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Here at the Exploratorium Teacher Institute (TI), we’ve seen classroom video be a valuable tool for teachers to reflect on their practice. We think the same could be useful for teacher professional learning providers.
This website highlights core elements of our program design and uses video to provide the experience of taking four different TI workshops. We hope our philosophy of learning by doing, and our practice of providing long-term support for our community, will help you in your own work with teachers.
We thank all of our teacher participants for their contributions, and especially for sharing their views and insights.
Watch these short videos to explore some of the core elements that guide our interactions with teachers, and serve as building blocks for our programs and workshops. Hear what participants and staff have to say, and consider the ways in which these elements might strengthen your own work with teachers.
Watch teachers work together to understand natural phenomena.
13 min
Notice how careful questioning guides learners to develop understanding using evidence.
22 min
See how everyday questions can be answered through experimentation.
10 min
Explore how building together supports understanding and community.
15 min