My second factor that I have been involved in for the past 4-5 weeks is learning how to run a student lead inquiry. I had no idea where to start with this discussion looking back I have made mistakes that I would change next time such having a strong marking criteria, a timeline with expectations linked to each milestone and allowing the students longer period for the doing and action phase so as to get stronger results on this.
I have found both pros and cons with doing this learning style
1. Its tricky to learn to let go the reins of the class, many times I felt redundant as the students worked independently on their chosen topics.
2. Trying to target the knowledge or information part of the inquiry so that it excites the students into engagement
3. I needed to set more dates of accomplishment so that students didn't get behind.
Things I loved some students really took to this a ran with coming up with some great ideas such as
- applying to get free fruit in canteen
- fitness programs with junior school
- healthy items in the canteen
- creating veggie garden
18/9/17
I am really embarrassed that i have not actually posted on here for such a long time. Reflection back on the Inquiry that i tried doing in Year 10 was a bit of a disaster. The students had some great ideas but unfortunately the follow through was a bit rubbish, therefore we didn't get much completed.
I would like to try and do this again next year and now that i have an idea of how to run it i will feel more confident about how to structure it and make it more achievable for the students to obtain.
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