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Confessions of a PYP Teacher
This podcast is for any teacher who is seeking for ways to enrich the learning in their classroom without breaking the bank. We will explore the simple steps on how to turn the traditional learning experience into one founded on practices of the PYP in 10 to 20 minute episodes. The PYP is part of the International Baccalaureate program, which focuses on developing the whole child by allowing students to create their own meaning from learning. If you’re not a PYP teacher, don’t worry. We’ll be sharing ideas that can be applied to your learning setting, because good practice can be used anywhere. https://thinkchat2020.weebly.com/podcast
Confessions of a PYP Teacher
C3 (Challenge): Inquiry Takes Careful Planning
Now that we have engaged with inquiry thinking through engaging, challenging, relevant, and signficant, it helps us to think about planning on a deeper level. We will create our unit plan thinking through these questions:
- How will students create goals based on success criteria?
- How is the classroom arranged to invite inquiry? Who is making these decisions?
- What materials are being used? Is there a balance across all the content areas?
- What questions are being posed? Is there a balance between open and closed questions?
- What strategies are being modeled, so students can become more independent?
- How are student inquiries celebrated?
- How will students self and peer assess their understanding of the big ideas?
Once you've planned with these questions in mind, you will have a more inquiry-driven learning happening in your classroom. Students will be contributors to the learning experience, because the setting has been prepared for their ideas and explorations.
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