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Science inquiry

Submitted by Barbara Kauffman on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 11:00am

Science and a Sense of Place

Hi!

I'm Barbara Kauffman, a "sort of new" 4th Grade Classroom Teacher at Feltonville Intermediate School. Prior to teaching, I was a social worker. My co-worker, Tola Oronti, encouraged me to come to Bryn Mawr for this institute. We have co-taught science lessons together such as ones in the units of "Land & Water" and "Magnetism." I have a limited experience teaching science, however, I enjoy teaching many topics across the curriculum. Today's School District of Philadelphia students are bright and excitable and I want to keep up with their enthusiam when it comes to science inquiry. I think everyone has something to offer so we can all learn from one another!

Coming to Inquiry Institute

Submitted by Ayotola Oronti on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 10:56am

Inquiry

Again, my name is Tola Oronti. I was at the Brain and Behavior institute 2008. I am an elementary school teacher but have been teaching 4th grade for about 5years now. MEET TOLA ORONTI

I expect that in this institute I will learn more about inquiry based-education. INQUIRY

Ayotola Oronti's blog

Inquiry; Education, Life, and Me

Submitted by LuisanaT on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 10:55am

Introduction to (2008) summer self

Hello, my name is Luisana Taveras and I am an upcoming sophomore at Bryn Mawr College. This summer I am one of Professor Grobstein's interns for his Brain and Behavior Institute as well as an assistant for the remaining institutes (Computer Science Education and Science as Inquiry), critiquing the three to help get science, education, and science education less wrong. (Please help yourself to the surrounding forums found here.)

Introduction

Submitted by Deesha Lockett on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 10:51am

My name is Deesha Lockett. I live in Willow Grove, PA. I am married and the mother of four children. I am a former teacher of Ivy Leaf School in Philadelphia where I taught first grade. In September I will be teaching Kindergarten at Covenant Academy. I want to use inquiry in my classroom to keep my students motivated and excited about learning in as many subject areas as possible. Inquiry will help to address the different learning styles that students bring to the classroom.

Deesha Lockett's blog

Susan's Introduction

Submitted by Susan Dorfman on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 10:48am

Like other participants in the institute, I am an educator. I have enjoyed the teaching role all my life. I went to a K through 8 inner city public school in Phila and then to a large inner city high school, followed by matricultion at a large city college, Temple U. in Phila. I lived at home and spent my free time working to earn money at various jobs on and off campus. During all these years, from grade 4 on, I help other students in my classes. In college, I tutored and also volunteered as a reader for the blind. To put my husband through professional school, I worked as a technician in a research lab at UPENN. There, I developed a sence of myself as a capable scientist and teacher. When my hsband graduated, I began my graduate education. I

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Representing Science in Words and Images

Day 3 of
"Science as Interactive, Interdisciplinary Inquiry": or,
what can science and humanities educators learn from one another?
July 23, 2008

Anne Dalke

Representing Science in Words and Images:
From Metaphor-izing to Video-tubing

What is open-inquiry pedagogy?

In the model of open-inquiry, let me pose a the following questions to you:

What does inquiry mean to you?
How have you or how would you like to use inquiry-based education in your classroom?
What other concerns or thoughts do you have regarding inquiry and its role in education?

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