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Further & Deeper

1) Inquiry and the "scientific method":
  1. Parallel with inquiry learning
  2. Poppers sciences

2) Inquiry and understanding:
  1. The essential interplay between the inquiry process and conceptual understanding
  2. Dispel the myth that process is all that matters or that science process can proceed usefully without science background or knowledge.
  3. Going beyond the idea that all teachers need to do is to get comfortable with saying, "I don't know"
  4. Recognize that the quality of teachers' own investigations, and the extent to which these lead to important learnings, all must build on their knowledge base of:
    • inquiry
    • ecology
    • organisms/natural history

3) The challenges of transfer:
  1. Open inquiry might be more appropriate for teachers than for students?
  2. Few teachers actually did open inquiry with their students.

4) When the school site really does limit inquiry:
  1. Vignette about a site enhancement project that fostered inquiry-based teaching.

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