The link in the chain.
Some of you may remember my previous blog post about the web of inquiry that I wrote almost a year ago now. http://jonoteachesandlearns.blogspot.co.nz/2013/12/a-fresh-look-into-web-of-inquiry.html This is a follow up to that post. We have been using the structure of the web of inquiry in our classroom for the last 8 months and it has been working incredibly well. Learners have become settled and into the routine of the process and it seems to flow quite naturally for them. We have found though that something was missing, something quite crucial to engagement, and crucial to the learners having purpose in what they are doing. This is the story of how we implement the web of inquiry into our classroom, and a proposed 5th step added in. Experiment: As this is the first step, learners are exposed to different aspects of a topic. We found this imperative, especially for our students as they have a limited view on aspects of their world. Say for example our topic is Northl