ESCI 310 Day 6 January 24

Dear Jounal,

Other Notes on Inquiry Process

Anderson, D., Comay, J. & Chiarotto, L. (2017). Natural Curiosity 2nd Edition – A resource for educators: The Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in Children’s Environmental Inquiry. https://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/englishbook
ISBN: 978-0-7727-2643-8 (print) OR 978-0-7727-2644-5 (Electronic)

• Not teacher centered. Its about decentralization.
• But teachers can still guide and facilitate students
• It welcomes complexity and ambiguity

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Inquiry through story, what inquiry philosophies/ principles does this story remind you of?

A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel

• Accessing multiple perspectives
• Allows multiple interpretation
• Notice the stories that are in the world, around us, everywhere
• Human non-interference; respecting more-than-home relatives
• Multiples entry points for curiosity, interest, light the fire, engagement wonder, discovery/uncovering
• Interdisciplinary – integrated/everything is interconnected, we are all related
• Experiential – contextual, knowing-in-place (Branch III)
• Importance of relationship (Branch IV), spirituality of these relationship
  • Lived experiences – each animals had a lived experience with the rock

Course Inquiry Questions: 
- How can inquiry pedagogies guide science learning?

– Richelle

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