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“Teachers come together, asking questions, looking at research and exploring student thinking to discover the way their students learn best.”

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See what 50 teachers from Simcoe County District School Board had to say about collaborative inquiry and why it was important to them.

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Uploaded by Jill MacAlpine on 2014-06-26.

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From the 12,134 word document 'Collaborative Inquiry A Facilitators Guide 2011' I present collaborative inquiry in a nutshell (word cloud style below).

Or follow the steps below!

Identify a problem

Generate Solutions

Choose one to try

Reflect on results

Ask how can I make it better

Examine what is happening now

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In the Learning Forward document 'COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY A Facilitator’s Guide' they introduce a four-stage model to collaborative inquiry.

I wonder in stage 1. Framing the Problem, could eductaors include collaborative inquiry with student leaders as well? What if the teachers were part of the problem. For example teachers were not updating course content or using the latest technology tools and student learning was limited The idea is to narrow or focusing on student learning needs but what if the biggest need was a change from teachers and they weren't able to identify it. What if in the first activity and planning stages some student leaders were given an opinion on the needs of their teachers or peers?

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In some of our discussion posts and prezi's they talk about the road blocks involved with getting Collaborative Inquiry started. I asked how can we overcome some of these obstacles and create an atmosphere to foster collaborative inquiry in school districts. I will partly answer my own questions with the article below but it still leaves some important discussion. If it takes to long to load, I am sorry Paddlet isn't the smoothest operator. Check it out here instead (http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/collaborative-inquiry)