Articles tagged "Lawson Foundation"
Post-secondary partners seek to unite early childhood education instructors across Canada
April 28, 2021
Virtual conference will focus on outdoor pedagogy in college ECE programs How does playing in the mud support children’s cognitive and social development? Why is outdoor play such a powerful conduit for learning? How can we advance curriculum to empower current and future early childhood educators (ECEs) to tap into it? These and other questions will be explored during a unique virtual conference next month that will bring together ECE instructors and outdoor play experts from across the country. On May 18, òòò½ÎÑ, in collabor...
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From Colleges to Communities: Lawson Foundation supports early childhood education project at òòò½ÎÑ and partner PSEs
January 19, 2021
A major investment by the Lawson Foundation will support researchers from òòò½ÎÑ and three partnering institutions in their innovative approach to advancing outdoor early learning and teaching across Canada. òòò½ÎÑ has received a grant of $750,000 for a collaborative project with Bow Valley College, New Brunswick Community College and Saskatchewan Polytechnic called Outdoor Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education: From Colleges to Communities. This goal of the three-year project is to demonstrate a model of outdoor peda...
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