Spark Inquiry in Your Classroom
Inquiry-based learning is a way to enable students to drive the learning.
It begins with students kickstarting investigations by asking questions and creatively collaborating.
Want to introduce inquiry into your classroom but not sure how?
You can start right away!
Our free professional learning course, Inquiry Orientation—inspired by Kathy Swan’s Making Inquiry Possible documentary series—provides manageable steps, practical advice, and simple checklists to get you incorporating inquiry and the C3 Framework in your lessons and brushing up your inquiry skills. Check out all three parts below.
Kathy Swan is a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Kentucky. She is an expert in the field of social studies education, with a particular focus on inquiry-based learning. Throughout her career, Professor Swan has made significant contributions to the development of innovative and effective approaches to teaching and learning in the social studies C3 Framework, and she has been recognized for her work with numerous awards and honors. In addition to her role as a professor, she also serves as a consultant and speaker, providing guidance and support to educators and school systems across the country.
Part 1: Where Does Inquiry Begin?
Discover the power of student agency and strategies to create a safe classroom culture that encourages discussion and debate.
Part 2: Who Supports Inquiry?
Incorporate inquiry-based learning into your school using a Professional Learning Community (PLC) to create consistency across all social studies.
Part 3: What Makes Inquiry Challenging?
Anticipate the paradigm shift in thinking that comes with when you add inquiry-based learning into your classroom. The road to cultivating an inquiry classroom is rocky but worth the trip.
