Professional Development
(pre school to grade 6)

The Walker Learning Approach is based upon decades of research about play based and personalised learning and social constructivism. The WLA is the first major Australian based total and holistic pedagogy (pre-school to year 8) to be designed and implemented. It is not a program, or an inquiry model sitting discreetly or separately from other curriculum areas. It is a total approach to teaching and learning which combines the need for children to be active participants in their learning (through hands on and creative exploration and investigation) which sits along side formal instruction. There is explicit teaching and development of not only literacy and numeracy skills and knowledge but also the range of vital social, emotional and life skills.

It is the first pedagogy to be designed for Australian schools, successfully providing teaching and
learning which:

• personalises and engages students in active learning alongside explicit and formalised
  instruction
• is culturally and developmentally appropriate across all demographic regions of the country
  including remote indigenous communities of Arnhem land right through to elite independent
  schools.

www.walkerlearning.com.au