inquiry3

PLC Meeting Location: Sugar land Campus PLC Meeting Time: 3pm Tuesday October 26** **Hour 1**
 * PLC Group Name: No Teacher Left Behind

As an anticipatory set for today’s lesson, please read the article “Getting "Inside Inquiry": Teachers' Questions Transform Their Practice“ []
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Please Explore the website above from Queens University. In specific please look at the toolbar on the left side and be ready to discuss:
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1. Inquiry based learning 2. Problem-based learning: importance of using, and how to incorporate it
3. Community Service Learning: incorporating the full community 4. Integrating Technology: in PLC groups as well as the classroom


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Everyone please make a list of some awesome strategies you have seen, and some that have not gone so well; bring personal experiences. What have you done that has gone well, what do you need to improve upon? What are your goals for this rotation? We will discuss the importance of incorporating routines with our strategies to help our classroom run smoothly. We will discuss our ideas for what we would like to research and implement for our inquiry 3.

As a group, make a list of teaching strategies of your own about which you have a wondering. You probably have things in common! Take turns selecting one to focus on and formulating a “wondering” about that strategy. Help each member to make a plan to initiate, analyze, and write-up this inquiry? What questions does each member have that the group can help sort out about the process?

1. As a group, reflect on what you have learned today about studying your own teaching practice. Why should teachers ask questions about their own teaching? How would your job be different if you approach it with an inquiry stance versus approaching it with no intention to ask questions?
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2. As a group, draft a brief statement (approx 1-2 paragraphs) of what you learned or new understandings you came to during this discussion. What did you agree with/about, and what did you not agree with/about? How do you KNOW you learned and grew?!

3. As a group, please look at the Assignments page for the description and grading rubric for the Inquiry #3 assignment. You will be selecting a teaching practice of your own to study. The format is the same as your other inquiries, and is detailed on the Assignments page for this assignment.

4. Individually, please send your “PLC Check” as an email to Dr. Pierson and Ida (mpierson@uh.edu; idalkm@hotmail.com): --What/Who worked well in today’s PLC meeting? --What/Who didn’t work so well in today’s PLC meeting? This PLC check is due emailed by Friday (10/29) at midnight.