Category Archives: Class Forum

This is where we can ask each other questions about the class and/or assignments.

What is a “Good” Inquiry Question?

A few additional ideas to consider as we begin to create our inquiry questions….

“Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.” -E.S. Wilson

Here are a few things that we have heard from people teaching Inquiry at McMaster:

What is a good Inquiry question?
(Dale Roy, Erika Kustra, Paola Borin, 2003)

https://cll.mcmaster.ca/resources/misc/good_inquiry_question.html

Living Inquiry Itinerary and TC’s sign up duties

living-inquiry-itinerary-2016

Living Inquiry TC’s Duties

Thank you.

 

Please post class discussion ideas and conversations in this section…

Useful website!

For those of you not in our Home Ec class on Tuesday nights, this is a wicked fun website that can be useful for teaching!

http://www.classtools.net/

Check it out!

How to start a e-portfolio/blog on wordpress

The ‘how to’ set up a e-portfolio/blog video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7UuCqsRoag&feature=youtu.be

Also, here’s a link to the ‘eP testing/tutorial blog’ that is set up to offer assistance to teacher candidates on setting up and trouble shooting your e-portfolios/blog. https://blogs.ubc.ca/testingportfolio/

 

Week 5: Entrance slip

  1. Entrance slip –  reading group
  2. Artifact bag reflection -Complete (a working”documenting of) the following (in professional format): (1 page max)
    1. A biography
    2. Your philosophy of education (include your subject area as well!!)
    3. Something that you are interested in exploring in education. It could be in the form of a question and then a response of why it is significant to you.
  3. 3. Top 10 List of questions or topic areas

As always, let me know if you need further assistance.  Best reagards

Inquiry Tweet

Teacher Inquiry is to ask big questions and to explore possible answers to make your own #UBCBEd2016 @smcginley11 @UBCTeacherEd