• Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education: “The Spiral of Inquiry assists network schools in taking an inquiry-oriented, evidence-based approach to learning and teaching — one that focuses on making the education system more equitable through the provision of high quality learning opportunities for all young people.”

The Spiral Playbook: Leading with an inquiring mindset in school systems and schools

 

 

 

• British Columbia Teacher Librarians’ Association “Points of Inquiry”: Inquiry-based learning for Classrooms and School Libraries

• Strategies for incorporating Inquiry-Based learning
• Posters (English and French)
• Collaborative Planning Sheets
• Benchmarks by Grade level:
• K-3 Inquiry-based Reading and Learning Outcomes
• Grade 4-7 Inquiry-based Reading and Learning Outcomes
• Grade 8-12 Inquiry-based Reading and Learning Outcomes

Galileo Educational Network 2015:  Focus on Inquiry

This resource is comprised of six chapters about various aspects of inquiry-based learning. They include:

• Building a Culture of Inquiry
• Discipline-Based Inquiry: Making It Work
• The Importance of Assessment
• Teaching and Learning in a Discipline-Based Inquiry Classroom
• Creating A Scholarly Practice
• Leadership Imperative
• K-12 Classroom Examples of Inquiry-based Studies

University of Toronto, Natural Curiosity Handbook:  (Available in English and French)

“Natural Curiosity is a teacher resource that was launched in 2011. It’s focus is on Environmental Inquiry, and how to bring inquiry-based teaching practices into the classroom. The resource offers elementary school teachers a guide to making both the content and process of learning about the world more engaging and relevant to their students. This is possible when students become personally invested in a collective learning process that is shaped by their very own questions and theories about the world – their natural curiosity – and a process that places them in direct contact and relationship with the natural environment.”

Recommended Professional Development Books: 

• Comprehension & Collaboration by Harvey and Daniels

• Dive Into Inquiry by Trevor MacKenzie

More inquiry resources and examples in Trevor’s blog: Trevor MacKenzie

• Upstanders: How to Engage Middle School Hearts and Minds with Inquiry by Ahmed and Daniels

Elementary Inquiry Example (Arrow Lakes, BC)

Inquiry Resources connected to Literacy (SD 71)

Academic Articles: 

These articles have been recommended by the BCTF to provide guidance for inquiry-based learning with the redesigned curriculum.

Adams, P., and Townsend, D. (2014). From action research to collaborative inquiry: A framework for researchers and practitioners. Education Canada, 54(5), 12–15.

Burden, S., and Gill, D. (2015). Learning together: One school’s success with teacher learning cohorts. Education Canada, 55(1), 8–11.

Donohoo, J. (2013). Why collaborative inquiry?  Collaborative Inquiry for Educators: A Facilitator’s Guide to School Improvement (144 pp.). Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin.

Nelson, T.H., Deuel, A., Slavit, D., and Kennedy, A. (2010). Leading deep conversations in collaborative inquiry groups. The Clearing House, 83(5): 175–179

Schnellert, L., and Butler, D.L. (2014). Collaborative inquiry: Empowering teachers in their professional development. Education Canada, 54(3), 42–44.

Additional Articles:

Murdoch, K. How Do Inquiry Teachers Teach (2014)