3. Committee Members
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Kelly Carlson
Bita Sarabi-Khosravi
David Mizener
Peggy Donohue
Jaime Malic
Adam Caplan
Claire Hazzard
Laura Sardone
Christine Agur
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Laura Mustard
Rosa Abbiento
Andrea Dinsmore
Laura Ash
Nancy Taylor
Pam Huycke
Sarah Gleeson
Peter Hill
Carolyn Lamy
4. Other names for Inquiry
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Thinking
Exploring
Curiosity / Creativity
Research
Discovery
Investigation
Gathering information
Student led – teacher facilitated
Guided inquiry
Skills focused
Real-world
Integrated –
Interdisciplinary
Collaborative
Independent
Learning how to learn
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Active learning
Questioning
Metacognition – reflection
Project based learning
Problem based learning
Challenge based learning
Constructivist approach
Examining Big Ideas/Essential
questions
Visible thinking – I see, I think, I wonder
Design thinking
Making connections
Application
Inquisitiveness
Learning conversations
5. Inquiry
Inquiry is not…
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a choice against content
without direction
Unguided
certain – it is ambiguous
without feedback and direction
all the time…but could be anywhere
easy
for every student
always supported /understood
teacher-directed
Passive
how many of us educators were taught
finite à ideally there is a continuation of …
6. A shared vision
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Learner centered approach
Active learner by doing
Development of self-directed learning skills
Constructivist approach
Collaborative and cooperative
Involvement that leads to understanding
Builds on critical thinking, independent self-directed
research
• Emphasis on “how we come to know” and less on “what
we know”
7. A Schema for Inquiry
The relations between inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning and
active learning (Spronken-Smith et al., 2008).
8. Questions
Questions for Committee to consider…
• What do we want inquiry to look like at SCS?
• What do we want our student to experience at
SCS to look like?
9. Committee Goals
To build authentic learning opportunities by using
an inquiry-based framework for learning
• To take an “inquiry approach” to investigating INQUIRY at
SCS
• To develop a shared definition of curiosity/inquisitiveness
• To foster curiosity
• Support all levels of use
• Vision for inquiry for our discipline area
• Authentic learning – what do we mean?
10. Committee Goals - continued
• Embed reflection into current practices
• Develop a common/shared understanding and a common
language
• To research and present a variety of inquiry models
• Inventory – share what others have done
• To investigate/explore best practices
• To develop a rationale, goals and an implementation
process to support teachers inquiry initiatives
• Challenge assumption à that the whole school is involved
in inquiry
• Does inquiry learning improve student achievement?
• Measurement … how do we measure…later goal?
11. Next Steps
• Next committee meeting:
• February 14
• 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
• Pre-reading:
• http://visiblelearningplus.com/faqs/inquiry-learning
• WHAT IMPORTANT LESSONS DOES HATTIE’S RESEARCH
TELL US AS WE MOVE FORWARD?
• Focus:
• Hattie’s research
• Authentic Learning
• Fostering creativity and inquisitiveness
