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Yrs F–12
Jeni Wilson
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Australia
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The what ifs and the why nots
This book tackles many of the frequently asked questions about the most
challenging aspects of inquiry, demonstrating how to implement an inquirybased approach to teaching and learning.
It offers practical advice on how to incorporate the student’s voice; enhance
engagement; improve questioning and teamwork; and help students set
their own goals, be organised and take action. Sections on reflection,
metacognition, assessment and record keeping are also included, along with
quotes and anecdotes based on real classroom practice.
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Focus on Inquiry (2nd ed)
A practical approach to curriculum planning
Yrs F–12
Jeni Wilson &
Lesley Wing Jan
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Australia
ff 144pp
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Learn how to plan and assess inquiry-based units with this clear guide.
This second edition of Focus on Inquiry builds on current research into
learning and pedagogy, as well as the authors’ continued experiences and
the renewed interest in inquiry as a way to facilitate student learning. New
material on assessment, planning and questioning is supplemented with
practical lists, photocopiable resources and activities sure to spark ideas
about your own journey into inquiry-based learning.
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Activate Inquiry
Smart Thinking
Developing skills in reflection and metacognition
Yrs 3–9
Jeni Wilson
& Lesley Wing Jan
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Australia
ff 128pp
ff 978 1 86366 678 7
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Building students’ proficiency in reflection and metacognition enables them
to become effective, strategic and independent learners. This book supports
teachers in planning and implementing the teaching of reflection and
metacognition by developing students’ abilities to question and self-question;
make connections between prior and new learning and thinking; self-assess
their work and their development; and to set meaningful and strategic goals.
Learning for Themselves
Pathways to independence in the classroom
Yrs 1–10
Jeni Wilson
& Kath Murdoch
ff Education Services
Australia
ff 128pp + CD-ROM
ff 978 1 86366 665 7
ff SCIS no. 1334087
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In a world of rapidly changing knowledge and demands for transferable
skills, Learning for Themselves provides numerous examples and templates,
designed for teachers in a range of school settings. The book and CD-ROM
include teacher support materials and recognise the importance of student
learning preferences, thinking and goal setting and the role of independent
inquiries, in a classroom that promotes student self-management.
Learning Links
Strategic teaching for the learner-centred classroom
Yrs 1–10
Kath Murdoch
& Jeni Wilson
ff Education Services
Australia
ff 120pp
ff 978 1 86366 730 2
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Learning Links contains practical strategies to improve teaching practice.
It also provides a scaffold for strategic thinking in classrooms and shows
how to link assessment procedures to learning.
This book will show you how to construct a learning community in your
classroom that encourages collaborative learning and engages individual
learners.
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Thinking Strategies for the Inquiry Classroom
and Thinking Tools for the Inquiry Classroom
Yrs 3–9
Darryn Kruse
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Australia
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Strategies
print 978 1 74200 313 9
SCIS no. 1410041
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ebook 978 1 74200 533 1
SCIS no. 1521352
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Tools
print 978 1 74200 311 5
SCIS no. 1422677
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Inquiry learning depends on students taking an active role in:
• asking questions, building on prior knowledge and making their own
discoveries
• finding information from a variety of sources
• making connections between ideas, learning domains and experiences
• reflecting on, and taking action related to their understandings.
Together these titles from Darryn Kruse provide the proven strategies and
tools needed to stimulate inquiry learning in the classroom. Each strategy
and tool is structured around the key stages of inquiry – Tuning In, Finding
Out, Sorting Out, Making Conclusions, Going Further, Reflecting and Taking
Action – and clearly relate to thinking skills at each stage.
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ebook 978 1 74200 532 4
SCIS no. 1521348
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Assessment Strategies for the Inquiry Classroom
Yrs 5–9
Darryn Kruse
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Australia
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print 978 1 74200 545 4
SCIS no. 1547202
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ebook 978 1 74200 546 1
SCIS no. 1547204
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This resource provides significant support for some of the key assessment
practices that should be part of every teacher’s repertoire. It includes a range
of exciting ideas to address the need for variety in the classroom, including
multimodal approaches, catering for learning differences and addressing
higher-order thinking. Each chapter highlights a specific phase of the inquiry
process and provides five key assessment processes and five additional
strategies.
