This document provides a guide for teachers to use collaborative inquiry to create a successful outdoor education program. It outlines the four steps of collaborative inquiry: 1) framing the problem and developing a question and action plan, 2) collecting evidence to understand the inquiry question, 3) analyzing the evidence to identify patterns and form conclusions, and 4) sharing and celebrating learning insights with colleagues. Examples of questions are provided for each step to guide outdoor education planning using collaborative inquiry. Reflection is identified as key throughout the collaborative inquiry process.
This document provides a guide for teachers to use collaborative inquiry to create a successful outdoor education program. It outlines the four steps of collaborative inquiry: 1) framing the problem and developing a question and action plan, 2) collecting evidence to understand the inquiry question, 3) analyzing the evidence to identify patterns and form conclusions, and 4) sharing and celebrating learning insights with colleagues. Examples of questions are provided for each step to guide outdoor education planning using collaborative inquiry. Reflection is identified as key throughout the collaborative inquiry process.
This document provides a guide for teachers to use collaborative inquiry to create a successful outdoor education program. It outlines the four steps of collaborative inquiry: 1) framing the problem and developing a question and action plan, 2) collecting evidence to understand the inquiry question, 3) analyzing the evidence to identify patterns and form conclusions, and 4) sharing and celebrating learning insights with colleagues. Examples of questions are provided for each step to guide outdoor education planning using collaborative inquiry. Reflection is identified as key throughout the collaborative inquiry process.
Successful Outdoor Education Program Both collaborative inquiry and outdoor education enhance student learning, but can often be daunting for teachers. Our hope is that this guide will provide an outline to take that leap of faith and to get you started! Using the four steps outlined in Learning Forward
Ontario's Collaborative Inquiry: A Facilitator's Guide, we put
together some guiding questions to give you an idea of what
collaborative inquiry could look like in the world of outdoor education planning.
1. FRAMING THE 2. COLLECTING
PROBLEM EVIDENCE Frame the problem, develop a Consider: question and make an action plan. What kind of data will we collect and Consider: where will we collect it from? What aspect of the outdoor education How will this measure help understand program do we want to target? our inquiry question? Examples: Examples: How can we engage more students? WHAT? WHO? How can we tie in more curriculum? Student work Students How can we utilize the school's outdoor Interviews Teachers space to create a stimulating experience? Observations Parents What are ways to get at ETC. Administration the chosen question? CREATE AN ACTION PLAN!
3. ANALYZING 4. SHARING &
EVIDENCE CELEBRATING Make meaning, identify patterns and Celebrate learning and share insights form conclusions. with colleagues. Consider: Consider: What does the data tell us about our What are implications for student problem? learning and teaching? What assumptions do we make about How can we apply what we learned? students and learning? How can we What are next steps? deal with this? Example: Examples: To continue our work Some trends I notice... we should consider how REFLECTION IS I can count... to better accommodate KEY AND SHOULD our program TAKE PLACE for... THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS!
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