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| Inquiry as an approach to teaching and learning has long been regarded as a powerful means not only to engage students, but as an approach that builds the critical skills and dispositions for learning alongside a commitment to developing deep understanding across the curriculum. Inquiry is more than a way to plan and teach a ‘unit’. It is a stance taken by teachers and learners and a ‘way of being ‘ in the classroom that is truly transformative. Skilled inquiry teachers know how to nurture and strengthen learner agency. This approach to teaching ignites a zest for learning driven by curiosity and collaboration as students explore questions of significance. This two day, highly practical workshop is designed explores both the pedagogy of inquiry (how we teach) and the ways in which we can design learning experiences that support and challenge learners as inquirers. The emphasis in this workshop is on the role of the teacher in the context of inquiry – as artful facilitator and responsive learning designer. |
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To challenge them to think more deeply and apply skills and understandings to new contexts. Many of us like the idea of an inquiry approach but feel less confident with how to use it effectively in the classroom. This workshop is designed to help build educators prebuild a practical repertoire of strategies and approaches to lesson and unit design to foster inquiry. Throughout the day, we will explore the following questions:
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Day 1: a focus on pedagogy
Day 2: a focus on design
*Note: for those teachers who have previously attended Kath’s ‘Teaching and Learning through Inquiry’ weekend workshop, this workshop includes some of the same content BUT Kath has built on and refined many of the components to reflect new thinking and recent experience in partner schools. |
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| KATH MURDOCH | |||||||||
| Kath Murdoch’s name is synonymous with Inquiry Learning – a field in which she has taught, researched and written about throughout a career that spans almost forty years. Kath is an experienced classroom primary teacher, university lecturer and consultant working with schools all over the world. An engaging and passionate speaker, Kath is highly sought after to lead workshops or present at conferences- but she is most at home in the classroom, working with young people. This desire to spend time teaching in classrooms is a signature feature of her consultancy and means she continues to bring recent, real experience to her work with teachers. Kath is based in Melbourne, Australia and is the author of numerous books for teachers and children including ‘The Power of Inquiry’, Getting Personal with Inquiry’ and her latest: ‘From Agency to Zest, a journey through the landscape of inquiry.’ |
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| Venue: Anglo American School of Sofia Address: Панчарево, ul. "Siianie" 1, 1137 Sofia, Bulgaria Phone: +359 2 923 8810 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Registration at 8:00 am on the 16th of March 2024 |
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