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Innovation and inquiryCoordinators of Inquiry - Oct 29, 2013
why innovation?
Cocktail Party
1. Meet someone
2. Describe what innovation means to
you
3. Share an example of innovative
teaching or learning you’ve heard of.
4. Summarize the quote you’ve been
given.
5. Repeat
Innovation is the application of better
solutions that meet new requirements,
inarticulate needs, or existing market
needs.
Innovation differs from improvement in that
innovation refers to the notion of doing
something different rather than doing the
same thing better.
“Curious individuals are unafraid to dream new dreams.
Curious leaders believe that there is always more to learn by inquiring into what makes
the most difference for their learners. “
“Inquiry demands that educators actively scan their environments,
generate questions, try new approaches, observe and collect
evidence, synthesize information from a variety of sources, draw conclusions
and generate new questions. “
“We believe that the issues of quality and equity that confront us as BC
educators demand our attention and require action. Simply maintaining the
status quo is not acceptable; nor is uninformed innovation appropriate. We
need to build on the strengths of the past and use the knowledge of the
present as we design for the future.”
why innovate?
Dylan Williams Video
changes in delivery
• anytime, anywhere access to information
• online learning, blended learning, hybrid learning
• MOOC (massive open online courses)
big data and analytics
diy - maker movement
design, model, rapid prototype, improve
outside the classroom
“We believe that the issues of quality and equity that confront us as BC
educators demand our attention and require action. Simply maintaining the
status quo is not acceptable; nor is uninformed innovation
appropriate. We need to build on the strengths of the past and use the
knowledge of the present as we design for the future.”
spirals of inquiry - 3 ways
wise ways
strong ways
new ways
innovation and inquirynew solutions
emerging technologiescreative playpossibilities
changing structuresnew images of teaching and
learning
what’s going on for our learners?
critical thinkingwhat’s working?
how do we know?what’s our evidence?
Enduring Practices
Emerging Practices
Let go of ineffective structures
and practices
Principles for the learning
environment1. The learning environment recognizes learners as its core participants, encourages their active engagement and develops in them an understanding of their own activity as learners.
2. The learning environment is founded on the social nature of learning and actively encourages well-organized co-operative learning.
3. The learning professionals within the learning environment are highly attuned to the learners’ motivations and the key role of emotions in achievement.
4. The learning environment is acutely sensitive to the individual differences among the learners within it, including their prior knowledge.
5. The learning environment devises programs that demand hard work and challenge from all without excessive overload.
6. The learning environment operates with clear expectations, uses assessment strategies consistent with these expectations and strongly emphasizes formative feedback to support learning.
7. The learning environment strongly promotes “horizontal connectedness” across areas of knowledge and subjects as well as to the community and the wider world.
• coordinators of inquiry
• innovation grants
