The move toward teaching through inquiry is evident in curriculum documents across the continent. In this book, you’ll find a clear approach for incorporating inquiry into your classroom.

Based on current research and solid classroom experience, authors Tina Jagdeo and Lara Jensen examine what inquiry is, then break it down into manageable steps that can be used with any K–12 age group. They explore and explain each step, providing real-life classroom examples.

The Bold School model

• provides a four-step inquiry process as a manageable way to deepen understanding and solve a problem or issue.
• focuses on the importance of critical, creative and compassionate thinking skills in today’s world.
• uses provocations to kickstart inquiry and encourage students to wonder.
• builds a toolkit of strategies for research.
• encourages divergent thinking to brainstorm ways students can make a difference in local and global contexts.
• explores a variety of ways to take action.
• shows administrators how to support teachers to teach through inquiry.

Tina Jagdeo and Lara Jensen teach at Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario. In Tina’s role in the Wernham West Centre for Learning, she teaches students to develop a toolkit of learning skills and works with teachers to create inclusive learning environments. Believing that students should not pass school and fail life, she also spends time working on character education initiatives. Lara has been a classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator and librarian at schools in Switzerland, Germany and Canada. Currently, she works with teachers and students to use technology as a tool to facilitate thinking. They both enjoy leading school-based workshops on best practices in many areas of teaching and learning. Lara and Tina find inspiration from their students, colleagues and a good cup of coffee!

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Lara Jensen, BEd, BA, BPHE, has been a classroom teacher, specialist teacher, ICT integrator, curriculum coordinator, and librarian for the past 18 years at K–8 schools in Canada, Germany, and Switzerland. She holds a certificate in Outdoor and Experiential Education and has worked to incorporate inquiry-based teaching and learning into every classroom. Lara has conducted teacher’s workshops on such topics as mathematics, literacy, international-mindedness, and inquiry.

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