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But will it also work in math?

Sarah Sommers describes what happened when she and her teaching partner took a critical inquiry approach with their grade 5 students during a math patterning unit.
Subjects: Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: 4, 5, 6
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Learning for All Module 2: Preparing for responsive and differentiated instruction and assessment

During this facilitated learning opportunity, participants will explore practices that will help prepare for inclusive and differentiated instruction. The session begins with participants reflecting on what personal strengths or factors might influence their ability to learn during this session. Par…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers, Fifth Edition (e-Book)
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Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers, Fifth Edition (e-Book)

For over 30 years, Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers has been a favoured choice for post-secondary instructors and their students, and the “must have” resource on every social studies teacher’s bookshelf.
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Post-secondary
Format: e-Book
Alternate Format: Print
Regular Price: $76.50
Format: e-Book

Creating Thinking Classrooms

Navigate the opportunities and challenges of current reform initiatives by focusing on three important shifts: reorienting to a thinking classroom; attending to enriched goals; and aligning practices with key principles of 21st century learning. Please note: Corwin has published a U.S. version of…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $32.95
Format: Print

Leadership Lessons from Ecosystems

Usha James and Warren Woytuck examine how adopting a critical inquiry stance together with an ecosystem metaphor can support leaders in disrupting deficit-mindedness, siloed thinking, and short-term solutions. Drawing on examples from ecosystem science, Indigenous knowledge, and leadership experienc…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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How do we measure up?

Yvonne Denomy, vice principal and teacher librarian, describes an inquiry into children’s rights with grade three and four students that left her in awe as they were able to determine, locate, analyze, interpret, infer and judge from primary data.
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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