Description

Are you an educator looking to bring meaningful learning experiences into your classroom?

Are you interested in preparing your students to confidently face the challenges of tomorrow?

Would you like your students to develop authentic connections with the world around them?

“Dive into Inquiry” skillfully blends student voice and choice with the structured support necessary to maximize student learning and achieve powerful educational outcomes. In this informative and inspiring book, author Trevor MacKenzie guides educators through the process of transitioning students from a traditional model of instruction toward an inquiry-based classroom, one that fosters genuine student agency each day.

Within the pages of “Dive into Inquiry,” you will discover clear pedagogical guidance, compelling narratives, step-by-step processes, authentic student examples, and ready-to-use lesson plans targeted at helping you seamlessly integrate inquiry practice into your teaching.

After completing this book, educators will feel empowered to design personalized inquiry units that scaffold the shift of control in the classroom from teacher-directed to student-driven learning. MacKenzie shows how tapping into students’ natural curiosities, passions, and interests can shape essential questions, frame engaging units of study, and lead to meaningful performance tasks. Through practical advice and accessible structures, readers learn how to effectively track and manage multiple inquiry topics, enabling students to take greater responsibility for their learning.

Throughout the book, MacKenzie introduces and explains various Types of Student Inquiry, outlining a clear framework designed to empower both educators and learners as they collaborate to unpack curriculum content and co-create a successful Free Inquiry project. With helpful instructional visuals to use directly in your classroom, compelling samples of essential questions across multiple disciplines, clear instructional goals and benchmarks for enhancing your practice through inquiry, and inspiring examples of actual student learning, “Dive into Inquiry” will ignite innovation, enthusiasm, and real transformation in your classroom.