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Our workshops will motivate educators to apply Reggio inspired and Constructivist practices in their daily planning, focusing teacher's thinking on children's thinking.
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Our keynote speaking will motivate educators to apply Reggio inspired and Constructivist practices in their daily planning, focusing teacher's thinking on children's thinking.
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Our hands-on training will motivate educators to apply Reggio inspired and Constructivist practices in their daily planning, focusing teacher's thinking on children's thinking.
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Apply Cycle of Inquiry System to your Emergent Curricular Planning Process
With the Cycle of Inquiry process, Constructivist and Reggio inspired teachers learn the teacher practices for planning and implementing emergent curriculum that is closely linked to children’s thinking. Book a training for you and your team today!
About the Cycle of InquiryYou’ve Observed What Children Are Interested In—What’s Next?
Emergent curriculum is an engaging, effective way for young children to learn and an enjoyable way for educators to teach. But planning and implementing inquiry projects based on children’s interests can be a puzzling process. The cycle of inquiry described in this book makes this process more tangible by:
- Guiding you to observe and consider what children are thinking and wondering about
- Detailing how to use documentation forms to record and revisit your observations, interpretations, questions, and plans
- Providing strategies to support children’s inquiry and deepen thinking
- Illustrating how to identify early learning standards met and make children’s learning visible
- Following the process with real-life examples
- With this guidance, you’ll increase your competence with emergent curriculum and energize your teaching—and children’s learning!
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About InnovativECE
This site is the home of the Cycle of Inquiry System – a documentation tool that guides teacher’s emergent curricula planning, focusing teacher’s thinking on children’s thinking.
The courses, articles, and projects documented on this site reflect principles of inquiry based constructivist practice that are also inspired by the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. In Emergent Curricula classrooms teachers observe with intention. They interpret observations to discern what children know and question so they can facilitate learning and problem solving along with children. Children are encouraged to express their knowledge, to question, and to problem solve through their interactions with a wide variety of materials and social interactions. Documentation of the learning and thinking processes of children and teachers is essential for the reflective practices in this approach. The Cycle of Inquiry System is a tool for this pedagogical documentation.
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