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About whatedsaid

Teaching and Learning Coordinator at an IB PYP school in Melbourne, Australia. I'm a teacher, a learner, an inquirer...

Depends what you are looking for…

Sometimes we are too busy watching for the things we think are looking for… the right answer, completion of work, ‘good’ behaviour, compliance or conformity. So we miss important things our students are saying (or not saying)… questions, thoughts, sparks, … Continue reading

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Is inquiry a struggle for you?

I was asked by someone starting up a collective blog whether we have a schedule at Inquire Within, with some sort of plan of who will post when. I told him inquiry doesn’t work that way. Sometimes Inquire Within goes … Continue reading

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Inquiring into learning…

Adapted slightly from a recent post at What Ed Said. Do you focus as much on the process of learning as the content? Do your students reflect as much on how they learn as on what they learn. As a … Continue reading

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There will always be something new to discover…

 I’m not particularly organised in my online life. I often look for ‘a great video I saw once’ or ‘that excellent blog by someone’ or ‘the fabulous post about x’. I often wish I was better at bookmarking and curating … Continue reading

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What is Art?

I love the range of approaches to inquiry learning and the variety of voices at Inquire Within. It’s wonderful to constantly have new educators wanting to add their voices to this community. It’s especially pleasing to have contributors posting here who … Continue reading

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Teachers inquiring…

A follow-up post from Teachers owning their learning at What Ed Said Have you ever been presented with PD and then had no time to follow up? How often do you have an uninterrupted chunk of time to inquire into something that interests you, … Continue reading

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An inquiry into inquiry…

Also posted recently at What Ed Said IB Workshop Leader Training Day #3 We spend the morning exploring concept driven curriculum, an area I have discussed before on this blog. I’ve summarised Lynn Erickson’s ideas and I’ve shared examples of … Continue reading

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Inquiring into the inquiry planner…

When I published a post about planning recently, I wasn’t quite sure whether it would have broader appeal than the IB community. I included a link to a blank planner to give a sense of what it looks like and how … Continue reading

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Environment for inquiry…

I shared this beautiful video with a team of teachers before a planning session this morning. I wanted to encourage them to think about ‘letting go’, students taking more responsibility for the learning and the teacher’s role in making this … Continue reading

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Who controls the learning?

An extract from a post at What Ed Said, inspired by a conversation about inquiry on #pypchat… How much do you plan for inquiry? Do you prepare a range of teaching activities in advance? Or do you plan a strong provocation … Continue reading

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