ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference - Lee FitzGerald - Exciting change is happening in Guided Inquiry theory and practice. Following the publication of Guided Inquiry Design: A framework for inquiry in your school, (Kuhltau, et al) in 2012, a clear blueprint for preparation and running of Guided Inquiry units in our schools exists. The 2013, the International Research Symposium, Digital Youth, Inquiry, and the Future of the School Library is taking place in April in New Jersey. With my colleague and Head of History at Loreto Kirribilli, I am presenting at the April symposium, on developments in Guided Inquiry at my school. My presentation at ASLA XXIII will cover changes in the theory and practice of Guided Inquiry at Loreto Kirribilli, as well as reporting on developments from the symposium in New Jersey.

1. GUIDED INQUIRY UPDATE:
THE STARS ARE ALIGNED
L E E F I T Z G E R AL D
L O R E TO K I R R I B I L L I , S Y D N E Y
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2. Now is the hour…
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Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218–224
Guided
Inquiry

3. One TL’s Tale: A Quest for the Holy Grail
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Gurus
Trials
Guides
Colleagues

4. Now is the hour: More reasons!
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House of Representatives’ Inquiry into School
Libraries
ASLA Futures Paper Future Learning and school
libraries, 2013
A profession at the tipping point - Karen Bonanno,
ASLA, 2011
Judy O’Connell, July 2012, Hey Jude. Is school
librarianship in crisis, and should we be talking about
it?
“We need to build a strong digital culture of inquiry at
the heart of each of our schools”. (P16)

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27 Things at TL does
Teacher Librarian
Super Star…

6. 27 Things at TL does
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7. What do TLs
teach?
Adapted by Joyce Valenza
and Gwyneth Jones from AASL
Standards for the 21st Century
Learner.
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http://libraryschool.libquidescms.com

8. Carol Gordon puts it succinctly….
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Extract from:
Dr. Carol Gordon, Rutgers
University,
The School Library: a 21st
Century Classroom.
School Library Leading and
Learning, ASLA/NSW DET,
Armidale, 5 June, 2009

9. Our stars are aligned!
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10. Conference report
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The Center for International Scholarship in School
Libraries (CISSL)
Third International Research Symposium 2013
Digital Youth, Inquiry and the Future School
Library ...Research to Practice
April 26-27, 2013
The Heldrich Hotel
New Brunswick, NJ

11. Why did we go?

12. Prof. Carol Kuhlthau
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Kuhlthau, C, Caspari, A., & Maniotes, L. (2007)Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Kuhlthau, C.C., Maniotes, L.., & Caspari, A.. (2012). Guided inquiry design: A framework for inquiry in your school. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries
Unlimited.
To meet the guru

13. To attend and present at conference
A close up: A
Guided
Inquiry at
Loreto
Kirribilli,
focusing on
Year 11
Ancient
Historical
Investigation

14. BIG Picture: Alinda Sheerman
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The Big
Picture:
The impact of
Guided
Inquiry at
Broughton
Anglican
College

15. To visit some schools…

16. Who did we meet?

17. US TLs are
implementing
inquiry in whole
districts – e.g.
Baltimore, Newport
News.
Evidence based
practice highlighted
by CiSSL.
The stars are
aligned!
What did we learn?

18. Feasting on Carrots and
Inquiry: The Baltimore
County Public Schools
Banquet
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis
VISIT THIS
WEBSITE!
The All Australian Carrot.

19. Teaching Strategies for Research
Icons from Kuhlthau, C.C., Maniotes, L.K., & Caspari, A.K. (2012). Guided inquiry design: A framework for inquiry in your school. Santa Barbara, CA:
Libraries Unlimited.
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Information Search Process

20. What’s new in Guided Inquiry Design?
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Information Search Process simplified
Whole units delivered by inquiry
Inquiry community and Inquiry circles
Ross research on working groups v relevant here
6C’s: Collaboration, Conversation, Composition,
Choosing, Charting, and Continuing
Journals, logs and inquiry charts
Reflection throughout
Culmination conversation

21. Our expansion on Culmination Conversation
Student round
table
conversation at
end of History
Guided
Inquiries.
Can students
apply their
learning?

22. Does it have to be bigger than Ben Hur?
“Contain it, or it will kill
you!” Lyn Hay
Ways to contain it:
Inquiry circles
Less reflection
T and TL share the
load
Main thing: Use the ISP
so that students have
time and choice.

23. And how are we using it at Loreto?
• National Curriculum: Include in design of
new units.
• Align with Thinking Curriculum and
Thinking Tracks etc.
• Team of teachers attended Sybasigns’
Guided Inquiry and the National
Curriculum Day

24. Guided Inquiry units under way
Year 7 Ancient Egypt – back to basics!
English – Fable unit, incorporating Thinking Tracks
Drama – Refugee issues and dramatic composition
Commerce – Australian issues
History – Holocaust – teach whole unit by inquiry.
Notecards/ posters/ stick it notes/ journals/ reflections/
not always technology.
Inquiry circles/ Inquiry community.
Third space.

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26. More techniques/scaffolds of Guided Inquiry
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Lessons for High School Research: Guiding the
Inquiry, by Randell K. Schmidt.
The Question Formulation Technique, presented in
Make Just One Change – Teach Students To Ask
Their Own Questions, by Dan Rothstein and Luz
Santana, Harvard Education Press, 2011.
The Guided Inquiry Community wiki, set up by Alinda
Shearman and myself at
http://guidedinquirycommunity@pbworks.com

27. The All Australian Carrot
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How can
we bring
the two
together?

28. Inquiring
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Inquiring: identifying, exploring and organizing
information and ideas
Pose questions
Identify and clarify information and ideas
Organise and process information.

29. Generating ideas
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Generating ideas, possibilities and actions
Imagine possibilities and connect ideas
Consider alternatives
Seek solutions and put ideas into action

30. Analysing, synthesising, evaluating
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Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning
and procedures
Apply logic and reasoning
Draw conclusions and design a course of action
Evaluate procedures and outcomes

31. Reflecting
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Reflecting on thinking and processes
Think about Thinking (metacognition)
Reflect on processes
Transfer knowledge into new contexts

32. The stars are aligned
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Give us
the tools
And we
will finish
the job!
Winston
Churchill

33. So much Guided Inquiry, so little time…
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Think I
need a
nap….