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From my archives but it continues to be relevant in terms of social issues and its overlay in education. This started and continues to be a post about education, but I digress for a bit. (I write this post a … Continue reading →

At the heart of the IB Primary Years Programme is the belief that learners learn best through inquiry and finding out for themselves rather than being told, and that learning is deepest when learners have a personal connection to the … Continue reading →

This is part 1 of a series of blog posts tracking a change in practice we are trying this year. This idea came from our frustration with a very busy schedule where sequential Units of Inquiry left little breathing room … Continue reading →

One thing that we want to focus on this year at Bandung Independent School is our new Guiding Statements, approved by the School Board in May 2016 after a lengthy process of review involving all community members, including a Vision … Continue reading →

At 8 AM June 2, 2016, at Mott Hall Science and Technology Academy, a public middle school in the South Bronx, the students have gathered for their daily assembly to hear Dr. Patrick Awosogba, the principal and founder of this … Continue reading →

The following article was posted on the TeachOntario website, on April 4th, 2016. It shares the experience of two teachers collaborating and shows the steps they took toward implementing the inquiry approach to teaching. To view the full article of … Continue reading →

A version of this post originally appeared on my website: http://www.thirstforthinking.org/thirst-for-thinking-blog   Embodied Cognition would appear to to moving our understanding of cognition and the creation of meaning beyond purely what is happening in the mind. However in school’s we still emphasise … Continue reading →

The room was packed. Twenty-five ninth graders and their teacher, a three-person camera crew, fifteen parents of incoming eighth graders and the principal stood flat-back against three of the four walls. For a while we all occupied the same space … Continue reading →