BDS+Staff+Meeting+12+May+09

=**BDS Staff Meeting 12 May 2009 **= =**Questioning Part 2 **=

Outline
__Revision (5 minutes)__
 * Readings
 * Book list
 * Classroom activities

__Think-Pair-Share (20 minutes)__
 * Take a few minutes to think back on what questioning strategies you have used in class since the first questioning session in March.
 * Share with a partner.
 * Move into larger groups and summarise the keypoints - successes, failures, implications etc.
 * Groups report back, record information.

__Movie Clip (10 minutes)__
 * [|Trevor Bond]
 * Discussion

__Essential/Big/Fertile Questions__ (20 minutes)
 * Brainstorm - What is a fertile questions? Traits? Purpose?
 * Handout - traits of a fertile question. Implications for current inquiries?
 * Question Matrix

__What next? (5 minutes)__
 * Keep integrating questioning activities from previous session and try something new.
 * Identify where your students are in Trevor Bond's Questioning Rubric. Aim for levels 3-7 over time.
 * Incorporate use of the Question Matrix where possible.

“Inquiry is not so much seeking the right answer -- because often there is none - but rather seeking appropriate resolutions to questions and issues.” ** [|www.thirteen.org/] ** "Inquiry should be motivated by questions whose purpose, meaning or relation to the real world are apparent to the child." ** Karen Sheingold
 *  __Quotes__


 * "** **An essential question that arises from imaginative engagement is an important way to bring teacher, student and subject matter together in ways that enrich all three." **[| www.galileo.org/tips/]

__Further Reading/Information__
 * eastnet Cluster Wiki
 * [|Trevor Bond - Questions]
 * Questioning Skills Wiki
 * [|Questioning.org]
 * [|Jamie McKenzie - Questioning Toolkit]
 * [|Inquiring Mind]
 * [|The Question Mark (Jamie McKenzie)]