How Imagination Can Inform Inclusion

Date/Time
Date(s) - Mar 10, 2018
9:30 am - 2:00 pm

Location
Burnaby/New Westminster CCRR

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Inclusion is a difficult concept and an even more difficult reality.  Early Childhood Educators may struggle with applying, adapting, and designing inclusion in their classroom.  Sometimes this struggle comes from the feelings of helplessness, loneliness and a lack of self-confidence. These feelings are fuels by the lack of time, lack of resources, and mostly…stress. What if they would let go of stress? What if inclusion could morph from inclusion into a fun, imaginative and relaxed reality? This workshop will walk participants through a multitude of practical and theoretical aspects of inclusion that will try to shift some of the usual misconceptions and fears around this complex aspect of the ECCE everyday pedagogy.

Categories

• Administration and Communication
• Child Growth and Development
• Child Health and Wellbeing
• Curriculum/Program Development
• Early Care and Education
• Professional Ethics & Practice
• Professional Networking

Target Audience
Suitable for all child care providers.

Online
No

Professional Development Certificate
Yes

Professional Development Certificate Credit Hours
4

Registration Fee
$32 members, $42 non-members

Registration Contact Email
triccrr@gv.ymca.ca

Registration Contact Phone Number
604-931-3400 ext. 0

Presenter(s)
Dr. Annabella Cant

Presenter Information
Dr. Annabella Cant is a professor in Early Childhood Education at Capilano University and sessional instructor of the Master’s of Education in Imaginative Education at Simon Fraser University. Her newest publication (2017) is a book for all educators and parents – Unswaddling Pedagogy. Annabella is also the associate director of the Imaginative Education Research Group, created by the globally recognized creator of the theory of Imaginative Education: Dr. Kieran Egan. She is also the initiator and editor-in-chief of the online journal: Childhoods and Pedagogies. She has been practicing ECCE since 1994; In 1999 she started opening her own early childhood centres in Europe, dedicated to children with very diverse backgrounds and abilities. She collaborated with a number of orphanages and organizations and welcomed all children, regardless of ability, ethnicity, or family componence. Today she is sharing the lessons she has learned from children. She is teaching a diversity of courses focused on inclusive practices, family and community, child development, etc. Her new pedagogical lens - the unswaddling pedagogy - is inspired and fueled by the stories she lived. Ways to contact Annabella: Email: annabellacant@capilanou.ca Instagram & Twitter: @AskAnnabella Website: www.eliep.ca

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