21st Century Strands & Strategies
Chapter: Strands & Strategies: Deep Dive
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Looks Like
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Students working in
collaborative small group
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Flexible groups that change
regularly
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Students accessing resources
other than the teacher
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Teacher as facilitator
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Students using a variety of
technology to facilitate their
learning
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Students sitting in
groups/communities
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Technology stations throughout the room
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Every student engaged
Sounds Like
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Students discussing, debating, and questioning
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Teacher talking with small groups
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Students leading self-directed small group activities
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Students talking to a partner
Student Centered Instruction Strategies
Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry is a dynamic process of being
open to wonder and puzzlement and
coming to know and understand the
world. Inquiry is based on the belief
that understanding is constructed in
the process of people working and
conversing together as they pose and
solve the problems; make discoveries
and rigorously testing the discoveries
that arise in the course of shared
activity.
Inquiry is a study into a worthy
question, issue, problem or idea. It is the authentic, real work that that someone in the
community might tackle. It is the type of work that those working in the disciplines
actually undertake to create or build knowledge. Therefore, inquiry involves serious
engagement and investigation and the active creation and testing of new knowledge
(Wells, G., 2001).
