This conversation with EduCrush podcast host Natalie Vardabasso was a fantastic experience. She is informed and committed to changing education, partly through the lens of an aligned passion of ours: assessment. If podcasts resonate with your learning, give pause and have a listen. Episode details below. Head here for a listen.
“A misconception about inquiry-based learning is that it means leaving students to “discover” the curriculum on their own. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Trevor MacKenzie is a high school teacher, author, and speaker who is internationally recognized as a thought leader in inquiry-based education. In the episode, we talk about what inquiry is (and isn’t) to better understand how to partner with students as co-designers of learning.”
Show Notes:
How the Freedom Convoy is like the backlash against inquiry-based learning in Alberta. (1:45)
What is inquiry-based learning? What is it not? (8:35)
Scaffolding students for success in independent “Free Inquiry” through co-design opportunities. (12:45)
Assessment as inquiry-based learning. (17:50)
How can we include students in evidencing learning over time? (20:30)
Amplifying formative feedback (outside of a grade) and allowing students the opportunity to make mistakes and rehumanize assessment. (23:30)
Why Trevor wrote a book that focuses on assessment in the context of inquiry-based learning. (29:15)
Building towards the pinnacle of student empowerment; co-creating report cards. (32:00)
Expand student understanding of products to demonstrate learning. (39:00)
Giving students ownership over the parameters of learning. (42:30)
The purpose of education. (44:10)
