Inquiry Based Learning
Inquiry Based Learning workshop
A professional learning day for VCAL teachers and coordinators
Monday,
November 30, 2009
9.00am – 3.15pm
Milanos @ Brighton Beach, 4 The Esplanade, Brighton Beach
Registration offers early bird and member discounts!
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What is Inquiry-based learning?
‘ learning should be based around student's questions. … students … work together to solve problems rather than receiving direct instructions on what to do from the teacher. The teacher's job in an inquiry learning environment is therefore not to provide knowledge, but instead to help students along the process of discovering knowledge themselves.’ (Wikipedia)
‘Inquiry-based learning is a
student centred or active
learning approach that takes as
its starting point the natural
process of inquiry, building on
this to develop information
processing and problem-solving
skills. The focus is on 'how we
know' rather than 'what we
know', with students actively
involved in the construction of
their own knowledge’. (VCAA
2009)
One of the biggest challenges teachers and schools are facing in implementing and delivering the VCAL is to be able to practically and sensibly integrate real, engaging learning with the students.
How do you:
- develop the students as learning initiators?
- empower the students to demonstrate, in multiple ways, their learning and understanding?
- engage students in topics and learning that really matters to them?
- expand their social and emotional competence?
- develop a worthwhile negotiated curriculum?
- have fun?
- build leadership, self-expression, teamwork, and resilience?
- link with community?
Inquiry Based Learning is about students working together on problems and questions they want to answer. There has been much research done on Inquiry Based Learning and its real value to students and their engagement and learning .... but how do you ACTUALLY integrate it into your school curriculum?
Intuyu Consulting have been successfully working with a large number of schools in Victoria and Queensland on a simple but powerful approach to teacher planning and thinking to assist them in using Inquiry Based Learning (including in VCAL) in an engaging and real way.
Teacher feedback:
'This was a brilliant workshop! It was very informative and hands on.'
' It got me thinking creatively and practically in a unique way.'
'The venue was fabulous.The case studies and video clips were great.'
'I loved working with colleagues and the presentation was clear and practical.'
This workshop will provide:
- Hands on demonstration of inquiry-based project learning
- Training in how to plan and assess curriculum from an inquiry-based mode
- Real-life, practical demonstrations of the learning process in action
- Real-life projects and units created by the teachers will be used
- Inquiry into what student actions are consistent with leadership, resilience, self-expression, etc as a precursor to measuring the results of this approach to teaching and learning.
Presenter: Dr Adrian Bertolini has been training individuals, businesses and schools around Australia in inquiry-based learning for the past 11 years. He redeveloped the ruMAD? (aRe yoU Making A Difference) program for the Education Foundation and took it from a small Victorian program to being delivered nationally. Recently he has been working with a number of community organisations (CFA, Red Cross, Brotherhood of St Laurence, etc) and schools in Victoria and Queensland to develop student-oriented learning approaches and materials to enable community groups and schools to link more effectively. His original background is as a Mechanical Engineer with experience in Australia and the United States.
Registration
Prices are GST inclusive
Book by emailing Adrian at intuyuc@gmail.com or call on 0413 036 382
Early bird registration:
VALA members: $145
Non-members: $165
Early Bird Registrations by Friday November 9th
Standard registration:
VALA members: $165
Non-members: $200
Payments need to be finalised by Friday 21st November.
This is a joint VALA and Intuyu Consulting initiative.