From: Mary Landers Horton (mlanders@HiWAAY.net)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 11:39:01 PDT
Message-ID: <000701c019c4$0fa61180$2719c80a@landershorton> From: "Mary Landers Horton" <mlanders@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Re: "short" Foam Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:39:01 -0500
Dear Trisha,
I am very interested in the 1 hour session that you did on using a more
inquiry based approach to teaching versus a more guided hands-on approach.
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Subject: RE: "short" Foam
> Anchorage did a brief three-kinds of hands-on but our timeframe was more
like
> 2 1/2 hours. We used the topic of spinning tops rather than foam to keep
clean up to a minimum.
>
> We found this an effective segment of our PD. Of course we could have used
more time, but the 2 1/2 hours allowed time to develop the teachers
thinking not only about the spinning tops, but about the pedogogy behind
three-kinds of hands on. We allowed time for teachers to have conversations
between the building activities and at the end of the session so they could
develop their thinking on this topic.
>
> We also did a very effective 1 hour session on using a more inquiry based
approach to teaching versus a more guided hands-on approach. We did this
for a workshop where we had limited time, with great results. This 1 hour
workshop has been used successfully with elementary and secondary teachers,
professional developers and principals.
>
> Send me an email if you would like more information on how we did our
workshop. Or you can call Trisha Herminghaus at 907-787-3058.
>
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> From: IFI listserv on Thu, Sep 7, 2000 6:17 PM
> Subject: "short" Foam
> To: ifi-list@exploratorium.edu
>
> Hello IFIers!
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has successfully done a "short" Foam (1 to 1-1/2
> hours) or other Three-kinds of hands-on activity with teachers.
>
> We are fortunate to have the opportunity to work with ALL of the staff of
a
> newly opened 6th grade school (principal, teachers, specialists). Our
> original plan was to do a complete series of Inquiry workshops: Three
kinds
> of hands-on, the role of questioning (ice balloons), personal inquiry with
> pinhole phenomena, and evaluating and adapting activities (parachutes).
> After these workshops the teachers will work together, and with us, to
> modify/create their own inquiry based kits and curriculum.
>
> Unfortunately professional development time is much more limited than we
had
> anticipated and we must eliminate one of the workshop sessions. Based on
> prior experiences we are considering modifying the Foam activity (time
&/or
> materials).
>
> Several options we've considered are:
> 1) Brief 3 kinds of hands-on experiences (materials?) and discussion
during
> one of the teacher staff meetings (about 1 hour).
> 2) Assigning something for the teachers to do on their own time that would
> prepare them for a group discussion on distinguishing inquiry-based
learning
> from other kinds of hands-on learning (before we begin the Ice balloons
> workshop). These could be:
> --reading articles, or watching video on learning in classrooms
> --reflections on their personal experiences: What is their hobby? Why?
How
> do they go about it?
> --reflections on their classroom/students learning experiences: When have
> their students been most motivated? most eager to learn more? When have
> their students continued experimenting, gathering information and
materials
> on a subject on their own initiative (outside of the classroom and/or
after
> the subject is no longer being taught).
> --clever, creative teacher homework incorporating three different kinds of
> instructions (paper folding, art, bag of material, ????)
> I'm really going out on a limb here!!!!! One idea--
> Guided: make a straw reed following directions
> Challenge: find a way to make high and low sounds using only one straw
> Inquiry: explore different ways to make sounds with straws, tubes, etc.
>
> Please give any feedback, or additional suggestions!
>
> Thank you,
> Denise LeBlanc
> IFI'97 Explore & Discover, Uxbridge,MA
>
> Education Director
> Science Discovery Museum
> 177 Main Street
> Acton, MA 01742
> 978-264-4201
> www.ultranet.com/~discover/
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