“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

--Benjamin Franklin

• student generated real world questions from a thematic framework

• teacher guides and facilitates

• focal shift from covering content to process of learning

• makes students’ thinking/learning visible

• incorporates problem solving/critical thinking

• involves students in assessment and metacognition

• themed units of work

• asking students a lot of questions

• hands- on activities

• about seeking the right answer

• unstructured and chaotic

• must reflect the set learning intentions

• identifies prior knowledge first

• Summative: shows how student’s thinking has evolved

• Formative: check-ups reveal thinking throughout the process

• Self-assessment and co-construction of success criteria

• Kath Murdoch

• Neil Stephenson

• Chip Bruce

• Bianca Hewes

• Heidi Siwak

• Edna Sackson

• PBL for 21st Century Success

• Focus on Inquiry

• Thinking Tools for the Inquiry Classroom

• Inquiry Circles in Action

• Learner Centred Assessment

• http://vsclib-ibl.weebly.com

• See the Library staff