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As teachers progress from non-inquiry to inquiry modes, they go through levels or stages of development. This session will describe six progressive steps in becoming an inquiry-based teacher:
This session will also describe the advancement teachers make in enhancing their capacity to teach through scientific inquiry - thus making a gradual transition from the novice to the mastery level.
When young learners walk into your classroom they already possess a vast array of self-generated knowledge about how the world around them works. Being mindful of this pre-existing knowledge is critically important when we design learning environments in our schools. We will spend some time today focusing on how prior knowledge and misconceptions influence student learning, including viewing some student video clips from the Minds of Our Own series produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center. We will then explore the role of inquiry- or problem-based learning as one methodological approach to enhance the understanding of science by middle and high school students.
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