Course curriculum

  • 1

    Start Here

    • Welcome and Introductions

    • What is inquiry? (25 mins)

    • What do inquiry teachers do? (20 mins)

  • 2

    Why Inquiry?

    • Why inquiry? (25 mins)

    • Why not inquiry? (30 mins)

    • Explore More about the "why" behind inquiry

  • 3

    Foundations of Inquiry

    • What do you believe? (20 mins)

    • Who were your teacher models? (30 mins)

    • Are you an "inquiry teacher"? (25 mins)

    • Who are your teachers today? (25 mins)

    • Student Surveys (approx. 1 hour)

    • Peer Observations (45 mins+)

  • 4

    Strategy #1: Get Personal

    • Introduction to Get Personal (15 mins)

    • Sharing our stories (5 mins)

    • What stories can you tell? [30 mins]

    • Explore more about getting personal

  • 5

    Strategy #2: Stay Curious

    • Introduction to Stay Curious (10 mins)

    • What still intrigues you? (20 mins)

    • How do you 'stay fresh'? (20 mins)

    • How do you respond to students? (50 mins)

    • Explore more about staying curious

  • 6

    Strategy #3: Ask More; Talk Less

    • Introduction to Ask More; Talk Less (30 mins)

    • How do you get students to talk (and listen) to one another? (45 mins)

    • What gets in the way of student-driven questions? (15 mins)

    • The Question Formulation Technique - and beyond (1 hour 30 mins)

    • Question Focus Examples

    • Who is hiding in plain sight? [60 +mins]

    • Explore more about asking more and talking Less

  • 7

    Strategy #4: Encourage Evidence

    • Introduction to Encourage Evidence

    • How do you get students to back up their claims? (15 mins)

    • How do we help students verify information? (20 mins)

    • How can we facilitate evidence-based conversations? (45 mins)

    • Explore more about encouraging evidence

  • 8

    Strategy #5: Extend Thinking Time

    • Introduction to Extend Thinking Time (15 mins)

    • How do you structure conversations? (20 mins)

    • How do you increase student voice and choice? (20 mins)

    • Explore more about extending thinking time

  • 9

    8 - Now what?

    • Dot, Dot, Dot (5 mins)

    • How do the “inquiry five” work within teaching & learning frameworks?