Generating Questions and Sorting Questions are Student Keys to Driving an Inquiry. I am always trying to find effective ways to include student voice in planning an inquiry. These two simple but effective resources help me to hand over the keys to the inquiry vehicle so students can drive their own inquiries. Generating Questions Students can write the central idea in the middle, and begin formulating questions for each concept. Sorting Questions For students to identify their most powerful questions that could guide their inquiry and deepen their understanding, they can sort their questions. The Generative-Genuine double continuum is a great tool to sort questions. Inquiries need questions that are both generative (that take us somewhere) and genuine (that we care about) and this does the trick just nicely. I named each quadrant in order of value to inquiry as:
Although students pursue one DRIVING question, the thinking involved in generating questions and the insight it provides is valuable information about student learning. 
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Yesterday our school had a delightful day with dozens of visitors from Hong Kong's Victoria Shanghai Academy and Singapore's Chatsworth Kindergarten. They visited our rooms, spoke at length with our students, took photos, made notes and asked questions. It was a great exchange and I enjoyed watching the students shine. Please see Tash's Blog for a post including photos and students' comments.
Leigh Ann and I decided to follow their lead. This morning we grabbed our iPhones and went on a Walkabout declaring to surprised colleagues that we were hunting for a PD Bite from each teacher. What we saw inspired us. In the short time it took to walk the school we have added to our understanding, learned new things and can share the fabulous ideas of our colleagues. Keep in mind this is just a snippet - come visit to find out more! We have compiled all our pictures below and will ask our colleagues to comment on their photos to explain the back story behind each item from our treasure hunt. Please click on the a photo to see its title and to enlarge it. |
PD Bites
ProDivas is a simple sharing approach, teacher to teacher, for our professional development. We collect and share bite-sized practical ideas. Once you take a bite, you may be self-motivated to eat the whole meal! We aim to find ideas supported by research to then apply for “best practice” but some ideas are too good to miss and are just simple “teacher tips”. Archives
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