Extending and challenging children’s thinking
Coming in July
How can educators authentically extend and challenge children’s thinking through everyday interactions? In this webinar, Professor Amanda Bateman from Birmingham City University will explore the sequences of talk that occur during shared inquiry in early childhood settings, demonstrating how teaching and learning are co-constructed — one utterance at a time — between teachers and children.
In this webinar, you will:
- Examine question–answer sequences to understand how pedagogical interactions unfold
- Explore multimodal conversation analysis as a rigorous yet creative approach to capturing children’s naturally occurring talk
- Learn to extend and challenge older children’s thinking through conversation
- Gain insights into how children’s voices can inform practice, professional reflection, and meaningful curriculum planning
This webinar offers a unique opportunity to witness how young children actively contribute to interactions, and to reflect on practice that is genuinely responsive to their interests, experiences, and perspectives. Make the most of an opportunity to unlock insights from teachers’ and children’s naturally occurring learning interactions.
