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Friday Feature: Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions

Submitted by sgough on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 9:56pm
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By Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, Harvard Education Letter
 
When students know how to ask their own questions, they take greater ownership of their learning, deepen comprehension, and make new connections and discoveries on their own. However, this skill is rarely, if ever, deliberately taught to students from kindergarten through high school. Typically, questions are seen as the province of teachers, who spend years figuring out how to craft questions and fine-tune them to stimulate students’ curiosity or engage them more effectively. We have found that teaching students to ask their own questions can accomplish these same goals while teaching a critical lifelong skill.
 

Friday Feature: What is ‘inquiry-based learning’?

Submitted by sgough on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 3:11pm
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Thinking in Mind blog post by  Neil Stephenson

 I’m currently working on a ‘field guide to inquiry’. My goal is to create a document (that is somewhat concise and practical) that can assist teachers as they begin to adopt an inquiry-based teaching perspective into their classrooms. I just wrapped up the intro. I’d love thoughts and feedback…  

 

  Read the full post here: http://www.thinkinginmind.com/2011/08/what-is-inquiry-based-learning/

 

Friday Feature: NMC Connect / Live with Lynda Series: Will Richardson

Submitted by sgough on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 11:31am
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Webcast: A conversation with Will Richardson, author of Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education
 
Lynda Weinman, co-founder of lynda.com, guides this interactive conversation exploring Will’s perspective on how the power of global connections can enhance personal learning for educators and students. The discussion covers three areas:  Why now is the right time for change,  How to utilize connections in our own personal learning, A roadmap for schools to transform learning.
 
See the webcast homepage for more details: http://www.nmc.org/connect/2011/July/29
 
View the archived webcast here: http://nmc.adobeconnect.com/p3i89qzhunq/
 

   

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