Tag: Time And A Place

Dec 06

Inquiry for Teachers

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
December 6, 2010

At a teacher leader workshop we learned some valuable lessons about how to get the most out of our Professional Learning Community (PLC) work. One thing I noticed is that the type of deep thinking that is needed for PLC’s to do their job well is the type of discourse I see often from my …

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Nov 29

Can Inquiry Be Structured?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News, Ed News
November 29, 2010

Short answer, yes. There is a time and a place for everything. And even with inquiry there is a time and place for structure. I think learning a structure like the one in this blog is great for elementary teachers who teach Science. Is this the only way? No. Should you do this all the …