A Collaboration between Play Australia and ECA SA
\n \nNavigating Risky Play in School Settings.
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asterclass with International Experts Professor Mariana Bru
ssoni and Dr Megan Zeni from Canada.
This Masterclass will review the research supporting outdoor risky play\, along side practical implementation strategies and tools for successful implementation in school settings .
\n \nIt is desi gned to s upport educators\, schools and OSHC navigate exis ting systems to collectively re-think where and ho w learning happens.
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The masterclass will explore
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2) a framework for understanding ho w risky play supports all measures of wellness in childhood and < /p>\n \n
3) tools and resources for overco ming risky play challenges in the school context.< /span>
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About the Presente rs
\n \nDr. Mariana Bruss oni MA\, BA\, PhD
\n \nis a Professor at the University of British Columb ia’s Faculty of Medicine and scientist at the Brit ish Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institut e\, where she leads the Outside Play Lab.
\n \nHer award-winning research on outdoor risky pl ay intersects injury prevention\, risk\, child dev elopment\, public health and education to shift ad ults’ perceptions of risk\, design play-friendly e nvironments\, and change systems to ensure all chi ldren have the time\, space and freedom to play ou tside every day.
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Dr. Megan Zeni is an outdoor play and learning teache r consultant and researcher in the province of Bri tish Columbia\, Canada. She brings 3 decades of pr ofessional K-7 teaching experience in classrooms\, outdoor classrooms\, and school gardens to her co llaborations with teachers and school system leade rs interested in building capacity for effective a nd sustainable implementation of risky play at sch ool. She is currently on contract as an outreach teacher co nsultant for the Ministry of Education and Child C are in the province of British Columbia\, Canada. This work includes supporting education profession als\, district leaders\, and elementary school tea chers in the early years.
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Dr. Megan Zeni earned a PhD from the University of
British Columbia in curriculum studies. Megan is
also a Qualified Master Gardener (QMG) and loves t
o share exemplars that highlight how all academic
content can be taught in a school garden.
DESCRIPTION:A Collaboration between Play Australia and ECA SA\ n \n \n \n Navigating Risky Play in School Setting s.\n \n \n \n A Masterclass with International Ex perts Professor Mariana Brussoni and Dr Megan Zeni from Canada.\n \n \n \n Co-authors of the book E mbracing Risky Play at School \n \n \n \n This Mas terclass will review the research supporting outdo or risky play\, alongside practical implementation strategies and tools for successful implementatio n in school settings. \n \n \n \n It is designed to support educators\, schools and OSHC navigate existing systems to collectively re-think where an d how learning happens. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The masterclass will explore \n \n \n \n \n the basics of risky play (categories\, exa mples of practice in schools\, risks versus hazard s/ roles and responsibilities etc)\n the principl es of injury prevention\, with an emphasis on unde rstanding risks/hazards and designing learning env ironments that support staff who feel professional ly vulnerable\n design features that support outd oor play and learning (loose parts\, affordances f or play & practical management tips and tricks)\n \n \n Participants will \n \n \n \n 1) Gain unders tanding on the research behind risky play\, and wh y it is important for children.\n \n \n \n 2) a fr amework for understanding how risky play supports all measures of wellness in childhood and \n \n \n \n 3) tools and resources for overcoming risky pl ay challenges in the school context.\n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n About the Presenters\n \n \n \n Dr. Mar iana Brussoni MA\, BA\, PhD\n \n \n \n is a Profe ssor at the University of British Columbia’s Facul ty of Medicine and scientist at the British Columb ia Children’s Hospital Research Institute\, where she leads the Outside Play Lab. \n \n \n \n Her aw ard-winning research on outdoor risky play interse cts injury prevention\, risk\, child development\, public health and education to shift adults’ perc eptions of risk\, design play-friendly environment s\, and change systems to ensure all children have the time\, space and freedom to play outside ever y day. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Megan Zeni is an outdoor play and learning teacher consultant and researcher in the province of Brit ish Columbia\, Canada. She brings 3 decades of pro fessional K-7 teaching experience in classrooms\, outdoor classrooms\, and school gardens to her col laborations with teachers and school system leader s interested in building capacity for effective an d sustainable implementation of risky play at scho ol. She is currently on contract as an outreach te acher consultant for the Ministry of Education and Child Care in the province of British Columbia\, Canada. This work includes supporting education pr ofessionals\, district leaders\, and elementary sc hool teachers in the early years. \n \n \n \n Dr. Megan Zeni earned a PhD from the University of Bri tish Columbia in curriculum studies. Megan is also a Qualified Master Gardener (QMG) and loves to sh are exemplars that highlight how all academic cont ent can be taught in a school garden.\n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:Masterclass CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261020T183000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261020T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261020T204500 LOCATION:Education Development Centre\n 4 Milner St\n Hindm arsh\, SA 5007\n Australia\n URL:https://www.playaustralia.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=641 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR