Tag Archives: inquiry learning

Inquiry into ‘Inquire Within’…

Posted on December 28, 2014 by whatedsaid

Since opening the door to Inquire Within just over four years ago, contributors have come and gone, enthusiasm has waxed and waned, there have been periods of abundance and periods of drought… Yet our 4,062 (plus!) readers are still ‘inquiring within’ … Continue reading →

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An inquiry into ownership of learning…

Posted on December 28, 2014 by whatedsaid

What do you notice about Audri as a learner? We begin our Year 4 collaborative planning session with Audri… to generate thinking about the ways young learners own their learning, outside the classroom… The teachers notice and name his confidence, … Continue reading →

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A concept driven inquiry into history…

Posted on March 28, 2014 by whatedsaid

The inquiry Central Idea – ‘Investigating history helps us understand the present.‘ The teachers collaboratively develop a rubric for the desired conceptual understandings so that, with shared goals in mind, we can plan a couple of powerful provocations and then wait … Continue reading →

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This is how inquiry teachers teach…

Posted on March 10, 2014 by whatedsaid

Since Kath has posted her ‘How do Inquiry Teachers… teach?’ here at Inquire Within, I’ll post my response here too… Traditional pedagogy sees the teacher provide a set of instructions, make sure everyone ‘knows what to do’, explain everything and … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Class Visitor

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Philip Cummings

My sixth graders and I recently began our student-driven inquiry and project-based learning on human rights. This is my second year to use project-based learning into my classroom, and I hope everything I learned from last year’s Dive Into PBL will merge … Continue reading →

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Shifting Perspectives on Learning and Failure

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Dave Truss

I’ve written two blog posts recently on ‘Shifting Learning‘ and ‘Learning and Failure‘. Both have a lot to do with learning through inquiry. First, here is the presentation description that I shared for the 2013 Reform Symposium Conference. Below, I’ll … Continue reading →

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An inquiry journey…

Posted on October 8, 2013 by whatedsaid

(Skip the background paragraph if you like, it gets more interesting.) My school is an authorised IB world school, following the Primary Years Program (PYP), and we’re currently in the process of our ‘self study’ in preparation for an evaluation … Continue reading →

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Inquiry with Evernote vol 1

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Bart Miller

Three weeks ago, I began exploring Evernote. Literally within minutes, I was convinced that it is an essential tool for inquiry-based teaching. I hope that by the end of this post, you will agree and want to join me in … Continue reading →

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Is inquiry a struggle for you?

Posted on February 24, 2013 by whatedsaid

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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The Road not Taken

Posted on February 24, 2013 by @malynmawby

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” stands to be one of my favourite poems. I can still remember the English lesson where I made the mistake – yes, mistake – of interpreting the road less travelled by as being less … Continue reading →