How to Design a Classroom Built on Inquiry, Openness and Trust
Teachers who are interested in shifting their classrooms often don’t know where to start. It can be overwhelming, frightening, and even discouraging, especially when no one else around you seems to think the system is broken. A question I’m asked often is, “Where should a teacher begin?” Should teachers just let students go or is there a process to good student-centered inquiry? I’ve reflected on this a fair amount, and I think small strategic steps are the key. I think letting students “go” without any structure will likely create failure, especially if students haven’t spent much time collaborating. Many teachers have likely engaged in some type of inquiry or project-based learning, but with frustrating or dismal results. When I start with a new group of students, the design is tight. I’ve also discovered I need to teach the difference between collaboration and cooperation. Start with creating one inquiry unit in one subject. Talk to your students about their learning — a lot.
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Mastering Assessment Language: Trusty Tips and Tools
The formative assessment rubric is an amazing and revealing tool. They are made all the more effective by carefully considering the language we use. Mastering assessment language is an art form in itself. Like all other art forms, it takes time to perfect. Proper formative assessment tells us what students have learned. It shows what areas need improvement, and reinforces the learning process. Where Am I? Where Do I Want to Be? How Will I Get There? Formative assessment is first and foremost a partnership with teacher and student. Tips for Mastering Assessment Language When writing a question or developing an assessment, ask yourself: What does this show? Our goal is to have our students performing at the higher end of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Part of mastering assessment language is making sure we are targeting the right skills. That said, there are better modes of assessment that are exemplified in the terms we use. Now consider this list associated with higher-order skills (HOTS).
The Challenges and Realities of Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry Learning Teaching Strategies Getty By Thom Markham Teachers in a rural southeast Michigan high school were recently discussing the odd behavior of the senior class. The teachers’ explanation: Project-based learning. Here’s the back story. Stories like this are about to become more important to educators. This is a steep challenge because it forces education to cross a philosophic divide. Standardizing Valuable Skills To put a new system in place, a first key step is to disseminate and train every teacher on a clear set of performance standards to assess skills required for effective inquiry, such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. The challenge: Right now, a standards-based environment forces teachers to straddle the inquiry process. Assessing Collaborative Learning The iconic model of the individual scholar has been replaced by team-based inquiry. Making Depth of Thinking Evident The challenge: In inquiry, process is as critical as the product.
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Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Un esempio di pannello Metaplan Il Metaplan è una tecnica di facilitazione basata sulla visualizzazione. Nasce nel 1972 in Germania, grazie al lavoro dei fratelli Wolfgang ed Eberhard Schnelle. Si tratta di una tecnica molto utilizzata nella gestione dei processi di comunicazione nei gruppi di lavoro, ed è basata sulla raccolta di opinioni dei partecipanti e la loro successiva organizzazione in blocchi logici fino alla formulazione di piani di azione in cui sono evidenziate le problematiche emerse e delle possibili soluzioni. Il Metaplan è molto usato nella progettazione partecipata e permette ad esempio di gestire con efficacia una discussione di gruppo per l’elaborazione di un’Analisi SWOT (Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). Metaplan è un marchio registrato dall'omonima società tedesca, ideatrice della tecnica. I materiali[modifica | modifica wikitesto] Le regole[modifica | modifica wikitesto] Il Metaplan è basato su alcune semplici regole.
The Phases of Inquiry-Based Teaching
A central goal of education is teaching critical-thinking skills. Inquiry-based teaching is an excellent path to this goal. Based partly on the philosophy that “humans are born inquirers,” the method focuses on student discovery over pushing information from the instructor. Along the way, the students explore multiple sources and contexts, ask questions and pursue hypotheses, and work to apply their theories to new and diverse situations. In doing this, they actively discover the interrelatedness among concepts, topics, and theories. In general, all inquiry-based teaching follows three phases. Phase 1: Formulating Questions and Initial Understandings First, students are oriented to a problem, phenomena, or goal. For instance, I teach an inquiry-based online world religions course in which we begin by exploring the core question “what is religion, spirituality, or faith?” There are also a number of aids that can help in the synthesizing process.
Reinventing School From the Ground Up For Inquiry Learning
By Thom Markham A grave miscalculation exists in the minds of many educators: That inquiry-based learning, project based learning, and 21st century competencies can flourish in industrial model schools. Under this world view, the inquiry goals of the Common Core State Standards are “strategies” to be added to the existing list of classroom techniques, while skills like collaboration, communication, or creativity can be taught despite 43-minute periods, desks in rows, and pacing guides set in stone. In other words, reaching the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy is important, but less so than maintaining regimental order. But what we know—from industry and neuroscience—is that organizational structure, environment, and human performance are deeply intertwined. It is inevitable that schools must be completely redesigned if society wants to tap the wellsprings of creativity and exploration that the industrial system subdues. This redesign issue looms large. But a historical moment has arrived. Related
Mini guida per convertire gli eventi tradizionali eventi in eventi 2.0
Ultimamente mi sono trovata con molte persone che mi hanno chiesto di trasformare un evento tradizionale in un evento 2.0. Per questo motivo ho pensato ad scrivere una mini guida per l’uso. Obiettivi: Questa guida vi aiuterà a diffondere e promuovere meglio un evento e a raggiugere molte più persone di una maniera molto più economica che con la comunicazione tradizionale. Prima dell’evento: Creare hashthag dell’evento: Prima di tutto quando cominciate ad sviluppare la idea progettuale dovete cominciare a pensare anche un hasthag che servirà per identificare il vostro evento sui diversi social. Durante evento: Fare foto e taggare a tutti sulla pagina dell’evento. Dopo l’evento: Creazione album su Facebook con le foto ufficiali.Creare Storify eventoCreazione board pinterestReport SocialRaccolta rassegna stampa online Non l’ho ho detto ma il punto più importante e la base di qualsiasi evento Social è avere un buon collegamento wifi. Buon Lavoro! inShare24