1. COMENIUS IN-SERVICE TRAINING
8th-14th July 2012
PRAGUE
Andreea Silter
Teacher of English
Liceul Tehnologic Sf. Antim
Ivireanu, Bucuresti
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2. • Information about the course:
– Location: PRAGUE
– Organising institution: ITC-International
TEFL Certificate
– Date: 8th–14th August 2012
– Course title “Inquiry-based Learning“
– Number of hours: 40
– Participants: 4 from Spain, 1 from Turkey
and 2 from Romania
– Funding: LLP funds – Comenius in-service
training

3. INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING
THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE COURSE
• Introduction to Inquiry-based Learning
• 21st Century Skills
• Creating webquests
• Telecollaborating
• Storypaths

4. What is inquiry-based learning
(IBL)?
Inquiry based-learning = questioning
Five steps in IBL:
1. Questioning
2. Planning and predicting
3. Investigating
4. Recording and reporting
5. Reflecting
For more information about IBL click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLQPXd8BiIA

5. What are 21st century
skills?
• Learning and innovation skills which include
creativity, critical thinking, communication, and
collaboration;
• Information, media and technology skills which
involve using, managing, and evaluating information
from digital technology and communication tools;
• Life and career skills which include flexibility
and adaptability, self-direction, teamwork,
appreciation of diversity, accountability and
leadership.

6. What are webquests?
• A WebQuest is "an
inquiry-oriented activity
in which some or all of
the information that
learners interact with
comes from resources
on the Internet."
(Dodge, 1995).
For more information about webquests, click here:
http://webquest.org/

7. What is
telecollaboration?
• Telecollaboration = online learning using
web-based collaboration tools such as
email, listservs,message boards, real-time
chat, and Web-based conferencing connect
learners to other learners, teachers,
educators, scholars and researchers or to
any individual with access to the Internet
who can enrich the learning process.

8. Storypaths
The Storypath strategy uses the components of
story--scene, character and plot--to organize
curriculum into meaning and memorable learning
experiences.
It is more than reading a story, it is living the
story guided by the teacher through an inquiry
approach as learners create the scene, become
the characters and solve the problems presented
through the plot. (Jessica McKenzie)
For more information about storypaths, click here:
http://wabewa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CreatingStorypathsMcGuire.pdf

9. Photos taken during the
course

10. Exploring Prague together
with my European
counterparts

11. Etapele obţinerii unei finanţări in cadrul programului
sectorial Comenius
Mobilitati individuale de formare continuă
– Accesarea site-ului:
http://www.anpcdefp.ro/programe/
llp/comenius/comenius.html
– Selectarea cursului:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/trai
ningdatabase/search.cfm
– Trimiterea unui mail persoanei de
contact pentru cursul ales pentru a
primi un preaccept de la
organizator.
– Descărcarea si completarea
formularului de candidatură
– Trimiterea dosarului on-line şi prin
poştă, cu confirmare de primire, la
adresa: Agenţia Naţională pentru
Programe Comunitare în Domeniul
Educaţiei şi Formării Profesionale,
Bucureşti, Calea Şerban Vodă nr.
133, etaj 3, sector 4, cod postal
040205