Essentials Magazine Essentials Fall 2018 | Page 26

Creating the

SCHOOLS

We Need

Education innovators Chris Lehmann and Diana Laufenberg share their vision for creating learning institutions where all members of the community — students , teachers , and administrators alike — see themselves as active learners .

An Interview With EDspaces 2018 Keynote
Speakers : CHRIS LEHMANN and DIANA LAUFENBERG
What is “ inquiry-based learning ” and how does it differ from traditional teaching and learning ?
Inquiry-Based Learning ( IBL ) is predicated on the idea that learning starts with curiosity and uses that curiosity to intentionally build experiences honoring student ideas , questions and wonderings . The teacher creates space for student ideas , questions and wonderings to grow utilizing a wide range of curricular materials ( video , graphs , maps , images , etc .). Students do the heavy lifting of learning ; requiring development of questioning and investigating skills . When a school values inquiry , students become arbiters of their own learning experience .
IBL differs from a traditional approach in several key ways . Valuing inquiry requires for a more
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