Thinking for ourselves: Literacy learning in a diverse
teacher inquiry network.
Not exact matches
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12 This site offers a series of
inquiry - based mathematics activities that were created by
teachers through staff development workshops delivered by the Galileo Educational
Network Association (GENA) in conjunction with Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
For 12 years, eMINTS, which stands for Enhancing Missouri's Instructional
Networked Teaching Strategies, has been educating
teachers and other learning professionals about how to use technology to enhance
inquiry - based learning in K - 12 classrooms.
In Chile, the
networks may depend on head
teachers and administrators talking together across schools, but in Scotland they may rely on
teachers joining together in
inquiry groups.
The Center for School Redesign has provided two coaches for each
network school: a former principal with experience in personalizing student learning and a former
teacher who has a background in
inquiry - based lessons and performance assessments.
Our paper describes one such framework designed by a practitioner
inquiry network called the
Teachers» Learning Collaborative (TLC).
Within this group — which
networks three
teacher study groups across southeast Michigan — we explored
teachers» learning through conversation and collaborative
inquiry, the influence of these experiences on
teachers» design of literacy curriculum and assessment, and how the curriculum supported their students» learning about literacy and culture.