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What I've discovered - Leaving the labyrinth...

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Curated collection, final reflections & feedback The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. - Mark Van Doren Photo by  Daniel Welsh  on  Unsplash From my searchings and readings - as I got my bearings, found a passage through - I not only learned a few key things about implementing effective inquiry in the MYP (see my Infographic ), I curated a collection of resources and have provided short annotations on how these resources relate to the key findings of my inquiry. I hope they will be of use to other practitioners. Reflections The MYP uses concept-based learning as both a pedagogical model  and  a curriculum planning tool, and so often takes the  form  of inquiry but is not necessarily seem as combined  with  inquiry – it is more that inquiry is inherent, or assumed to be inherent, in the model. This initially posed some challenges to my searching, as the two did not appear together in the literature in the way I had assumed they would. I

Suggested solutions - Potential pathways through...

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Below is my simple representation of 8 tips for what effective inquiry 'looks like' in the Middle Years Program. For further information and more detail on what these each entail, look for key words   in my curated collection . Inquiry is the dynamic process of being open to wonder and puzzlement and coming to know and understand the world. —  What is inquiry?  Galileo Education Network