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Betty-Lou Ayers Edmonton Public Schools Alberta, CANADA Bringing Joy to Student Learning: The Power of Inquiry http://wyocomedia.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/contemporary-storytelling-a-paradigm-shift/ Betty-Lou Ayers Email:
Edmonton Public Schools Alberta, CANADA
http://wyocomedia.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/contemporary-storytelling-a-paradigm-shift/
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Coaching small and large groups of
teachers
Modelling lessons with students
Inquiry: What is it? WHY do it? WHAT does it look
like?
Inquiry Models Strategies & Tips
"Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand.”
Benjamin Franklin
inspires you as a learner?
inquiry sound like/look like in your classroom?
What…..? How….? When…? Why…? Where…..?
A dynamic process
wonder and puzzlements
and coming to know
and understand the world.
Galileo Education
www.Galileoeducation.org
From FINDING the ANSWER
TO
ASKING GREAT QUESTIONS
…AS INFORMATION SEEKING
Product-oriented Workful in tone Focused on an answer Scientific Method Research Projects
…AS WONDERING
Process-oriented Playful in tone Open-ended Writing Performing Building/Creating
Using Inquiry-based learning with students can help them become
more creative, more positive and more independent. (Kuhne, 1995)
GLEF, 2001
http://www.georgiafreeroofs.com IT’s REAL WORLD STUFF….
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/studententerprise/getinvolved/thebigidea/
http://www.odysseytransform.com/2011/03/11/get-great-answers/
Why Fall?
Investigation KWL Looking and wondering with artifacts Using student-generated questions to guide the inquiry Sharing stories, songs, pictures, implements of fall….
Uncovering….the curriculum
http://hd-wallpapers-widescreen.thundafunda.com/desktop-images/nature-green-leaves-fall-autumn- leaves/fall-leaves/
Exploring 3-D shapes…
How does shape affect our lives?
Does our future depend on the health of
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
Who?
What? Where? When? Why? How?
I ¡wonder…. ¡
IF ? Taken from: Q-Tasks by Carol Koechlin & Sandi Zwaan
What are the implications of living in a democratic society within a larger global context? Working closely with a specialist in middle east politics, students examined democracy in light of the invasion of Iraq
Social 10 and Social 30
http://www.galileo.org/tips/inquiry.html#Hum3
http://www.bibletimelines.org/
Social
Studies
Math Science
India, Tunisia, and Peru
3.S1 DEVELOP SKILLS OF CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING:
evaluate ideas and information from
different points of view
choose and justify a course of action generate original ideas and strategies compare and contrast information
Alberta Education Program of Studies, Social Studies Kindergarten to Grade 3, 2005
apply new ideas and strategies to contribute
to decision making and problem solving
support proposed ideas, strategies and
collaborate with others to devise strategies for
dealing with problems and issues
use technology to organize and display data
in a problem-solving context
Alberta Education Program of Studies, Social Studies Kindergarten to Grade 3, 2005
Many inquiry models to choose from
Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels Support Materials….Models for Inquiry Process
Invite curiosity, build background, find
topics, wonder
Invite curiosity, build background, find
topics, wonder
develop questions, search for information,
discover answers
share learning, demonstrate understanding,
take action intensify research, synthesize information, build knowledge
British Columbia Teacher-Librarian Association: "The Points of Inquiry" - Inquiry-based Learning for Classroom and School Libraries
Small STEPS - Teacher-directed Inquiry
Lots of modeling
Mini Inquiry Independent Inquiry
The Gradual Release Of Responsibility: Harvey & Daniels, Inquiry Circles
Ivey & Broaddus, 2008: Kids remember curriculum better when we figure out what aspects are interesting to them, and begin there.
buy an iPod?
being endangered?
Mars?
Interview questions…
Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels
Stop coddling them Teach them how to identify worthy
problems & questions.
Teach them how to use proper tools
And teach them
procedures just like real practitioners
Involve them with working
with others,
building knowledge, and
sharing their findings with an audience.
3: FOCUS on developing KID’s
Moving kids from recall… and retelling To Higher level-thinking With the ultimate result – a change in thinking… not just passing a quiz.
Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels
A framework for
helping students think more critically.
Useful for helping
students recognize ‘good’ questions.
Developing More Curious Minds,
The Rabbit by John Marsden, illus. by Shaun Tan
O – Observe (What do I see?) T – Think (How can I relate this to what I already
know? Have I seen this anywhere else? Does this remind me of something else?)
Q – What questions do I have about this?
Problem-Based Learning An Inquiry Approach, J. Barell
...there were no gravity? …there were no rules? ...dinosaurs never existed? ...we didn't have any numbers? ...it didn't get dark at night?
Wondering
Wednesdays…
Encourage your student to express evidence of learning…in unique ways.
Teachers give out
information
Students are to master
content
Memorizing facts is
important
Whole-class approach Teachers facilitate and guide
students
Students use content as a
means to develop information handling and problem solving skills
Mini-lessons focus on small
group instruction
Bibliography of Children’s Literature to
Spark Inquiry
Bibliography of Professional Reading
Materials on Inquiry Learning & Questioning
PDF documents – Inquiry Process Models http://7inquiringminds.wordpress.com