21st Century Learning and Teaching

Collaborative Inquiry in Ontario
What We Have Learned and Where We Are Now
“Our education system will be characterized by high expectations and success
for all. It will be responsive, high quality, accessible and integrated from early
learning and child care to adult education.”
– Achieving Excellence: A Renewed Vision for Education in Ontario, 2014
The commitment to excellence and equity in Ontario education is about the success and
well-being of every learner. How will the province go about realizing this ambitious
commitment? Substantial evidence from research conducted in Ontario and internationally
suggests that collaborative inquiry (CI) – a practice of engaging educators as
researchers – holds great promise as a provincial approach. It has been shown to be
an effective means to both professional learning and to enhanced student learning
(Comber, 2013; Hannay, Wideman & Seller, 2010; Timperley, & Lee, 2008).
Through CI, educators work together to improve their understanding of what learning
is (or could be), generate evidence of what’s working (and what’s not), make decisions
about next steps and take action to introduce improvements and innovations.
And then they start again on emerging new issues and challenges. Notably, CI sees
educators as key participants in understanding how to achieve excellence and equity
in education.

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Makers Empire's Director of Learning Development, Mandi Dimitriadis, outlines ways K-8 teachers can use 3D technology to explore inquiry based learning projects

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I’ve scoured the internet, including all of my favourite social media sites, to bring you a fantastic collection of online inquiry and inventive thinking resources that I know will inspire and motivate both you and your students. The collection includes Lego, science, practical activity ideas, engineering, videos, animation, technology and a tonne of fun facts – so there is sure to be something for everyone!

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