College & University Engaging, Scaffolded Inquiry Learning
Wednesday, May 27 10:30-3:30
Falmouth Memorial Library (12 minutes from downtown Portland, Maine.)
Registration coming.
Be engaged with collaboration,videos, planning. 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.
Past Participants’ Comments
Making Arts Connections
Relevant to al subjects and grade levels.
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Kelly Hrenko, PhD
Professor of Art Education and Associate Dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Southern Maine.
Kelly Hrenko serves as teacher educator, promoting interdisciplinary education, and culture, school and community connections.
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