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Submitted by Ann Dixon on Thu, 02/01/2007 - 8:46pm.What is open-inquiry pedagogy?
In the model of open-inquiry, let me pose a the following questions to you:
- What does inquiry mean to you?
- What experience do you have with inquiry-based education?
- How would you like to use inquiry-based education in your classroom?
Post your answers in the forum below. (To post immediately, please sign into Serendip Exchange at the bottom of the right hand column. Sign in with Firstname Lastname, password = summer2008).
Exploring the Senses
Go to the following web site for instructions.
Please post comments on the session in the forum below.
Divesity Puzzle
Link for the "The Organism Puzzle Pieces"
Exercise #1: Organize the puzzle pieces into any number of groups you see fit.
- How many groups did you have?
- How did you define your groups?
Exercise #2 : Organize the puzzle pieces into groups based on ______ (Fill in the Blank).
- How many groups did you have?
- What organisms changed groups compared to your first schema?
Exercise 3#: Repeat #2 as many times as necessary with different criteria.
Outdoor Activity Exploring Plant Diversity
Comments and Experiences of K-12 Summer InstituteSubmitted by ptong on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 11:27am.Coming into this institute, I had the impression that our weekly meetings were for discussing different approaches to education and how we can present this during the 2-week workshop. However, I was surprised to find that the workshop resembled very much like my 2nd semester course in Neurobiology and Behavior with Paul. I was very curious about how this lecture would relate to education since I had previously approached the course as solely a neurobiology class. I was astonished how approaching science as a “sum of observations” and a continuous loop related to education as well. At the same time I was wondering why I had not seen the connection earlier. |
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