Search results for: “inquiry”
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Is this an inquiry with an ‘I’ or an enquiry with an ‘e’?
This post has been sitting in my drafts for a while, and I was reminded to complete it after a question from a student when I was covering a TOK class: “What’s the difference between inquiry and enquiry?” [tL:dR: Definitions matter in education, especially when a topic is misunderstood or controversial. Using traditional definitions allows for…
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Tankyuu (探 究): A Quest for Teacher Professional Inquiry
One of our big projects over the last few years has been to shift the focus of professional learning and goal setting from competence in the programmes and practices into genuine teacher inquiry. As a lot of foundational work had been done in curriculum, assessment and differentiation practices; it was time build on this and…
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Defining Inquiry (again)
Some more recent posts: “Is this an Inquiry with an “I” or an enquiry with an ‘e’?” Wayfinding: Curriculum as a Compass? Content & Inquiry in a Google World? How NOT to be ignorant about the world: inquiry & the fact-based worldview “Let’s all meet up in the year 2000” on Factfulness and globally-minded inquiry…
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A pragmatic approach to inquiry: my article in IS magazine
The most recent issue of International School Magazine has run a feature written by me on how we interpret and frame inquiry, and is adapted from one of my recent Bath MA assignments.
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Content & Inquiry in a Google World
I don’t know anyone who can successfully teach ‘content-free’. We need to ensure that we teach good content: relevant, current, useful, interesting. We need to teach that content well, using effective methods and ensuring as much as we can that we don’t reinforce misconception. Google is a tool, not a teacher and a teacher who…
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Defining Inquiry: “Critical Reflective Thinking”
A quick abridged post to isolate Bente Elkjaer’s definition of inquiry as “Critical reflective thinking.”
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An Inquiry Crossfader: Authentic vs Effective Learning?
In reading more about Understanding Learners and Learning, learning theories and high-impact teaching and learning strategies I got thinking again about a conversation Jon Schatzky and I had a year and half ago about a continuum of inquiry. I’ll use this post to morph the idea into an Inquiry Crossfader, using it to acknowledge some…
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The Buoyant Force: L2 Talk & FOEN Workshop
This was a great challenge during the Learning2 Conference last week in Nanjing. It was my first time at the conference and I was looking for an experience that would push me and provide something to think about. I presented this short talk, and an extended session on Global Ignorance, Factfulness and Data-Informed Inquiry. You…
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Reductive Rubrics, Authenticity & Opportunities for Learning
A quick post to share an animated gif, made in the new Keynote 9 update. It is a rebuild of a lower-quality animation I made years ago and use often, inspired by a cartoon I saw but cannot track down again (and I’d love to find it). I have used it in the context of…
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This year in #MYPChat
This was a fun year in the #MYPChat PLN (professional learning community)! We started the journey way back in 2013 with some seasons of weekly hour-long twitter chats based, going through the Next Chapter phase of MYP. Over the years, a warm and supportive PLN has developed and I’ve found the community a great help…
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