Harness the Power of Curiosity to Foster Students’ Love for Learning From their youngest years, our children are innately curious. They explore the world around them through play, imagination, and discovery. They build meaning, they create understanding, and they unabashedly share their learning. It’s in this process that they find joy in life and relevance in the world around them. Why, then, do some of our students become disconnected from their learning in school? Where does this natural curiosity go? And how, as educators, can we ensure all of our students experience a meaningful and wonder-filled journey through their education? It’s these questions that Trevor MacKenzie, author of the critically acclaimed book Dive into Inquiry, answers in Inquiry Mindset. Co-written with kindergarten teacher Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt, Inquiry Mindset offers a highly accessible journey through inquiry in the younger years. You’ll learn how to . . . Empower your learners, increase engagement, and accelerate achievement. Harness the wonderings and curiosities of your students and leverage them into powerful learning opportunities. Cultivate an inquiry mindset both as a teacher and in your students! Adopt an inquiry approach that results in the most authentic and inspiring learning you’ve ever experienced!
"Trevor and Rebecca provide incredible ideas and resources to support twenty-first-century learning! With a focus on student driven passions and pedagogy, they offer personal experiences and examples of concepts from around the globe. This book is a must-read for anyone wondering 'how can I better meet the needs of my learners?' using specific ideas, examples and tools!" --Brian Aspinall, educator, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author of Code Breaker, Canada
"Inquiry Mindset is an important book on an even more important subject. Our rapidly changing world needs inquirers and lifelong learners more than ever before. With practical tips and engaging stories, Trevor MacKenzie and Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt offer a blueprint for how to inspire and guide inquiry-based learning." --Warren Berger, author of A More Beautiful Question, USA
"Trevor MacKenzie expands on his first book with another powerful argument for inquiry-based learning by challenging educators to stoke students' curiosities, hear their voices, and nurture their hearts. Inquiry Mindset provides practical advice, examples, strategies, and resources for teachers, so they can meet those challenges for their own professional learning. MacKenzie takes readers on their own personal journeys to discover how they can become inquiry teachers. I highly recommend Inquiry Mindset for any teacher who wants to harness the potential for increasing student agency over learning." --Barbara Bray, author of Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning, host of Conversations on Learning podcast, and education consultant at Rethinking Learning, USA
"What a gift Trevor MacKenzie and Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt bring with their new book, Inquiry Mindset! This comprehensive guide supports teachers at every level, from understanding the research and theoretical base for inquiry, to managing the smallest details, including classroom setup, developing research questions, and leading kids through a gradual-release model of authentic investigations. The authors like to offer what they call provocations, an experience designed to 'stir thought, wonder, engagement, curiosity, and questions with our learners.' Read Inquiry Mindset, you will be delightfully provoked." --Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, author of The Curious Classroom, USA
"In MacKenzie's follow-up to the highly acclaimed inquiry resource Dive into Inquiry, he brings his philosophy on learning (and teaching) to life in Inquiry Mindset. Nebulous educational goals such as personalized learning and embracing voice and choice are brought to life through an enchanting narrative, brimming with a perfect blend of idealism and applicability. Each chapter is full of anecdotes, resources and sketchnotes that will resonate deeply with the reader, helping educators gain the tools and understandings to accomplish that which we value most in education--honouring each student as highly unique individuals with their own passions, talents and curiosities just waiting to be nurtured and explored more meaningfully in the classroom. Get your copy of Inquiry Mindset today... you won't be disappointed!"--Sylvia Duckworth, EdTech consultant, author of Sketchnotes for Educators, Canada
