Joe Tong's Slides: Innovation and Inquiry in Human Ecology

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T H E M O S T D A N G E R O U S P H R A S E I N T H E L A N G U A G E I S

“ W E ’ V E A LW AY S D O N E I T T H I S W AY ”

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What is the right answer?3



What is the right answer?

Hook Learning Objective Activity Worksheet Classroom Management Video Clip Field Trip Answer Key Quiz Assessment Comments Work Habits Report Cards

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What is teaching?8

What is teaching?9



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What is learning?11

What is learning?12



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What is an innovative mindset?

What is a great learning environment?differentiated

student-centred fluid

flexible safe

personalized authentic

rubrics

choice opportunities

literacy transparency

passion inquiry-based project-based

play

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o·ver·whelm /ˌōvərˈ(h)welm/verb past tense: overwhelmed; past participle: overwhelmed

• to affect (someone) very strongly • to cause (someone) to have too many things to deal with • to defeat (someone or something) completely

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What is an innovative mindset?16


cyn·i·cal /ˈsinək(ə)l/adjective

• believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest • contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

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What is an innovative mindset?18



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What is inquiry and innovation?

in·no·va·tion /ˌinəˈvāSH(ə)n/noun

• a new idea, device, or method • the act or process of introducing new ideas

devices, or methods

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What is inquiry and innovation?21



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“Focus on Inquiry” Alberta Learning Network

What is inquiry and innovation?23

What is inquiry and innovation in Human Ecology?24

What is inquiry and innovation in Human Ecology?

What makes us who we are?

What does our class look like, sound like

and feel like?

How do we ensure safety and

sanitation in our work space?

How does effective communication affect

our work space?

How does our knowledge of nutrition affect

our food decisions?

How do food preparation techniques

affect healthy eating?

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and feel like?

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and feel like?




our food decisions?




our work space?

Reflection • How did you feel today? • What did you enjoy? • What challenged you? • What would you change about this activity?

• What was the purpose of today’s activity?

• How does today’s activity affect your classroom activities in the future?

• How does today’s activity affect your choices for the future?

• How does the activity relate to the bigger question?

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and feel like?





our work space?


our food decisions?



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What is inquiry and innovation in Human Ecology?30


F O C U S & S C O P E ( C O N T E N T )

Q U E S T I O N S & T H E M E S

T H E O R Y D E M O N S T R AT I O N

L A B

P R O J E C T P L A N N I N G P R O T O T Y P E C R E AT I O N & T E S T I N G

FA I L U R E R E F L E C T I O N

P R E D E T E R M I N E D P R O J E C T S &

L E S S O N S L I N K E D T O L E A R N I N G

O U T C O M E S

S T U D E N T- C R E AT E D C O N N E C T I O N S &

D I S C O V E R Y O F C O N T E N T

A S S E S S M E N T O F C O N T E N T

A S S E S S M E N T F O R L E A R N I N G &

C O N N E C T I O N

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What does planning for inquiry look like?32

How do I support inquiry in the classroom?33

Metacognition Learning how to learn.

Becoming aware of one’s own thinking processes and reflecting on it.


How do I NOT support inquiry in the classroom?

What are my students going to learn? How are they going to learn it? What research do I need to do?

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“…a great education doesn’t come from a teacher who thinks for you. It comes from

a teacher who teaches (and pushes) you to think for yourself.”

- Hunter Maat & Katie O’Brien(Authors of The Straight-A Conspiracy)





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How do I assess inquiry and innovation?39



How do I assess inquiry and innovation?

“…insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different

results”

- Albert Einstein

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How do I assess inquiry and innovation?

What curriculum will be addressed?

Big Ideas

Curricular Competencies

CoreCompetencies

Content

What Essential or Driving Question will frame the learning?

Design Framework for Innovative Teaching and Learner Success

What will count as evidence (success criteria) of understanding? How will this criteria be communicated to or created with students?

What thinking habits, skills or strategies will help students develop understanding? How will you help uncover and support student thinking?

UNDE

RSTA

NDDO

KNO

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What FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT strategies will you use to evaluate student learning and adjust your teaching? Where will students have the opportunity to share their understanding in order to receive feedback, revise and

improve?

How will students demonstrate or perform their understanding? (i.e., performance tasks, exhibitions,

reports, portfolios, presentations, etc)

This document is inspired by research and ideas from a number of others . If you have this copy, it’s in draft mode and we welcome your feedback. Please send any feedback to Neil Stephenson (Delta School District) [email protected]

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Is inquiry and innovation all about technology?46



Is inquiry and innovation all about technology?

Can Change Occur Without Action?

How does autonomy affect our transition to

adulthood?

How do relationships

affect our perspectives?

Are independence and dependence

mutually exclusive?

Does stress do more harm than good?

Is change necessary?

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“To study is not to consume ideas, but to create and re-create them.”

- Paulo Friere


What next?51

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