Pomaria Primary School Mentoring a Culture of Inqury

1. Pomaria Primary SchoolMentoring a Culture of Inqury Chic Foote September 13, 2013

2. Creating a Culture of InquiryDesigning the Invitational Environment • Trust • Secure in taking risks • Open communication • Empowering • Collaborative, sharing • Rich in background knowledge John Barel. (2007) Problem Based Learning. An Inquiry Approach. Corwin

3. 3 approaches • Teacher Directed • Teacher Student shared • Student Led

4. Establish a Partnership for Learning Invites participation in: • Asking questions • Searching or answers • Creating meaningful relationships • Reflecting on their journey Community icon Freedigitalphotos.net/Salvatore Vuono John Barel. (2007) Problem Based Learning. An Inquiry Approach. Corwin

5. Key Elements • Teacher modeling • Questioning (Tch/Student) • Quality Responding • Peer interaction • Developing group inquiry skills • Using reflective journals John Barel. (2007) Problem Based Learning. An Inquiry Approach. Corwin

6. Key Elements • Teacher modeling - Think aloud through problem situations • Questioning - Teacher and Student • Quality Responding - Teachers response to statements, questions, expressions of feeling fosters open communications, • Peer interaction Create a setting for positive response, questioning each other • Developing group inquiry skills - Researching, developing critical thinking, listening focusing on topic, building on each others ideas, consensus • Using reflective journals - Questioning across the curriculum John Barel. (2007) Problem Based Learning. An Inquiry Approach. Corwin

7. Climate of Partnership • When teachers hare successful and unsuccessful experiences they let student know they are not perfect. • Model behaviours and dispositions of a problem solver John Barel. (2007) Problem Based Learning. An Inquiry Approach. Corwin

8. Teacher Inquiry Journal • Record kinds of problems • Approaches to problems • Kinds of questions • How we process John Barel. (2007) Problem Based Learning. An Inquiry Approach. Corwin

9. Observe-Think-Question • Picture Cue • Assume role – eg Paleontologist on an expedition charged with analysing critter and developing a line of inquiry • Sort and sift questions – reflect…what do we notice? What do they have in common? • Compare with a question array – edit and upgrade to eflect gathering, processing and application John Barel. (2007) Problem Based Learning. An Inquiry Approach. Corwin

10. Developing Problematic Situations • Select a topic/focus and find a problematic situation, image or statement within • Present as a scenario

11. Fascinating Factoids • Factoid or isolated fact • Becomes more meaningful if considered through a range of questions • Align questions with heirachy of thinking David Castillo Dominici, Daydreamer freedigitalphotos.net

12. Quality Teacher Responses are affected by …….. • Tone of voice • Way of attending to the student • Interest in the students ideas

13. Reflective Practice • Form could vary • Prompts useful to deepen thinking • Formal or informal