ECA Podcast Series

#26 Seventh Landing - Play

ECA Podcast Series

Show Notes

In this final episode of Talking Pedagogies we will be exploring the last pedagogical landing – Play. In 2022, ECA launched the draft Statement on Play and it is hoped that it will assist educators and teachers to articulate the power of play – something we know we have at times struggled with over the years. This episode will examine the idea that perhaps it is the place of play in the context of our other pedagogical landings, rather than play itself that makes it distinctly Australian.

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