Learning in the Zone of Proximal Development Explained

Professional Learning for Teachers

What IS the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?

How do teachers plan for student learning in the ZPD?

What is scaffolded learning?

How do teachers scaffold learning?

How can effective pre-testing help?

With

Allison Cornish & Jakki Hardman

Allison Cornish is a vice president of the Tasmanian Association for the Gifted and the Deputy Principal at Larmenier Catholic Primary School in Launceston. She has more than twelve years of experience in gifted education and has worked with hundreds of teachers to develop their understanding of the needs of gifted children and ability to cater for these differences in the classroom.

Jakki Hardman is the current Learning Extension Coordinator at MacKillop Catholic College, where she also teaches Japanese. She is concurrently researching in the area of gifted education with UNSW as part fulfillment of a doctorate in education. Once a long term resident of Japan, Jakki passed N1 of the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) and completed her undergraduate degree at Tohoku University, Sendai. After graduating, Jakki opened an English language school in Japan and ran a nationwide project collecting English language books for a prefectural library. Jakki is a past president of JATNET (Japanese Language Teachers Network of Tasmania) and current committee member of TAG (Tasmanian Association for the Gifted).

TIME:  7:30pm - 9pm (HOBART TIME)

DATE: 25th May 2022