Inquiry - Question 2

What is Inquiry Learning?

Read the article on the right. Click the picture!

Embracing Inquiry-Based InstructionA veteran teacher shares the frustrations and challenges of this student-centered teaching model—and why she finds it so powerful.

"Teachers hide the strategies they use to encourage inquiry and students develop their own skills to be content experts."

-- Heather Wolpert-Gawron

Bottom line: Instead of the teachers working hard formulating the questions for the students; teachers should teach students to ask the questions.

Teach students to ask the questions. You as the teacher know what the objectives and the "have to learns" are.

You provide the trigger for the student's curiosity and provide them the skills to ask the questions.

You, the teacher, are guiding and keeping student focused and on track. If the engagement/curiosity is strong you will be surprised at what you learn from your students.

lets do one!

A Math example - https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1_VDqUxc6xFWrHaRJCNxQ60Eae0wiY7INALIQIDsrK1g/edit?usp=sharing

The Brain Example - https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1YcxkOixsbgRlS2nQLAtw-VOwI8y231nqslz5Uk_CQQ8/edit

QFT - Let's do one!

Blank Student QFT - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E-0gY6YmYzF8uDbuwp3P4NZ-5gOeeAQSWxIEa3evjjs/copy

16 Personalities Example - https://docs.google.com/document/d/15x_qIUTirWPNf7YRY0fqpKBDaufXAaUIHhn5_RVKTRI/view

Developing Student-Driven Questions

Ralston Elementary

High School ELA - longer but really great!

Below are 4 types of inquiry take from "Embracing Teaching a Learning" article reference in the resources below.

Formulate a few questions concerning the table below.

How?

There are many methods and tools to use for Inquiry Based learning. Below are only a few. I will post links here as I find other sources for you.

THE THINKING JOURNEY

I wonder

I wonder QUESTIONS

QFT

1 better 1 puzzle

1Better-1Puzzle

5 E Model for Inquiry Learning

5 E Model

"I Wonder" Questions: Harnessing the Power of Inquiry - This article discussed elementary use of the "I wonder" inquiry method and discusses "I wonder" journals. I also think kids could choose from a curated list of "I wonders" the kids create then do their research projects about.

https://www.edutopia.org/practice/i-wonder-questions-harnessing-power-inquiry

QFT (Question Formulation Technique) - an in depth explanation of the QFT process

https://rightquestion.org/what-is-the-qft/
This webinar walks through a strategy that educators (and others) can learn one day and teach the next (34 min). - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5irVFiRhcI
Use as a Summative Assessent - video in Middle School Classroom: https://youtu.be/lfXEf0nG51I
Use as a Formative Assessment - Video of a 4th Grade Classroom: https://youtu.be/Mox0WRGGk0Y

5 E Model for all Subjects Summary

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TvrQitIg0zGCbTdmvSePQBGvP9y8xUxR

The components/5 E's to Inquiry Based Learning

1. Creating Essential Questions - Engage

Conduct preliminary brainstorming and research, refer to libraries and online databases to get more direction, transom the topic into an essential question. "We need essential questions to guide us to uncover the bigger picture, and to dig deeper. Students develop questions that they are hungry to answer.

2. Exploring, Researching, and Collecting Evidence - Explore

Research the topic using time in class. It is important to have this be classwork and for the student to have access to the head researcher in the room, the TEACHER. DO NOT do the work for them but guide and model methods or researching RELIABLE (Module 1 Capacity for Critical Thinking)

3. Creating an Authentic Piece/Public Display of Understanding - Explain and Elaborate

Have student present what they have learned. One article suggests to use a rubric with "Able to Teach" as the acme of what to set the goal for.

4. Reflections/Evaluation - Evaluate

Thinking about the process and what went well and did not go so well is important. This is where metacognition is worked in- thinking about the thinking journey.

Technology's Role?

"The most powerful variables are the teacher and the overall curricular goals of the school. Technology is only as powerful as the way it is used. The choice is up to the educators. " - Andee Rubin (2004)

Information Literacy is on of the top most important skills to have
Technology is viewed as a tool, much like a pencil or pen, but considerably more powerful.
Use of the technology is primarily taught in the context of solving problems.
Students help one another with the mechanics of the technology; in fact, in many classrooms, students are the local experts on technological details.
Talk about and around technology is as important as the technology itself, just as talk about how one finds and uses information is as important as the information itself.
Technology is used to augment communication by expanding audience (e.g., over networks and by producing hard copy) and expressive options (e.g., mixing graphs and words).

More Resources that I found helpful in my journey:

Embracing Inquiry in Teaching and Learning - this article breaks the process down very well with student examples.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lcRawvjTmi8tAR-9rJsxydtcBUBLinSl

4 phases of Inquiry based learning - a short article that lays out the 4 steps with lesson tone, student indicators, teacher indicators and apps that can be used to facilitate the phase.

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/4-phases-inquiry-based-learning-guide-teachers/

This is a online textbook and YES it says SCIENCE BUT it has great talk about Inquiry based learning.

https://www.nap.edu/read/9596/chapter/2

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