The Authentic Educator

“Children in agentive cultures learn to trust the environment, the adults and each other. Children come to school with the hope – the expectation – that what they are curious about and interested in will be given time. They come with hope that this space and these relationships will support them to grow and learn…

Conversely, compliant cultures do not support children to initiate their learning, nor do they honour children’s agency. Children in these learning cultures learn to come to school or preschool and wait for the teacher to tell them what to do. These compliant cultures create dependency.” 

Lisa Burman (2023) 

               A Culture of Agency – Fostering Engagement, Empowerment, Identity and Belonging in the Early Years, St. Paul, Redleaf Press, p.59 & 60

We are thrilled to offer you the opportunity to view our pre-recorded webinars that showcase the intentional planning of learning environments in early childhood (3-8 year old) settings. This webinar recording features the preschool setting of Modbury Kindergarten in South Australia, led by Mel Timmings. 

Your registration provides access to the recording for 30 days. 

In each 30-minute recording, you will:

• view a short video tour of a preschool of early years of primary school learning space
• listen to the conversation between Lisa and educators, about how they planned the environment to support children's right to agency in their learning.