learning through inquiry: a workshop by kathy short
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Learning Through Inquiry:
A workshop by Kathy
Short
Kathy’s Inquiry Cycle
What did we take away???
stance
Units are not just ‘Units of Inquiry’; inquiry is a stance
Big idea – conceptual, essence of the unit. Topics are used as a vehicle for developing conceptual understanding.
Planner is a prediction of possibilities
Connections – personal, conceptual and explicit
Summative assessment should focus on concept and can be simple and informal