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Phase 1. Ask: Topic Exploration
Holistic Assessment / 5
Due: Friday, January 29 by midnight in student website.
Description: The Topic Exploration is a 500-word written reflection. It will offer an opportunity for students to become “Experienced” (to know one’s way around) a new or familiar topic related to the BC Curriculum (or other curriculum, in consultation with the instructor). Students will be encouraged to dwell in the topic itself, discovering its aliveness, its abundance, and its possibilities for inquiry. The assignment will consist of an open-format topic exploration, including key references, images, videos, brainstorms or other resources, that demonstrates an evolving and deepening understanding of the topic itself. Key questions might include: How is this topic “alive” in the world? What is the history of this topic? What are the controversies within this topic? What are the key questions within this topic? How am I deepening my understandings of this topic beyond surface knowledge?
Please include a minimum of three APA resources directly related to your topic of exploration.
Possible Topic Areas:
- Fine Arts
- Science
- Mathematics
- English Language Arts
- Language Learning
- Social Studies
- Physical and Health Education
- Applied Design Skills & Technology
- Career Education
- Indigenous Principles
- Outdoor Education
- Environmental Education
- Interdisciplinary
- Other
And:
In-Class Interpretive Presentation I: Initial Understandings of Inquiry
Holistic Assessment / 5
Due: Tuesday, January 26
Description: The In-Class Interpretive Presentations consist of open format and informal individual reflections of your journey through inquiry. The time allowance is flexible, with a guideline of approximately 5 minutes per student. Students will share a story and highlights about a personal passion that they would be interested in teaching to others, some starting points from their early Part A: Topic Exploration, as well as their initial understandings and questions around the notion of inquiry. The key question will focus on the following: “Why do I love this topic?” “What makes it alive and interesting for me?” “What have I learned in my initial exploration of this topic?” “How do I hope to teach this topic through inquiry-based pedagogy?” This presentation corresponds with the written Phase 1 Ask: Topic Exploration assignment.