ABC OF INQUIRY – MAVERICK ABC OF INQUIRY – MAVERICK “When people tell me that I must get my maverick gene from my father, they are only half right. My father and I both have inherited our rebellious personalities from Nana. She has always lived her life on her own terms, something that was once considered quite scandalous, given the times … Read More
New Year Inquiry Musings…
New Year Musings… Welcome back to the new school year. Over the holidays, post Christmas, we have been talking with lots of teachers to better understand the pressures, apprehensions and constraints that teachers face every working day about large and small decisions as well as all the bits in-between. One constant request is to make searching for inquiry-based learning resources … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – INTEREST
ABC of INQUIRY – INTEREST ABC of INQUIRY – INTEREST “The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.” – Anatole France INTEREST: A chance to connect Teaching and learning that is based around leaner interests doesn’t mean a free-for all in terms of just doing … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – INDEPENDENCE
ABC of INQUIRY – INDEPENDENCE ABC of INQUIRY – INDEPENDENCE “The world is a very puzzling place. If you’re not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else’s mind.” Noam Chomsky INDEPENDENCE: To explore what you can do… Being independent is defined by dictionaries as being free from outside control, self governing or capable of thinking or … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – INCLUSIVENESS
ABC of INQUIRY – INCLUSIVENESS ABC of INQUIRY – INCLUSIVENESS “Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – HOMOGENOUS GROUPING
ABC of INQUIRY – HOMOGENOUS GROUPING ABC of INQUIRY – HOMOGENOUS GROUPING ‘I looked at the horses and wondered how long it would be before they would be swept away and replaced with a McDonalds or television. And whether the Indian genius was strong enough to resist the homogenising and stupefying principle which has come to dominate the modern world, … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – HETEROGENEOUS GROUPING
ABC of INQUIRY – HETEROGENEOUS GROUPING ABC of INQUIRY – HETEROGENOUS GROUPING Gillies (2008) concluded that students within heterogeneous cooperative learning groups demonstrated more cooperative and on task behaviour compared to the control group, which was an unstructured learning group. HETEROGENEOUS: Mix it up… Heterogeneous grouping is based on forming groups around diversity and difference. It is most often … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – FRAMEWORKS
ABC of INQUIRY – FRAMEWORKS ABC of INQUIRY – FRAMEWORKS “A conceptual framework is a ‘frame that works’ to put those concepts into practice” Paul Hughes FRAMEWORK: A supporting structure… A framework is a supporting structure that helps guide or underpin choices, processes, strategies and understandings in the learning process. In order to provide a framework, the teacher or mentor has to … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – FEEDBACK
ABC of INQUIRY – FEEDBACK ABC of INQUIRY – FEEDBACK “It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end” Ursula Le Guin FEEDBACK: The giving and receiving of ideas that bring about change Ursula Le Guin talks of journey and feedback is what helps learners continue their journey making new, … Read More
ABC of INQUIRY – ESSENTIAL AGREEMENT
ABC of INQUIRY – ESSENTIAL AGREEMENT “To Foucault, language is an instrument of power, and people have power in a society in direct proportion to their ability to participate in the various discourses that shape that society.”Freedman and Combs ESSENTIAL AGREEMENTS: Co-constructing a constitution… Essential agreements are like collaboratively constructed learning community constitutions. They can be a tool based in … Read More
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