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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Upcoming Events…
Co-facilitating with Kath Murdoch, hosted by Nishimachi International School in Tokyo, November 22 & 23. Click the image for info and registration.
Sofia, Bulgaria, March 29 & 30 with Chapters International. Click the image for info and registration.
Shanghai, December 1 & 2 with Chapters International. Click the image for info and registration.
Herschel School, Cape Town on May 9 & 10 followed by Kingsmead College, Johannesburg on May 13 & 14! Click the image for info and registration!
Atlanta, January 30 & 31 with CASIE Online. Click the image for info and registration.
Joining a dynamic team of speakers for this event in Sydney, Australia on July 17 & 18, 2025. Click the images for information and registration.
Free Resources
Explore a range of resource all designed to support your understanding and implementation of inquiry. Whether a book club guide, unit design templates, Flipgrid tutorials, all of the published sketchnotes (ready for you to download), or provocation hyperdocs, we have a continuously growing range of resources for you to access for free. Simply click the image!
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Free Sketchnotes
Download all of our helpful sketchnotes for your use in your classrooms with your students or to use with your staff and colleagues to discuss inquiry to support your professional development and collaborative learning.
Access to these sketchnotes is entirely free. Bring the power of inquiry to your school, your staff, and your learners. Each of these sketchnotes is its own special entry point into the rich conversation about student agency, wonderment, and empowering the learner.
What I’m Up To Gallery
Part of the work I do supporting schools in their teaching and assessment growth is in Learning Labs. This is not uncommon in the professional development field of work, getting into classrooms and modelling or co-teaching a lesson, showing strategies and routines in action. Talking about and planning learning only takes us so far in our growth as teachers. It is when we put things into practice, and even better, when we do so together, that the conditions for rich reflection, collaborative inquiry, and broader growth can occur. Some features of Learning Labs that I facilitate are: