Bold School

An Inquiry Model to Transform Teaching

by Tina Jagdeo & Lara Jensen

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Pub Date May 19 2016 | Archive Date Aug 31 2016

Portage & Main Press | HighWater Press

Professional & Technical

Description

The move toward teaching through inquiry is evident in curriculum documents across the continent. In this book, you’ll find a clear approach for incorporating inquiry into your classroom.

Based on current research and solid classroom experience, authors Tina Jagdeo and Lara Jensen examine what inquiry is, then break it down into manageable steps that can be used with any K–12 age group. They explore and explain each step, providing real-life classroom examples.

The Bold School model

-provides a four-step inquiry process as a manageable way to deepen understanding and solve a problem or issue.

-focuses on the importance of critical, creative and compassionate thinking skills in today’s world.

-uses provocations to kickstart inquiry and encourage students to wonder.

-builds a toolkit of strategies for research.encourages divergent thinking to brainstorm ways students can make a difference in local and global contexts.

-explores a variety of ways to take action.

-shows administrators how to support teachers to teach through inquiry.

The move toward teaching through inquiry is evident in curriculum documents across the continent. In this book, you’ll find a clear approach for incorporating inquiry into your classroom.

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A Note From the Publisher

TINA JAGDEO and LARA JENSEN teach at Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario. In Tina’s role in the Wernham West Centre for Learning, she teaches students to develop a toolkit of learning skills and works with teachers to create inclusive learning environments. She also spends time working on character education initiatives. Lara has been a classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator, and librarian at schools in Switzerland, Germany, and Canada. Currently, she works with teachers and students encouraging them to use technology as a tool to facilitate thinking. They both enjoy leading school-based workshops on best practices in many areas of teaching and learning. Lara and Tina find inspiration from their students, colleagues, and a good cup of coffee!

Available Editions

EDITION	Paperback
ISBN	9781553796725
PRICE	$25.00 (USD)

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Featured Reviews

James D, Educator

Bold School provides a remarkable insight into carrying out inquiry-based learning (IBL) at all levels--classroom, grade-level, or school wide. There has been a lot of literature on the benefits of IBL, but it's good to see here more concrete steps to getting it to work for kids.

Jagdeo and Jenkins lay the groundwork for Bold School by citing recent research on brain development and grit. More than ever before, we know that kids learn by doing, by trying, and by making mistakes. I've been teaching for 17 years, and it seems like my learning every year reinforces the precept, "talk less, ask more.'

What I especially liked about the book was the emphasis on letting students use learning from in-classroom IBL projects in activities outside the classroom that can be shared with families and communities. This shows just how thorough Jagdeo and Jenkins's approach is in this book.

Most of the examples in the book are from elementary-level classrooms. As a high school teacher, I think I can still adapt much of what I have learned here. I have worked for two years developing course-long IBL projects in my classes, and this book will be a big help going into my third year.