| Description |
x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Does inquiry make a difference? Examining our beliefs about curriculum -- 2. Are we there yet? Beginning our voyage of discovery and inquiry -- 3. Sailing the seven seas : using the tools of historians and researchers / Jean Schroader -- 4. From 1492 to 1942 : gaining new perspectives through literature / Gloria Kauffman -- 5. Should we let it fizzle and blow up? Examining the inquiry process through focused studies / Kathleen Marie Crawford -- 6. Stories, trees, time lines, and islands : pursuing children's questions within predetermined curriculum / Margaret J. Ferguson -- 7. A long time ago when I was four : exploring inquiry with young children / Julie Laird -- 8. What does it look like? Curricular engagements within a cycle of inquiry -- 9. Time marches on and so do we : continuing our research and learning as teachers |
| Summary |
Describes a collaborative project in which six K-5 teachers and their students built a curriculum based on student inquiry, studying such topics as Christopher Columbus, personal and family history, slavery, human rights, space, and nature |
| Notes |
3rd printing, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index |
| Subject |
Education, Elementary -- Curricula.
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Elementary school teaching.
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Primary school teaching.
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Questioning.
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Education, Primary -- Curricula.
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Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
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| Author |
Short, Kathy Gnagey.
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| LC no. |
95052505 |
| ISBN |
1571100334 alkaline paper |
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