How do you engage Chicago public middle school students in learning in a way that has the students drive the learning process? How do teachers become both communicators of content and facilitators of a learning process that transforms students into learning explorers and investigators?

Module Objectives:

 

 

• Know the basic components of an inquiry-based instructional process
• Understand the theory behind inquiry-based instruction
• Be aware of teaching to different learning styles and using arts integration strategies to reach students with diverse learning styles
• Understand specific ways to integrate technology into inquiry-based learning units
• Know the rationale for incorporating local action projects and a process for working with students to create local action projects
• See examples of arts integration activities, technology design products, and local action projects
• Be familiar with an inquiry-based On-Line Expeditions curriculum development template and develop your own unit