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Inquiry Institute 2009 - Participants

Inquiry Institute 2009

Participants List with links to Personal Blogs

Backward Design

 


 

Initial Thoughts and Questions: Please discuss the following questions with one other person and be prepared to share with the larger group.

 

  1. Are you familar with today's topic? Where and in what context have you heard about this topic?
  2. What is your understanding of this topic?
  3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?
  4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

 

Follow up Questions after the lesson:

Meta-Cognition

 

Initial Thoughts and Questions: Please discuss the following questions with one other person and be prepared to share with the larger group.

 

  1. Where and in what context have you heard about metacognition?
  2. What is your understanding of metacognition?
  3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?  What would structures look like that help students build and develop metacognitive skills?
  4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

 

Follow up Questions after the lesson:

Creating Collaboration

 


 

Initial Thoughts and Questions: Please discuss the following questions with one other person and be prepared to share with the larger group.

 

  1. Are you familar with today's topic? Where and in what context have you heard about this topic?
  2. What is your understanding of this topic?
  3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?
  4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

 

Follow up Questions after the lesson:

Creating Space

 

Initial Thoughts and Questions:

  1. What do you first think of when you hear the phrase "creating spaces to learn"?
  2. Working with a partner or small group come up with a collective explanation of the phrase, "creating space to learn".
  3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?
  4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

 

Notes on the Topic: 

Spiral Curriculum

 


 

Initial Thoughts and Questions: Please discuss the following questions with one other person and be prepared to share with the larger group.

 

  1. Are you familar with today's topic? Where and in what context have you heard about this topic?
  2. What is your understanding of this topic?
  3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?
  4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

 

Follow up Questions after the lesson:

Cognitive Development

 


 

Initial Thoughts and Questions: Please discuss the following questions with one other person and be prepared to share with the larger group.

 

  1. Are you familar with today's topic? Where and in what context have you heard about this topic?
  2. What is your understanding of this topic?
  3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?
  4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

 

Follow up Questions after the lesson:

Student Centered

 


 

Initial Thoughts and Questions: Please discuss the following questions with one other person and be prepared to share with the larger group.

 

  1. Are you familar with today's topic? Where and in what context have you heard about this topic?
  2. What is your understanding of this topic?
  3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?
  4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

 

Follow up Questions after the lesson:

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Inquiry-Based Projects

Model for Creation of Open-Ended, Inquiry-Based Projects

Brielle Stark, July 2009


I have been taking part in an inquiry-based program with K-12 teachers, exploring how the brain works, how emergence works and how to apply this knowledge in everyday life, as well as in the classroom.  We like to call this concept open-ended transactional inquiry. 

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