1. 1. Building from the Known 2. Taking the Time to Find
Browsing,talking, listening Questions for Inquiry
Wondering & Wandering
7. Taking Thoughtful Observing & Exploring
New Action
Invitation for action
3. Gaining New Perspectives
THE INQUIRY
6. Planning New Inquiries
CYCLE Inquiry groups
Group Reflection Kathy Short In depth researching
Reflection Portfolios
Tools for Inquiry
5. Sharing What Was 4. Attending to Difference
Learned Revision on inquiry
Inquiry presentations Learning logs

2. Kath Murdoch

3. Inquiry Cycle

4. A Hybrid Inquiry Cycle
Invite and create wonder and
interest. Build on
past experiences
Take thoughtful action, Develop directions,
plan new inquiries, focus, scope, refine,
reflect and evaluate and explore
Draw conclusions, Find out, gain new
generalize, share perspectives, refocus
learning
Attend to differences,
sort out, look closely
Drawn from the works of Short, Murdoch, Action Learning and Whitin and Whitin

5. Authoring
Cycle
Kathy Short

6. The Different Forms of Inquiry
Teacher control
Moves between high and low
depending upon the experience
and the situation

7. The Different Forms of Inquiry
Student initiative
Moves between high and low depending upon the
experience and the situation

8. The Different Forms of Inquiry
High teacher control
Low High
student student
initiative initiative
Low teacher control

9. The Different Forms of Inquiry
High teacher control
Low High
student student
initiative initiative
Laissez
faire
Low teacher control

10. The Different Forms of Inquiry
High teacher control
Structured
learning
Low High
student student
initiative initiative
Laissez
faire
Low teacher control

11. The Different Forms of Inquiry
High teacher control
Structured Guided
learning inquiry
Low High
student student
initiative initiative
Laissez
faire
Low teacher control

12. The Different Forms of Inquiry
High teacher control
Structured Guided
learning inquiry
Low High
student student
initiative initiative
Laissez Open
faire inquiry
Low teacher control