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Inquiry

Curiosity into
understanding.

Inquiry gives learners purposeful opportunities to investigate, test ideas, make connections and construct understanding.

Inquiry ignition points

Scientific Inquiry

How do we move from doing science activities to thinking and working scientifically?

  • Designing investigations that develop observation, questioning, evidence gathering and explanation.
  • Connecting scientific knowledge with the practices learners use to investigate and make sense of phenomena.

Mathematical Inquiry

How do we create space for mathematical thinking without leaving learners to discover everything for themselves?

  • Using problems, patterns and representations to develop reasoning and mathematical understanding.
  • Balancing explicit teaching with opportunities to investigate, test ideas, explain and apply learning.

Artistic Inquiry

What changes when the arts become a way of investigating ideas rather than simply producing a final product?

  • Using creative processes to explore concepts, perspectives and possibilities.
  • Building opportunities to experiment, interpret, respond, refine and communicate through different artistic forms.

Transdisciplinary Inquiry

How do we connect disciplines without losing what makes each discipline valuable?

  • Identifying meaningful conceptual connections across subject areas.
  • Designing learning in which disciplinary knowledge and skills contribute to a larger investigation or understanding.

STEAM Inquiry

How can learners bring science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics together to investigate and respond to authentic challenges?

  • Designing purposeful challenges that require learners to draw on knowledge and practices from multiple disciplines.
  • Using cycles of investigation, design, testing, feedback and refinement to develop ideas and solutions.

Tailored professional learning

Your school.
Your context.
Your learning.

“Kirsten made everyone feel valued and heard. She was knowledgeable and approachable, teasing out examples from participants and giving them space to expand their thinking.”

— Workshop participant

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