What do you truly love to do?
That single question put educator Trevor MacKenzie and a struggling student on an unintended and life-changing journey of inquiry, discovery and meaningful learning. It was a journey that completely reshaped the way MacKenzie leads his classroom.
With the belief that all students deserve a chance to dig into their wonders and curiosities, MacKenzie proposes a scaffolded approach to student-centred learning by identifying the Types of Student Inquiry: Structured, Controlled, Guided and Free Inquiry. Each type requires students take progressively more control over their own learning. This inquiry-based learning model equips students to become lifelong learners by nurturing wonder, curiosity and agency in the classroom.
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I am often asked how might I define inquiry. It seems a grappling point for many. Do we discuss inquiry from its theoretical roots, defining it by the likes of Dewey, Vygotsky, and Freire? Or do we circle around the experience of inquiry and focus on an inquiry cycle that spirals learners through a process of learning that is more empowering, agentic, and relevant? Might we also tether ourselves to specific routines, structures, and protocols that shift the dynamic of learning to be more exploratory and less explanatory (thank you Guy Claxton for this language)?
All of these pathways to discourse are fruitful, however when facing this question and underlying need for clarity I find myself most often talking about one word: curiosity.