Global Childhoods Research Hub Seminar: Mara Krechevsky and Ben Mardell The Leaf People - An exercise in Collective Imagination

https://doi.org/10.26188/30577742

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posted on 2025-11-10, 22:20 authored by Amy ChristiansenAmy Christiansen, Mara Krechevsky, Ben Mardell

<p dir="ltr">In this recording, Mara Krechevsky and Ben Mardell share documentation of a school wide inquiry into “The Leaf People”, describing a collective exercise in what could be called world building or speculative fiction. Mara and Ben share their thoughts on the conditions that support young children’s engagements in such projects.</p>

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University of Melbourne

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University of Melbourne

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This research by Ben Mardell (Newtowne School, MIT) the Leaf People explores Speulative Fiction and world- building with young children. Shifting understandings of learning and engagement with young children.