I N Q U I RY I N T H E PY P

PARENT WORKSHOP

THE INQUIRY CYCLE

PROVOCATION

• Think back to when you went to school. What was it like? What did you learn? How did you learn?

• Write a newspaper headline based on your thoughts about your own experiences at school. Be prepared to share with the group.

TENSION

• What do you think you know about the pedagogy used at an IB-school? Use yellow post-it notes

• What would you like to know more about? Use pink post-it notes

TUNING IN

• Think – How do you learn best?

• Pair - Talk to the person sitting next to you.

• Share - Share thoughts with the group.

CONSTRUCTIVISM

INQUIRY

• ”Inquiry is the process initiated by the students or the teacher that moves the students from their current level of understanding to a new and deeper level of understanding”

INQUIRY IS…..

• Exploring, wondering, questioning• Experimenting and playing with possibilities• Making connections between previous and

current learning• Collecting data and reporting findings• Clarifying existing ideas• Deepening understanding• Making and testing theories• Researching and seeking information• Solving problems in a variety of ways

WHAT DOES A PYP CLASSROOM LOOK LIKE?

• Brainstorm ideas in your groups

HOW DO YOU PLAN FOR THIS KIND OF TEACHING AND LEARNING?

• Collaboration• Pyp planner• Structured around a central idea and lines of

inquiry• Learner outcomes for all subjects• Assessments

WHAT UNIT DOES YOUR CHILD INQUIRE INTO RIGHT NOW?

• How do you know?

UNITS OF INQUIRY

Who We Are

Where We Are in Time and Place

Sharing the Planet

How We Organize Ourselves

How We Express Ourselves

How the World Works

PROGRAMME OF INQUIRY

PYP 4

CI : Bodies consist of systems that each have a function

Lines of Inquiry:

Different types and functions of body systems

Elements within body systems

How different body systems work together

KC: form, function, connection

RC: interconnectedness, physiology

LP: balanced, knowledgeable

Subject focus: Science, PSPE, Language, home and consumer studies

CI: The unequal availability of goods and services creates a global economy

Lines of Inquiry:

Systems for exchanging goods and services

How prices are set

Supply and demand

KC: connection, causation

RC: supply, demand, markets

LP: thinker, principled

Subject focus: Social studies, Math , home and consumer studies

CI: Communities depend on common agreements to communicate and interact

Lines of Inquiry:

Types of communities

When and where agreements are needed

Conflict resolution

KC: responsibility, reflection

RC: community, conflict, team work

LP: open-minded, caring

Subject focus: Social studies, language

CI: Powerful forces of nature cause spectacular phenomena and disasters

Lines of Inquiry:

Types of natural disasters and phenomena

Forces of nature

What people can do to protect themselves

KC: Causation, reflection

RC: weather, natural phenomena, tectonic plate movement, geology

LP: knowledgeable, reflective

Subject focus: Science

CI: Technology and images can be used to convey powerful messages

Lines of Inquiry:

Ways we communicate with each other

The role of technology and communication

How images influence us

KC: perspective, function, change

RC: media, message, expression, technology

LP: communicator, thinker

Subject focus: Language, IT

CI: Throughout history people have been driven to explore new places

Lines of Inquiry:

Reasons why people explore

Tools of exploration

Famous explorers and their legacy

KC: reflection, responsibility

RC: discovery, exploration, geography, impact

LP: inquirer, risk taker

Subject focus: social studies

AN ON-GOING CIRCLE

What do we want to learn? Written Curriculum

How best will we learn? Taught Curriculum

How will we know what we have learned? The Assessed Curriculum

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

• Reflection time• What have you learned? Use the green post-it

notes

TAKING ACTION

• What will I do with my new learning?

• What new questions do you have about the pedagogy at ISSR?