College & University Engaging, Scaffolded Inquiry Learning
Past Participants’ Comments
For the sake of a functioning democracy, students need to develop critical thinking for problem-solving and decision-making – reflecting on what they know about a topic, asking thoughtful questions about it, and connecting to relevant resources to find answers.
Yet even many college graduates do not use evidence to build a logical argument (Schneider, 2017).
Including a one and half or two week inquiry learning unit with your curriculum, supports your students’ intellectual agency, while providing enlivening variation in learning mode.
Be engaged with individual planning, collaboration, slide presentation, and video. Learn how the presenter provides and scaffolds inquiry learning for her college students.
Leave with a detailed, draft outline of an inquiry learning unit for your students and an abundance of related research articles and implementation resources.
Lee Anna Stirling, EdD (Teachers College, Columbia), is For Deeper Learning Founder, President/ Executive Director, and Editor-in-Chief, Deeper Learning Journal of Practice. Lee Anna, a frequent inquiry learning conference and workshop presenter, has taught a variety of liberal arts classes and education graduate courses, in which her students are involved with inquiry learning.
Schneider, C. G. (2017). Making inquiry learning our top priority: Why we must and how we can. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 1(1), 45-54
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