Chapter 4
The Nuts and Bolts of Creating a Culture of Inquiry
The Nuts and Bolts of Creating a Culture of Inquiry
In this chapter, you'll learn:
In this chapter, you'll learn:
- strategies to help prepare and manage your learning environment in ways that cultivate inquiry-based learning
- techniques for developing foundational skills and routines associated with personal digital inquiry
- tips for working with a wide range of texts, tools, and technologies to facilitate the inquiry process
Key Ideas
Key Ideas
In this chapter, we describe ways to prepare and manage the learning environment by letting all who enter your learning space know what is valued – questioning, deep thinking, discussing, creating, sharing, reflecting.
To this, we add descriptions of foundational skills and routines that will put students into the mindset and promote the actions of constructing knowledge and we explain how texts and tools, including digital resources, can be used to facilitate those actions we value.
A third element in the mix entails the use of texts and tools, including digital resources, which facilitate those actions we value.
Study Guide Resources
Study Guide Resources
Discuss, consider and implement ideas from Chapter 4 (view pdf)
- Think About It: Scheduling Time for Personal Digital Inquiry
- Try It Out: Helpful Words
- Talk It Through: Integrating Technology Into Instruction
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