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'Taking Action and Reflection' is the sixth phase of an inquiry-based unit investigation.
'Taking Action and Reflection' is the sixth phase of an inquiry-based unit investigation.
The 'Taking Action and Reflection' phase's purpose is to:
- assist students to make links between their understandings and their experience in the real world
- enable students to make choices and develop the belief that they can be effective participants in society
- provide further insight into students' understandings for future unit planning
- reinforce the link between school, home, and the wider community
- provide further opportunities and contexts for ongoing learning about the topic
Student Questions
- What have I learned about the topic?
- Why is it important to engage in inquiry activities?
- What have I learned that I can use elsewhere?
- What was the highlight of this inquiry?
The 'Sharing, Discussion and Reflection' phase's purpose is to:
- develop the skills and strategies needed for effective reporting to others
- analyse the work of other students and provide appropriate, constructive feedback
- develop in students an understanding of the purposes behind the activities in which they are engaged
- provide feedback for evaluation purposes about successful and less successful aspects of the unit
- develop greater understandings of the unit content and the process of inquiry itself
- gain greater sense of connection between themselves and the unit topic
- develop positive self-esteem and self-awareness
- assist students to develop stronger connections between their personal lives and the global domain
Taking Action ACTIVITIES
Taking Action ACTIVITIES
(see pages 122-135 of "Classroom Connections" book by Kath Murdoch)
reflection activities
reflection activities
(see pages 136-148 of "Classroom Connections" book by Kath Murdoch)
- Advertising campaigns
- Annotated exhibitions
- Arts in the local community
- Designing self-guided walks
- Develop an action plan for the school
- From here to there
- Global links
- Hear all about it
- Letter writing
- Meet the press
- Personal pledge
- Read all about it
- More strategies for action
- Carousel sharing
- Class meetings
- Concentric circles
- Conversation counters
- Cumulative listening
- Discussion dissection
- Focused reporting
- Jigsaw sharing
- Talking stick
- Print Walk
- Watch this space
- Class diary
- Group Work Pie Chart
- Learning logs
- Photo journals
- Reflection round-a-bouts
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