We had an overview of Muritai's 'Journey' into Inquiry/ Action Learning... There was a presentation by the children who answered questions and talked about their experiences, understanding and opinions. WOW!
Noted key points
- School Ecology/ Environment analogy...
- Do less but better in more detail
- Keep it simple- take small steps (for the staff and the children)
- Lead by example- model skills, behaviour and learning (for staff and children)
- Start with a big picture then work smaller (Binoculars to microscope)
- eX... titles of stages- excite, experience, explore, examine, explain, express, extend...???
- Inquiry teaching at school- inquiry research... at home!!!
- Parental understanding and expectations
- Link to the wider world
- Current events/ issues
- Info-literacy skills
- Thinking tools
- Assessment!?
- Curriculum coverage
- Whole school/ syndicate- class units?
- Start of an inquiry unit is the hardest
- Questions a challenge
- What direction to take...
- Organising time and process
- Planning work- clear expectations and success criteria needed
- Next steps very helpful
- What we did/ found out/ learned today?
- Samples of work
- Photos of activities
- Teacher's Blog...
- Start a whole class blog as a record of our Room 2 inquiry process/ progress for our next unit
- Include as part of end of session plenary discussions
- Include the planning at the start- learning intentions, outcomes, links, resources...
- Use Voki/ Sound/ webcam movie... to enrich/ enliven
- Regular use should encourage regular visits
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