inquiry

=Inquiry Learning=

"//Rethinking the role of schools as producers of useful and valuable knowledge opens up many important questions. Equally, it positions schools as an important new resource for the community and provides students with valuable experience in serious knowledge work//."Chris Bigum, New Zealand Schools, July 2003

//"Inquiry is not so much seeking the right answer -- because often there is none - but rather seeking appropriate resolutions to questions and issues.”// Thirteen.org/

//"Inquiry should be motivated by questions whose purpose, meaning or relation to the real world are apparent to the child." Karen Sheingold//

[|Concept to Classroom: Inquiry-based Learning] (Read //What is inquiry-based learning? How does it differ from the traditional approach? What does it have to do with my classroom?)// [|Video Clip on Inquiry specialist] - Jan-Marie Kellow 2009 [|Inquiry Learning from YouthLearn]
 * What is inquiry learning?**

What does an inquiry classroom look like? from the eBook [|Inquiry Thoughts, Views, and Strategies for the K-5 Classroom]

In each group divide viewers into Group A and Group B. View one or more video clips below to explore "What is going on here?" Group A - Watch the students. What are the students doing? How do you know learning is taking place? Group B - Watch the teacher. What is the teacher doing? What questions is the teacher/other adult asking? What “behind the scenes” work was done before this project could take place? [|The Geo-Literacy Project] [|Toad Tracking: Science and More Through NatureMapping] [|Academics Meets Architecture: Applying Math Skills to a Real-World Problem]
 * Video Clips from Edutopia - The George Lucas Educational Foundation**

From the Galileo Educational Network, [|elementary classroom examples] outlining activities, tasks, assessment and resources. More Inquiry examples
 * Exemplars of Inquiry Learning**

Bloom's taxonomy categorizes levels of questions that commonly occur in educational settings: [|Chart] (there are many others on the Internet)
 * Bloom's Taxonomy**

Promoting Inquiry Through Questioning Reading Strategies with Non-Fiction to Promote Inquiry Inquiry Mini Unit - Residential Schools
 * More Ideas about Inquiry:**


 * Approaches to Inquiry in Social Studies**
 * Storypath** - a strategy for inquiry learning (think about the dramatization we did in class around the issues of the domed stadium).