Inquiry notes 17.9.08

Minutes for Inquiry hui in staffroom
17.9.08
What is inquiry based learning?
What is good thinking around here:
In pairs discuss and draw something that symbolizes thinking?
What is an effective thinker?
Looking at Michael Pols 3 C’s
· Caring
· Critical
· Creative
We are looking at ways that reflects the way we see an animal. E.g.
Kuri- sniffs out trouble, is a thinker, bury’s his bone. This allows us to think about processes that we look at in our classroom.
Attribute listing e.g
· Size
· Colour
· Usage
· Materials
· Parts
· Shape
This can be used in class and get the students to bring an item in a bag and allow the students to guess what is in the kete.
Increasing ability to thinking.
Inquiry for next term:
Water
Island
Kaimoana
Question mapping:
Brainstorm: Give a sentence with each of these topics:
Now turn your sentence into questions
Six hats needs to be visual
Our model is Strive (Look on shared tchers inquiry section)
We must be proactive and use this at all times for our students
· S = Stimulate
· T = Take aim
· R = Research
· I = Intention
· V = Visual
· E = Evaluate
As a staff we will adapt a guideline template for our inquiry model
Six hats is our main topic theme.
Wk 1 – 2 Familiarize with 6 hats
Wk 3 – 10 Inquiry
Rumaki to present in Week 8 because of our haerenga.
Our hui closed at 4.55p.m.