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Questions About Questions: How Inquiry Changed My First Week of Classes

Questions About Questions: How Inquiry Changed My First Week of Classes

The first week of classes has flown by in its usual whirlwind – meeting new students, seeing colleagues after some time, and lining up logistics. While my google calendar slowly turns into a block of dark crimson as it becomes encroached by various committee responsibilities amidst class timings and office hours, this crimson tide is offset by the inherent potential of beginning a class once again from the top. This do-over intentionally brings the knowledge of previous experiential iterations forward…

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It’s a big open sky: the potential of struggle as a core value in shaping inquiry-based learning

It’s a big open sky: the potential of struggle as a core value in shaping inquiry-based learning

Whenever I am in Iowa visiting family, one of the most striking features is the big sky full of clouds hovering over fields upon fields of corn and beans. The horizon is so vast, your eyes have to scan panorama-style to take in the whole skyline, instead of being able to take it all in with your head not moving. In those big billowy, leisurely clouds I begin to see shapes that previously were not present but emerge in the…

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