by Mr. Ouyang

4. Ways to build student contributions

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-Early in the year model different types of contributions.

-Ask students to question their method of inquiry and introducing them to new ideas pushes them forward.

-Create a culture where a variety of contributions are accepted.

Build on a theory
Proposing a theroy
Choosing to disagree
Synthesize individual ideas and class-wide opinions.

3. Integrating Curriculum / Exceeding Expectations

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By focusing on the big ideas, rather than the specific expectations, students

Challenges with teachers the idea of "coverage" of curriculum as inquiry is sometimes seen to be time-consuming or perhaps taking students outside the curriculum

Key Ideas:

1. Don't wait for the perfect question

2. Make ideas the center

3. Work toward common understanding

4. Don't "let go" of the class: guide the learning

5. Respect students' line of inquiry

6. Teach directly as needed, and make it brief

2. Educator as Provocateur & Student as Member of a Responsive Learning Community

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-ideas as "central currency", teacher as facilitator

-experience success in the present and the future- "thriving in a world of constant change"

-sharing learning

-"thoughtful, motivated, collaborative, and innovative learners"

-teacher establishes the classroom culture

-be flexible, employ different strategies as a teacher

-metacognition

1. Inquiry-based learning is education at its best

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Inquiry based learning "espouses investigation, exploration, search, quest, research, pursuit and study. It is enhanced by involvement with a community of earners, each learning from the others in social interaction."

-co-authored of learning experiences by teachers

-all students are capable of contributing

-wondering to enacted understandings and further questioning

-fostering intellectual curiosity and understanding

-pedagogical mindset that doesn't exclude other best practices

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