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"Strategic and deliberate approaches to inquiry have been shown to be extremely helpful to educators who seek to ensure that they are meeting the needs of their students. In this important new book, Kimberly Mitchell provides practical insights and methods for how to incorporate inquiry into their practice. For educators who seek to enhance their effectiveness and make a difference for all of the students they serve, this book will be an invaluable resource and guide." Pedro A. Noguera, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Education UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, Los Angeles, CA "Kimberly has translated the latest terminology--pedagogical jargon--into lively language and useful advice that will strike a chord for classroom teachers! She ′gets it.′" Deborah Meier, Educator & Author Coalition of Essential Schools
Discover inquiry for yourself with this interactive guidePlenty of resources speak to the benefits of inquiry, the research behind it, and even subject-specific processes to follow. But that's not enough. Implementing inquiry is the tricky part, and involves changing beliefs about the teacher and student roles in the classroom. Most critically, we as teachers must engage in inquiry ourselves to successfully implement it in the classroom.
One part practical guide, one part interactive journal, this book provides the opportunity to do inquiry as you read about it. You'll learn what inquiry-based instruction looks like in practice through five key strategies, all of which can be immediately implemented in any learning environment. This resource offers
Practical examples of what inquiry looks like in the classroom, and how to do it Opportunities for reflection throughout the book, including self-surveys, templates, and tools A user-friendly handbook format for quick reference and logical progression through your inquiry journey Fifty practical inquiry experiences that can be used individually, with students, or in small groups of teachersThese strategies and experiences will improve your relationships with students and colleagues, reduce your workload by asking more of students, and breathe joyful curiosity back into your classroom. Let's get out of our comfort zones and do inquiry-based teaching in a more practical and powerful way! Are you ready?
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
About the Author | p. xix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
1 What Is Inquiry? | p. 3 |
My Own Inquiry Journey | p. 4 |
Experience #1 Inquiry Self-Survey | p. 7 |
2 Beginning Your Inquiry Journey | p. 9 |
How to Use This Book | p. 9 |
Tips for Success | p. 11 |
What's the Role of Administration? | p. 13 |
The Inquiry Leader Self-Reflection Tool | p. 15 |
Staff Reflection Survey | p. 18 |
The Importance of Balance and Harmony | p. 20 |
3 Taking Stock of Your Classroom | p. 21 |
Experience #2 How Do You Know If You're "Doing" Inquiry? | p. 22 |
Experience #3 What Do Your Students Think? | p. 26 |
Experience #4 What Do Others See in Your Classroom? | p. 32 |
Experience #5 What's the Student Experience? | p. 36 |
Experience #6 What Does All This Tell You? | p. 38 |
4 What Does Inquiry Look Like? | p. 41 |
The Inquiry Five Strategies | p. 42 |
Experience #7 What Are Your Burning Questions About Inquiry? | p. 44 |
Experience #8 Who, When, and How Should You Answer Questions? | p. 46 |
Experience #9 How Can Questions Be Savored? | p. 48 |
Experience #10 What Does Your "Ideal" Class Look Like? | p. 51 |
5 Strategy #1: Get Personal | p. 55 |
Introduction to Get Personal | p. 55 |
Experience #11 Mad-Libs: Who Are You? | p. 57 |
Experience #12 Who Were Your Teachers? | p. 59 |
Experience #13 What Stories Can You Tell? | p. 63 |
Experience #14 How Do You Tell a Story That Sticks to the Soul? | p. 66 |
Experience #15 What Does Your Classroom Say About You? | p. 70 |
Experience #16 Why Do You Teach? | p. 72 |
Experience #17 What Is the Third Space? | p. 74 |
Experience #18 Ask Me Anything! | p. 77 |
6 Strategy #2: Stay Curious | p. 79 |
Introduction to Stay Curious | p. 79 |
Experience #19 What's Your Expertise? | p. 81 |
Experience #20 What Still Intrigues You? | p. 83 |
Experience #21 Who Are Your Teachers Today? | p. 86 |
Experience #22 Are You a Luddite or Linkedin? | p. 88 |
Experience #23 What Do You Teach? | p. 91 |
Experience #24 What Would Your Curriculum of Questions Look Like? | p. 95 |
Experience #25 What's Your Teaching Approach? | p. 97 |
Experience #26 How Do You Respond to Students? | p. 100 |
7 Strategy #3: Ask More, Talk Less | p. 103 |
Introduction to Ask More, Talk Less | p. 103 |
Experience #27 What's Really Happening in Your Classroom? | p. 105 |
Experience #28 Who Is Hiding in Plain Sight? | p. 109 |
Experience #29 What Questions Are You Asking? | p. 112 |
Experience #30 How Do You Teach With Your Mouth Shut? | p. 115 |
Experience #31 How Do You Get Students to Listen to One Another? | p. 118 |
Experience #32 How Do You Get Students to Talk Together? | p. 121 |
Experience #33 What Are Socratic Seminars, Harkness, and Spider Web Discussions? | p. 125 |
Experience #34 Which Questions Work Best in Inquiry Classrooms? | p. 127 |
8 Strategy #4: Encourage Evidence | p. 129 |
Introduction to Encourage Evidence | p. 129 |
Experience #35 What's the Most Important Question to Ask? | p. 131 |
Experience #36 How Do You Get Your Students to Back Up Their Claims? | p. 134 |
Experience #37 How Do You Teach "Crap Detection"? | p. 137 |
Experience #38 How Do You Provoke Healthy Debates? | p. 139 |
Experience #39 How Can You Practice the Evidence-Seeking Process? | p. 141 |
9 Strategy #5: Extend Thinking Time | p. 147 |
Introduction to Extend Thinking Time | p. 147 |
Experience #40 How Do You Get Students to Think More? | p. 149 |
Experience #41 How Can You Get Students to Ask More Questions? | p. 151 |
Experience #42 How Do You Cede Control Without Losing It Completely? | p. 158 |
Experience #43 How Do Inquiry and Mindfulness Connect? | p. 161 |
Experience #44 How Can You Support Innovative Student Thinking? | p. 163 |
Experience #45 How Do You Start Project-Based, Problem-Based, and Challenge-Based Learning? | p. 165 |
10 How What? | p. 167 |
Experience #46 How Do You Plan for Inquiry? | p. 168 |
Experience #47 How Do You Assess Inquiry? | p. 177 |
Experience #48 How Do You Make Time for Inquiry? | p. 179 |
Experience #49 How Do You Explain Inquiry to Skeptics? | p. 182 |
Experience #50 What Does Inquiry Look Like to You? | p. 184 |
11 Inquiry Resources | p. 187 |
Kimberly's Top Ten Lists | p. 187 |
Inquiry Books | p. 187 |
Inquiry Videos and Podcasts | p. 188 |
Inquiry Organizations | p. 189 |
Inquiry Blogs | p. 191 |
Appendices | p. 193 |
More Reasons to Fall in Love With Inquiry: the Inquiry Five (i5) and Alignment Documents | p. 193 |
The i5 and Common Core State Standards | p. 194 |
The i5 and Next Gen Science Standards | p. 196 |
The i5 and Danielson Teaching Framework | p. 196 |
The i5 and Marzano Framework | p. 197 |
The i5 and Approaches to Teaching and Learning (International Baccalaureate) | p. 198 |
The i5 and High Leverage Practice (TeachingWorks, University of Michigan) | p. 199 |
Curriculum at-a-Glance (Southern Hemisphere) | p. 203 |
References | p. 205 |
Index | p. 207 |