Guided inquiry design : a framework for inquiry in your school

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Where to find it

Information & Library Science Library

Call Number
LB1060 .K83 2012
Status
Available

Summary

Today's students need to be fully prepared for successful learning and living in the information age. This book provides a practical, flexible framework for designing Guided Inquiry that helps achieve that goal.

Guided Inquiry prepares today's learners for an uncertain future by providing the education that enables them to make meaning of myriad sources of information in a rapidly evolving world. The companion book, Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century , explains what Guided Inquiry is and why it is now essential now. This book, Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School , explains how to do it.

The first three chapters provide an overview of the Guided Inquiry design framework, identify the eight phases of the Guided Inquiry process, summarize the research that grounds Guided Inquiry, and describe the five tools of inquiry that are essential to implementation. The following chapters detail the eight phases in the Guided Inquiry design process, providing examples at all levels from pre-K through 12th grade and concluding with recommendations for building Guided Inquiry in your school.

The book is for pre-K-12 teachers, school librarians, and principals who are interested in and actively designing an inquiry approach to curricular learning that incorporates a wide range of resources from the library, the Internet, and the community. Staff of community resources, museum educators, and public librarians will also find the book useful for achieving student learning goals.

Contents

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cht. 1 Guided Inquiry Design : The Process, the Learning, and the Team -- Cht. 2 The Research behind the Design -- Cht. 3 Inquiry tools : Strategies for Guided Inquiry -- Cht. 4 Open : Invitation to Inquiry, Open Minds, Stimulate curiosity -- Cht. 5 Immerse : Build background knowledge, Connect to content, Discover interesting ideas -- Cht. 6 Explore : Explore interesting ideas, Look around, Dip in -- Cht. 7 Identify : Pause and ponder, Identify inquiry question, Decide direction -- Cht. 8 Gather : Gather important information, Go broad, Go deep -- Cht. 9 Create : Reflect on learning, Go beyond facts to make meaning, Create to communicate -- Cht. 10 Share : Learn from each other, Share learning, Tell your story -- Cht. 11 Evaluate achievement of learning goals, Reflect on content, Reflect on process -- Cht. 12 Building Guided Inquiry in your school -- List of Resources -- References -- Index.

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