INQUIRY, CRITICAL THINKING AND ABEL

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INQUIRY, CRITICAL THINKING AND ABEL
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A NEW WORLD OF LEARNING

• Students, teachers, teacher candidates
  increasingly use ICT for
• Research
• Learning
• Teaching
• Communicating

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York Faculty of Education

• Works closely with ABEL to increase educators
  abilities to
• learn about new technology
• use it wisely
• maximize potentials for learning

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Some Learning Goals

• Investigate how ICT can develop effective
• Inquiry-based learning
• Critical thinking
• Creative thinking
• Decision making

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Processes and Initiatives

• Developing inquiry-based websites
• Using videoconferencing to develop learning
  skills
• Connecting classrooms across the country
• Engaging the classroom with the world
• Developing tools for setting goals, developing
  strategies, and assessing success

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MENTORING TEACHER CANDIDATES

• Our goals are to
• Broaden our learning community
• Increase our capacity as mentors
• Grow professionally
• Work effectively with adult learners

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RECENT INITIATIVES

• Topics include
• Principles of adult learning
• Promoting self-reflection
• Clinical supervision
• Creating effective learning environments
• Observation tools and strategies

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Delivery Methods

• Workshops
• Conferences
• School visits
• Additional Qualification course
• ABEL technology and expertise

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ABEL ADVANTAGES

• Allows us to reach more teachers
• Can be recorded and used again
• Can create an on-line learning community
• Supports the needs of certain learners
• Adaptability

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What It Will Look Like

• Face-to-face meetings
• Using technology to exchange ideas
• Webcasts on clinical supervision
• Videos showing mentoring in action
• Audio presentations on adult learning
• Action research and on-line discussions