Presentation - a revision of the application of Guided Inquiry and the growth of its use in the Junior School. This was supported by evaluative verbal testimonials from four of the staff whose work is shown, documentation of scaffolds to use and a program proforma.

1. GI in action at BAC
BAC Junior School Guided Inquiry Workshop
13 March, 2014

2. Revision
What is Guided Inquiry?
“Guided Inquiry is carefully planned, closely
supervised targeted interventions of an
instructional team of school librarians and teachers
to guide students through curriculum based inquiry
units that build deep knowledge and deep
understanding of a curriculum topic, and gradually
lead towards independent learning."
“It is grounded in a constructivist approach to
learning, based on the Information Search Process
developed by Professor Emerita Dr Carol
Kuhlthau's extensive research over a twenty year
period.”
http://cissl.rutgers.edu/guided_inquiry.html

3. Carol Kuhlthau’s ISP

4. Third Space Learning

6. 2013 – GI Adventurers
O Jodie and
Collette
O Kate
O Melissa
O Cheryl

7. Today’s ‘Show & Tell’
O Cheryl – Year 5, 2011 and every year to
2014
O Kate – 2011: Wet & Dry Environments,
History through Narrative (2012, 2014)
O Melissa – Year 1 (2013)
O Jodie and Collette - 2013 & 2014

8. Cheryl 2011 - 2014

9. Open

13. Debate as final evidence of learning

14. 2012: Gold

15. 2014 - Minibeasts

16. Melissa - IP 2013
The Senses
Scaffolds: Individual
reading & writing too hard
for most
Changed the activity…
*Practical experiences *activity sheets
*groups

17. Learning through activity
stations
Tasting

18. Seeing

19. Listening

20. Touching

21. Smelling

22. Gathering/Sharing

23. Kate
O 2012 - GI & Inquiry learning – Year 2
O 2013 - History through Narrative: GI
withdrawal with ‘gifted’ students – Year 5
O 2014 - History through narrative – whole
class – Year 6

24. 2B 2012

27. Prep - Year 2
O Open - Instill curiosity
in the topic…books,
videos
O Mind map prior
knowledge together
O Develop research
questions together…
make them visible
O Immerse, Explore,
Identify with
O tactile or visual
experiences
O discussions
O shared books
O Websites
(preselected)
O videos

28. Prep - Year 2
O Gather information
and data in groups
or together – keep it
visible
O Create together or
individually – keep it
simple and visible
O Paintings / labeled
drawings
O Charts of class data
collected from
activity sheets and
displayed
O Personal recounts of
experiences of each
‘sense’ in the home
or community

29. Prep - Year 2
O Share –Discuss and
display work
O Evaluate - Discuss
‘the best part’, ‘what
I did not know
before’ etc
O Oral questions – tally
answers
O What could we have
done differently?
(Creative ideas!)
O What did you learn that
you didn’t know
before? (Teacher
makes a mind map to
compare with prior
knowledge mind map)

30. 3 T & 3 V – 2013
The Human Body
O OPEN – Video Magic School Bus / Books

31. Immerse

34. Explore

37. Identify/Gather

39. Create

42. Science Experiments

48. Share

51. 3T

52. 3V

53. 2014 Junior School GI
TL Supported Units
So far…
O Year 4: Mrs Gajda & Miss Taylor – Term 1
O Year 6: Mrs Bradley & Mrs Willis – Term 2
O Year 3: Mrs Torrington & Miss Winkler – Term
2

54. NSW Australian Curriculum
O All subjects have many elements of ‘inquiry’
embedded in them
O 2015 –Science & Technology will be
implemented at BAC

55. Science Inquiry Skills
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/science/content-structure
Science inquiry involves identifying and
posing questions; planning, conducting
and reflecting on investigations;
processing, analysing and interpreting
evidence; and communicating findings.
This strand is concerned with evaluating
claims, investigating ideas, solving
problems, drawing valid conclusions and
developing evidence-based arguments.

56. GI programs of work
O See template in handout –
discuss possibilities
O Later this year a programming
workshop is planned for Science
2015… will one unit be a GI unit?