ulearn12 - Breakout 3 - Learning to Inquire

Learning to Inquire: Developing curious minds, and deep understandings for a changing global environment

Inquiry The 21st Buzz Word

Chic Foote - Helix Consulting

Presentation to be uploaded on core site
http://helixconsulting.wikispaces.com/Conferences+and+Presentations
http://www.helix.ac.nz/#

Learning is inquiry.  Inquiry is without purpose unless considered through the lens of the core competencies and fluencies.

Curriculum mapping...
Concepts and big ideas
Essential questions
Curriculum requirements
Academic vocabulary - think about your learners
Inquiry process

Skills
Communicate
Collaborate
Connect
Create
Think critically

Literacies
Basic
Information
Media
Global
Network
Digital citizenship

Fluencies - doing it without thinking
Media
Info
Digital citizenship
Collaboration
Solution
Creativity

Global competencies
Investigate the world - through different lenses, own eyes and others eyes
Perspective
Communication
Take action

If I am an inquiring learner...
Who am I?  What do I do?  How do I behave?

Skills - they will know how to....
Knowledge - they will know that....

Model behaviour of being a learner yourself...

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