Telling the Story of Learning: The story-based approach (ICQAWUK Accredited).

Programme Introduction

Welcome to the training programme ‘Seeing Every Child’ child-led documentation for early learning!

The learning objective of the full programme (4 modules) is to introduce child-centred documentation as an instrument to recognise, support and enhance children’s wellbeing, learning and development. This is Module 2.

 

MODULE 2: Telling the Story of Learning: The story-based approach. 

This training module explores six key areas that support a story-based approach to documentation in early learning settings. It begins by examining emotional wellbeing as the foundation for all learning, before considering what holistic learning looks like in practice. The module then introduces ways to make children’s learning visible through stories, including the use of inquiry wall stories and transition stories to capture and share meaningful learning experiences. Finally, it explores the MOSAIC framework as a practical approach for documenting children’s voices, experiences and development through storytelling.

Components are as follows:

Component 1: Emotional wellbeing: The cornerstone of all learning.

Component 2: What does holistic learning look like?

Component 3: Making learning visible through stories.

Component 4: Inquiry wall stories.

Component 5: Transition stories.

Component 6: MOSAIC as a framework for documentation through stories.

 

*PLEASE READ 'NOTES FOR THE COURSE' BEFORE BEGINNING.

Programme Content

  • What is Emotional Wellbeing and why is it important?
  • The Building Blocks of Emotional Wellbeing
  • The Stress Response
  • Reference Documents- Emotional Intelligence, The Invisible Suitcase, Growing Kind Hearts (Educator's Handbook)
  • Positive Dispositions for Learning
  • The Holistic Curriculum - Wellbeing, Identity and Belonging, Communicating, Exploring and Thinking
  • All learning is connected
  • Pedagogical Documentation
  • The Story Approach
  • Core Components of Learning Stories and Sample Stories
  • Reference Document- 'What's Your Story' (Educator's Handbook)
  • Project Documentation - assessment 'as' learning
  • Why inquiry wall documentation matters
  • Sample projects and ideas
  • Reference Document- 'Inquiry Wall Documentation' (Educator's Handbook)
  • Transition Stories: assessment 'of' learning'
  • Components of a transition story
  • Sample transition stories
  • Reference Document- 'Including the child's voice in the transition process' (Educator's Handbook)
Key Learning Outcomes

On completion of the module, learning outcomes include the ability to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental role of emotional intelligence in supporting children’s future wellbeing, learning, and development.
  • Explain the principles of what, why, and how young children learn within the context of early childhood education.
  • Apply a holistic understanding of child development to support children’s learning, growth, and individual needs.
  • Identify and evaluate different story-based approaches to assessment, including assessment for, as, and of learning within early education settings.
  • Analyse the benefits and educational value of inquiry wall documentation as a tool for making children’s learning visible and supporting reflective practice.

04 Hours

€60.00

Presentation with video/audio

Easy to follow components

Downloadable reference documents

Test multiple choice questions

Certificate of Completion

Notes for the course

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