preschool teacher she has made a major contribution to the development of practice that supports well-being and involvement in children.

This conference was established because of the Teaching Schools South West (TSSW) Early Years SLE teams’ desire to bring specialists to Exeter and ensure inspirational speakers are available to all teachers across the South West.

Conference Agenda:

• 09:00 | Coffee/Tea, Registration & Exhibition
• 09.30 - 09.40 | Welcome, Housekeeping & Day’s Objectives
• 09.40 - 11:10 | Part 1: The outcome we want
                             Part 2: Well-being and involvement as guides
• 11:10 - 11.30 | Tea/Coffee break & Exhibition
• 11.30 - 12:30 | Part 3: The environment we need (Focus on PSE)
• 12.30 - 13.30 | Buffet Lunch, Networking & Exhibition
• 13.30 - 14.15 | Part 4: The environment we need (Focus on competences)
• 14.25 - 14:35 | Short break
• 14:35 - 15:30 | Part 5: The power of an experiential adult style
                             Part 6: Monitoring quality
• 15:30 | Closing of the conference and prize draw

Tickets are still available for the Conference, priced at £150 for delegates*

*£80 for Teaching Schools South West members

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