Term 4: Year 5 ‘Global Connections’ unit of work
In March the Primary School teachers once again took part in an ‘after school’ Guided Inquiry workshop. After I had introduced Guided Inquiry as the best model for Inquiry learning, describing the theory and process, some of the teachers who collaborated with me last year testified to the successful units they had taught and their plans for this year. (See also Jodie Torrington’s evaluation on GI 2013)
Primary Workshop: Cheryl Gajda 2014
Primary Workshop: Collette Willis 2014
Primary Workshop: Jodie Torrington 2014
Year 11 PDHPE used Guided Inquiry for the first time this year – Mr Paul Burns took the plunge and worked hard to incorporate individual selection of topic areas into a syllabus that is very content driven. Through collaborative planning and teaching a very successful unit was delivered. In the following video clips he evaluates many aspects of the experience
Student reaction to using Guided Inquiry
Evaluation and ROSA Grades for Year 11
Preliminary HSC requirements
Beyond Content and Rote Learning
Problem with time and Prelim HSC Content – overcoming this
Strengths – Differentiation and Deep Learning
The importance of well structured questions and teacher support in this
Culminating “Hot Seat” activity for sharing and deepening understanding