1. Parent Workshop Inquiry in the PYP
Display of inquiry cycle, flip charts, markers, strips for headline
Inquiry in the PYP

2. The inquiry cycle

3. Provocation
Think back to when you went to school. What was it like? What did you learn? How did you learn?
Write a newspaper headline based on your thoughts about your own experiences at school. Be prepared to share with the group.

4. Tension
What do you think you know about the pedagogy used at an IB-school? Use yellow post-it notes
What would you like to know more about? Use pink post-it notes

5. Tuning In Think – How do you learn best?
Pair - Talk to the person sitting next to you.
Share - Share thoughts with the group.
We have many learners with different backgrounds and language abilitites in our classrooms. How do we reach all learners?

6. Constructivism

7. Inquiry
”Inquiry is the process initiated by the students or the teacher that moves the students from their current level of understanding to a new and deeper level of understanding”

8. Inquiry is….. Exploring, wondering, questioning
Experimenting and playing with possibilities
Making connections between previous and current learning
Collecting data and reporting findings
Clarifying existing ideas
Deepening understanding
Making and testing theories
Researching and seeking information
Solving problems in a variety of ways

9. What does a Pyp classroom look like?
Brainstorm ideas in your groups

10. How do you plan for this kind of teaching and learning?
Collaboration
Pyp planner
Structured around a central idea and lines of inquiry
Learner outcomes for all subjects
Assessments

11. What unit does your child inquire into right now?
How do you know?

12. Units of inquiry Who We Are Where We Are in Time and Place
Sharing the Planet
How We Organize Ourselves
How We Express Ourselves
How the World Works
Boyer, core commonalitites, Sorting activity with units and organizing theme

13. Programme of inquiry

14. An on-going circle
What do we want to learn? Written Curriculum How best will we learn? Taught Curriculum How will we know what we have learned? The Assessed Curriculum

15. What have I learned? Reflection time
What have you learned? Use the green post-it notes

16. Taking Action What will I do with my new learning?
What new questions do you have about the pedagogy at ISSR?