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Inquire A guide to 21st century learning
Yrs F–10
Robert King, Chris Erickson
& Janae Sebranek
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Education
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Inquire
472pp
978 1 74239 153 3
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Teacher Guide
147pp
978 1 74239 998 0
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Inquire is a complete learning guide to help students with all aspects of
their thinking and learning. Best used as an across-the-curriculum handbook,
three main areas are explored:
• ‘Building 21st century skills’, which covers the key skills from critical
thinking, communicating and preparing for tests
• ‘Using the inquiry process’, which provides a step-by-step guide to
thoughtful learning through questioning, researching and presenting
• ‘Developing projects’, which offers a wide variety of exciting project ideas.
The Teacher’s Guide complements Inquire and shares the pedagogy that
prompted its development, offers planning and instruction guidelines, and
provides lesson plans.
Tuning In with Topics
Andrea Hillbrick
Education Services
Australia
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Yrs F–2
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Yrs 3–4
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978 1 86366 656 5
SCIS no. 1314083
Yrs 5–6
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The Tuning In with Topics series supports teachers in planning for an
inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. Each book includes
reproducible task cards that develop significant understandings about a
range of carefully selected topics, such as ‘How can a school be water wise?’,
‘What contributes to an Australian identity?’ or ‘What are the costs of
natural disasters?’
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Yrs F–12
James Bellanca, Robin
Fogarty & Brian Pete
ff Hawker Brownlow
ff 228pp
ff 978 1 74330 692 5
ff SCIS no. 1604230
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How to Teach Thinking Skills within the Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum has been designed to make F–12 students
university- and career-ready in mathematics, English, history, geography,
science and technical subjects.
The challenge now lies in how to address these standards in the classroom.
Divided into seven key student proficiencies, this a practical guide that
prepares you to teach to the standards, across all year levels and content areas.
Take a Moment!
40 frameworks for reflective thinking
Yrs 1–7
Kath Murdoch
ff Seastar Education
Consulting
ff 56pp
ff 978 0 97584 120 4
ff SCIS no. 1286925
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Reflective thinking is widely recognised as a critical skill in learning and
learning to learn. Increasingly, teachers are encouraging students to ‘take a
moment’ and think about what, how and why they are learning. This book,
trialled extensively in classrooms, offers a broad and varied array of practical
frameworks to support student reflection.
Academic Conversations
Classroom talk that fosters critical thinking and content understandings
Yrs 5–12
Jeff Zwiers &
Marie Crawford
ff Stenhouse Publishers
ff 216pp
ff 978 1 57110 884 5
ff SCIS no. 1525484
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These dialogues encourage students to focus on and explore a topic by
building, challenging and negotiating relevant ideas. This resource identifies
five core communication skills to help students hold productive academic
conversations across the curriculum areas. These include: elaborating and
clarifying, supporting ideas with evidence, building on/challenging ideas,
paraphrasing and synthesising.
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Black Ants and Buddhists
Thinking critically and teaching differently in the primary grades
Yrs F–6
Mary Cowhey
ff Stenhouse Publishers
ff 244pp
ff 978 1 57110 418 2
ff SCIS no. 1275276
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What would a classroom look like if understanding and respect of differences
in race, culture, beliefs and opinions were at its heart? Gain invaluable insight
into the challenges of helping young students think critically and make
connections between their lives, the books they read and the world at large.
Black Ants and Buddhists will challenge you to think about how you spend
your time with your students.
Show Me How to Learn
Practical guidelines for creating a learning community
Yrs 1–10
Robyn English & Sue Dean
ff Education Services
Australia
ff 96pp
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print 978 1 86366 707 4
SCIS no. 1021064
ff $39.95
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Receive simple and straightforward advice about how to create and run
a learning centre in your classroom. Show Me How to Learn contains
photocopiable proformas and shows you how to guide students to set their
own learning goals and take responsibility for their own learning through
self-evaluation and peer feedback.
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ebook 978 1 74200 456 3
SCIS no. 1391695
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Student-Driven Learning Small, medium and big steps to engage and empower students
Yrs F–12
Jennifer Harper
& Kathryn O’Brien
ff Pembroke Publishers
ff 128pp
ff 978 1 55138 278 4
ff SCIS no. 1573672
ff $45.95
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Designed to help teachers reflect on their current teaching practice, this
innovative approach to classroom instruction suggests small shifts, mediumsized ideas and big changes to increase student engagement through
flexible, student-centred learning. It suggests introducing opportunities for
all students to learn in their own way; to take initiative and to experience,
wonder and create.
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