A Two Day Face-to-Face Introduction to Philosophical Community of Inquiry Workshop
PD for teachers from Early Learning to Stage 6, from all KLAs
Tuesday 15 August – Day 1 introduces the use of the Philosophical Community of Inquiry (COI) to promote critical, creative and caring thinking in a safe learning environment that maximises student participation. Participants will:
- Learn how to foster inquiry-based learning through respectful and inclusive student interaction.
- Practise implementing strategies to support and refine student questioning and concept exploration.
Tuesday 22 August – Day 2 builds on COI collaborative inquiry-based teaching practices from Day 1.
Participants will:
- Extend their practical knowledge of how to use the Community of Inquiry to promote critical, creative and caring thinking in a student-centred, safe, positive learning environment.
- Hone their understanding of the basic conceptual operations involved in reasoning, planning collaborative inquiry-based lessons and designing learning activities.