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To be eligible, districts
and projects must be:
1) seriously engaged in elementary science
education reform
2) providing district-wide professional
development to support the implementation
of an inquiry-based elementary science
program, and/or
3) currently working to strengthen their
existing professional development program.
Who
Should Attend the Institute for Inquiry?
The Institute for Inquiry serves as a
gathering place to integrate the experiences
and insights of the nation's inquiry leaders.
Participants expand their ability to serve
as professional development leaders, and
have the opportunity to enhance their
understanding of inquiry and their skills
as inquirers. The Institute serves educators
who play key roles in their district or
project's elementary science reform efforts.
Programs are tailored to meet the needs
of educators in a wide range of leadership
positions. In general, however, participants
should be involved in the following aspects
of science reform:
- Moving classroom
instruction from structured, hands-on
work with teacher-prescribed questions
to more open-ended, inquiry approaches
that allow students to raise and investigate
their own questions
- Exploring new
methods and tools that facilitate inquiry-based
learning
- Developing a
network of educators who understand
inquiry-based instruction and can foster
that understanding in others
- Sharing ideas
and interacting professionally with
a national network of inquiry-based
educators
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