Inquiry learning in play spaces

Inquiry learning in play spaces
Career Stage - Proficient
Main Focus area - 3.2
Secondary Focus area - 3.5 & 3.6
School - O’Connor Cooperative School
An early childhood teacher shares how she plans for and implements a structured inquiry program working from students’ interests to achieve curriculum goals. The teacher is highly organized and has clear intentions for children’s learning. She structures and sequences children’s ‘investigations’, maintaining their engagement and scaffolding their learning. She builds in reflection with individuals and the class, enhancing their metacognitive capacity and retention and transfer of what has been learned. She plans for each child’s next stage learning on the basis of observation, conversation and analysis of learning captured in a Learning Story format.
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