{"id":60,"date":"2018-02-12T14:27:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/nicolebrooksbank\/?p=60"},"modified":"2018-02-12T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T14:29:23","slug":"i-read-i-learned-i-reflected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/nicolebrooksbank\/2018\/02\/12\/i-read-i-learned-i-reflected\/","title":{"rendered":"I read, I learned, I reflected."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Part of my Action Plan has been to learn more about inquiry-based learning. I was introduced to the book, Dive into Inquiry, by Trevor MacKenzie, by a fellow C21 member. I thought I would summarize my thoughts\/ takeaways from reading this book.<\/p>\n

What the author has managed to achieve in his classroom is outstanding. He has truly been able to shift the classroom to a student-centered, student-driven environment. I really liked how a section of the book discusses the importance of collaborating with the Teacher-Librarian as part of an inquiry-based learning environment. However, because the author is a classroom teacher and frames his book from this perspective, it was challenging for me to understand how I could bring this type of learning to my school, as the Teacher-Librarian, not the classroom teacher. To truly shift to an inquiry-based environment, it feels like this has to happen in the way the classroom explores student learning, and the role of the Librarian is to support this process in the library when it comes to providing research. <\/p>\n

The author is also a highschool teacher, whereas I am at an Elementary school, so I found it challenging to invision how to apply what he talks about to a younger audience. <\/p>\n

As I was reading this book, a lot of my thinking leaned towards the Personal Project (PP), which is a required, student-centered project, that occurs in grade 10, as part of the Middle Years Project for the International Baccalaureate program. A few years ago I helped oversee this project at my school. There are a lot of similarities between the PP and inquiry learning. A student decides on a project that they would like to learn more about. It should stem from personal interest and the output (how they show their learning), the criteria (how they are assessed) is created by the student (with a teacher supervisor as a guide). I found that there were two groups of students. One group of students are able to define their project based on an area of interest and are very successful and engaged throughout the year-long process. However, there is also a second group of students who are not interested at all (even though they can choose what they wish to study and it should be based on their interest). I guess as a result of this experience, I am skeptical of whether inquiry-based learning is as amazing as MacKenzie makes it seem to be, or if it is the right approach for every student?<\/p>\n

Part of me also wonders if inquiry is just one technique\u2026 in the sense that if every classroom had a \u201cWonder Wall\u201d would it have less meaning for students? Or should every lesson be framed this way?<\/p>\n

On a side note, I think one of the biggest strengths of C21 is the encouragement (requirement?) to write these blog posts. It really does make you reflect on your learning, the process, your thoughts, etc. in a very explicit way. Of course, we all think about how our days go, how lessons went, but there is something very concrete to be said about sitting down and writing out our thoughts, to articulate what we\u2019ve learned, what additional questions we may have, and also use this medium to gain insight from other professionals. <\/p>\n

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So, to the group, does anyone have any online resources that they go to for inquiry-based learning inspiration that has an elementary focus?<\/p>\n

Does anyone have a strong opinion that inquiry-based learning is the way to go? Does it really work for every student?<\/p>\n

Image sources:
\nhttps:\/\/www.edelements.com\/blog\/5-tips-for-infusing-student-reflection-into-blended-classrooms
\nhttp:\/\/wellingtonlibrary.com\/teacherinquiry\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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