Engaging in Collaborative Inquiry
Collaborative inquiry amongst professionals is seen as effective in improving student learning, as it “facilitate[s] classroom teachers in a reexamination of their beliefs that can lead to changes in instructional…
Category: Reflecting
Collaborative Inquiry Concept Map
So this week we’ve been looking at collaborative inquiry as a way to solve issues around teaching and learning. This is a process I feel pretty comfortable with thanks to…
My Schema Popped (Teachers as Researchers)
A few nights ago I was reading to my son, Aidan. Part way through the chapter we had the following conversation: Aidan: My schema popped!! Me (hoping that my understanding…
#5: Making the PYP Happen (Burgos, Spain)
I’d been working at my school in Potsdam, Germany for a few months when they sent me on my first PYP workshop in 2000. I remember sitting through the first…
#4: Safety Unit (Bangkok, Thailand)
When I was pregnant, I had frequent nightmares about my babies drowning. And when they were actually born, I was a water nazi! My boys were in swimming lessons at…
#3: Reggio Emilia Study Tour (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
I will confess that I was a little disappointed with the first couple days of the study tour I took to see the pre-schools and infant-toddler centers in Reggio Emilia.…
#1: PYP Exhibition (Ottawa, Canada)
One of my most profound schema pops occurred when I was preparing the reflection questions for my Grade 5 students, who had just finished presenting their Exhibition. I was working…
Bad Parents
One of the challenges of living overseas is that sometimes your kids miss out on “normal” childhood experiences – and by normal, I mean normal to your culture. Learning to…
