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Inquiry

+Provocative Statements

Read the statements around the room Discuss with others:

Agree Disagree Not sure

+What is inquiry?

Students are: Participating in problem solving Asking questions Actively seeking explanations Forming generalisations new to themInquiry can: Last only a few minutes Require several class periods Be used in any subject or grade level Never end

+What is inquiry? The Teaching Continuum

Discovery LearningChildren discover that

butterflies can’t fly once they have their

wings torn off.

Unguided InquiryTeacher asks students to test the hypothesis that butterflies

need wings to fly.

Guided (structured) Inquiry Teacher draws attention to the size of a butterflies wings and uses questions

in order for students to develop an explanation

Didactic teachingTeachers tell studentsbutterflies need wings

To fly.

+ High Teacher Control

Low Teacher Control

Structured Learning

Guided Inquiry

Laissez Faire

Open Inquiry

Low Student Initiative

+Models of Inquiry

+What are some inquiry models?

TEACHING AND LEARNING CYCLE

exploration

making connections

branching out

Laying the groundwork

+INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT(Leslie Wing Jang/ Jeni Wilson)

Tuning inShared

experiencesSorting out

Related experiencesReflection

Action

Authentic Learning(Thomas Friedman)Immerse

BrainstormEnquire

PlanInvestigateOrganise

Stop and ThinkCelebrateInnovateEvaluate

THE INQUIRY CYCLE

Kathy Short

1. Building from the Known

Browsing,talking, listening

3. Gaining New Perspectives

Inquiry groups

In depth researching

Tools for Inquiry

2. Taking the Time to Find Questions for Inquiry

Wondering & Wandering

Observing & Exploring7. Taking Thoughtful New Action

Invitation for action

5. Sharing What Was Learned

Inquiry presentations

6. Planning New Inquiries

Group Reflection

Reflection Portfolios

4. Attending to Difference

Revision on inquiry

Learning logs

CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS

(Kath Murdoch)Stage 1 Tuning

inStage 2

Preparing to find out

Stage 3 Finding out

Stage 4 Sorting out

Stage 5 Going

furtherStage 6 Making

connectionsStage 7 Taking

action

+Invite and create wonder

and interest. Build on past experiences

Develop directions, focus, scope,

refine, and explore

Find out, gain new perspectives,

refocus

Attend to differences, sort out, look

closely

Take thoughtful action, plan new

inquiries, reflect and evaluate

Draw conclusions, generalize, share

learning

Drawn from the works of Short, Murdoch, Action Learning and Whitin and Whitin

A Hybrid Inquiry Cycle

+From “Thinking Strategies in the Classroom” Preparing for learning

Guided inquiry

Independent inquiry

Culminating tasks

+Grade 1 Created Cycle Tuning in

Exploration

Sharing

Finding Out More

+Inquiry at ISM:

Is structured, purposeful inquiryAllows students to construct meaning from the world around them

Encourages students to actively involved in their learning

+Inquiry – ES ISM

+What does it look like?

Sample Unit

+What tools can I use?

Examples of tools and readings Time for your own independent inquiry or group

discussions

+What now?

Small steps Reflection Collaboration http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/

index.html Plan: What will I do next week? Next month? By the end

of the year?