Learning With the World: Challenges and Dilemmas

What do we actually know about creating science-based learning environments in early childhood — and what makes it so challenging to turn research into everyday practice?In this episode, three international researchers share different perspectives on how children learn with the world through science, nature, play, and sustainability.They speak about the dilemmas educators face in practice, the challenges researchers encounter when translating knowledge into real-life settings, and the questions that continue to keep them curious.Rather than offering final answers, this conversation opens space for reflection, dialogue, and disagreement — acknowledging that learning, like childhood itself, is complex, relational, and always in motion.The episode is hosted and moderated by Mille Bruun Sjøgren, who guides the conversation with a focus on dialogue, curiosity, and lived experience.Featuring:Marilyn Fleer, on learning in play and deep conceptual understandingChristine McWayne, on relationships, inclusion, and connecting learning to children’s everyday livesSean Blenkinsop, on wild pedagogies, cultural change, and staying connected to the natural worldThis episode is part of the NAVADA project, which explores how science, mathematics, nature, and sustainability can be meaningfully integrated into early childhood education — not through fixed solutions, but through ongoing inquiry. Podcasten PÆDAGOGISKE EKSPERIMENTER giver et indblik i erfaringer og læring, der er opstået i forbindelse med en række forsøg lavet i det science-pædagogiske forskningsprojekt NAVADA.I de første programmer fokuserer podcasten på ét konkret eksperiment og interviewer pædagoger og forskere for at uddrage læringer, erfaringer og erkendelser, som alle, der beskæftiger sig med børn, kan bruge i det daglige for at understøtte børnenes naturligfaglige nysgerrighed på, hvordan verden hænger sammen.NAVADA er et samarbejde mellem forskere fra Københavns Professionshøjskole og pædagogisk personale fra 10 daginstitutioner, og projektet er støttet af Novo Nordisk Fonden.Formålet med NAVADA er at undersøge, hvordan vi kan blive bedre til at understøtte børns naturvidenskabelige dannelse og grundlæggende forståelse af, hvordan verden hænger sammen.Podcasten er produceret af Podads for Københavns ProfessionshøjskoleLæs mere om NAVADA på www.navada.dk Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.