I’ve learned to embrace rather than dread it using this simple 5-Step Inquiry Lesson Plan. In fact, I’ve found that lesson planning is the most creative part of my job. I see my lesson planning as creating the proverbial ‘banks.’ These banks provide the space and order necessary to encourage the freefall of ideas, divergent questions, and cognitive dissonance to take place. Planning for inquiry reminds me of the proverb: A river needs banks to flow. While it’s not as fun perhaps to write (or read) about what happens at the planning table, we cannot pretend that the magic of inquiry-classrooms just happens, well, magically. For years, I’ve focused my coaching work on the pedagogy of inquiry, trying to demystify what inquiry looks like in real classrooms. But when it’s only the lesson you see unfolding, you’re missing half the show. Inquiry classrooms are magical places creative, student-driven, and dynamic.
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