Developing the language of inquiry
Get your class ready for inquiry by developing accountable talk. Use activities like hot topics to provide opportunities for your class to practice the skills needed for inquiryWhat is accountable talk?
Grand Conversations in the classroom
In classrooms where a “dialogic stance” has been adopted, students engage in conversation in order to share, shape and improve their understanding of a text or a topic or a problem. They engage in conversation in order to move their own thinking forward.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/CBS_Grand_Conversations_Junor.pdfSee Lucy West videos noted below to explain the types of talk that occur in the classroom. For inquiry to happen we need a particular kind of talk to occur.
Developing the language of inquiry (How to?)
Get your class ready for inquiry by developing accountable talk. Use activities like hot topics to provide opportunities for your class to practice the skills needed for inquiry
What does it look like?
A) See the following clips that show the accountable talk and knowledge building process in a middle school.
Accountable Talk - Growing Ideas Accountable Talk- Creating Culture
https://vimeo.com/134243243 https://vimeo.com/134243014
See teachers and students talking about the process. The original prompts are listed below in the resource section.
B) Click on the image below to access an arcticle and video from Teach/Learn/Lead. They emphasize that classroom talk must be accountable to promote new learning.
A) See the following clips that show the accountable talk and knowledge building process in a middle school.
Accountable Talk - Growing Ideas Accountable Talk- Creating Culture
https://vimeo.com/134243243 https://vimeo.com/134243014
See teachers and students talking about the process. The original prompts are listed below in the resource section.
B) Click on the image below to access an arcticle and video from Teach/Learn/Lead. They emphasize that classroom talk must be accountable to promote new learning.
Resources:
For more information see: Engaging Students in academic conversation. http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLIT/AdolescentLiteracy/AL_Resources/ALERT_Collaboration_Winter2015-Letter.pdf
Click below to access examples of the prompts (Google Drive) that you can post in your classroom:
For more information see: Engaging Students in academic conversation. http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLIT/AdolescentLiteracy/AL_Resources/ALERT_Collaboration_Winter2015-Letter.pdf
In order for students to engage in effective collaboration, they need to use purposeful talk, or what Zwiers and Crawford (2011) call academic conversations. Academic conversations require students to use five conversation skills which are necessary for seeking understanding, supporting thinking, and expanding ideas.
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