Inquiry in the Classroom by Nicole Moxey https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf Describe your learning experience using words, phrases and examples. en-us 2018-06-26 03:44:11 UTC 2018-07-27 03:44:21 UTC hello@padlet.com School experience neil_west https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/269504728 - Grew up in Calgary, AB Canada; Attended CBE (public) schools
- My recollection is a highly 'inquiry-based' model in elementary; much more 'direct-instruction' in jr high/high school. That said, I think I encountered more 'inquiry' than most people my age (34) that I talk to.
- The most interesting 'teacher directed' classes relied on teacher charisma. The most interesting 'learner centred' classes focused on choice of activities.
- The most effective teachers I had were ones who provided opportunities to go beyond the class material.
-Neil]]> 2018-07-05 20:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/269504728 Traditional penhighbio https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/269632796 My schooling followed the traditional model where it was mostly teacher centred.  They taught a concepts, then we tried to show that we could do the same.  For example, in math, the teacher would teach the lesson, then give us some guided questions and then some individual question.  There was not a lot of exploring or inquiry. The main teachers I had a connection to were the PE teacher who were also our coaches. They spent the most time trying to develop relationships.
-Scott]]> 2018-07-07 23:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/269632796 Mostly Traditional https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/269963044 For the most part, my education was delivered in the traditional, rote-memorization, teacher-centric methods.  There were a few times where I remember teachers going "outside the box" and offered group projects for history, or English.  I remember a time when groups had to create a project on ancient Egyptian mummification/religious beliefs.  We had to "mummify" a doll dressed as a pharoah, and walk through each step of the mummification process.  See, I still remember the impact almost 38 years later! -Paul]]> 2018-07-11 15:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/269963044 Educational Experience https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/270217361 I completed all of my education - elementary, high school and university - in Ontario. Growing up I was primarily taught through direct instruction. We had board notes everyday that had to be copied by hand in pencil for math and pen for every other course. In my senior years of high school we were given a few inquiry-based projects that I remember vividly to this day. There was the bottle rocket project of Math 11,  a CSI short movie for genetics and an economics project to plan for a financially secure future. Other than those three projects, it felt like I clocked in and clocked out everyday. I went through the motions, mastered memorization and application questions.  Furthermore, homework was always assigned from textbooks and notes themselves followed the textbook.

- Zarah]]> 2018-07-15 05:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/270217361 Educational Experience edriclin https://padlet.com/nmoxey/z5fwkvns01bf/wish/270223237 I had the luxury of participating in two very different kinds of educational experience. I attended elementary school in Taiwan and immigrated to Canada when I was 10 years old. I finished my education in Vancouver Canada. I think my experience is mostly the traditional type. However, I went through the IB program during my last two years of high school. These two years I was exposed to more inquiry based learning style which is the foundation of my knowledge now. However, I still believe that knowledge based learning isn't bad, as long as the student learns how to organize the knowledge in a concept based method that links various concepts and interdisciplinary subjects together. In this experience, I learned to ignore teacher's lectures if I find the class not meaningful and un-

engaging and pursue the knowledge in my own way. I was definitely someone who had many detentions. 
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