John Barell

John Barell is a national consultant to schools interested in teaching inquiry, critical thought and reflection. Currently, he is researching the various ways we assess the quality and improvement of students’ engaging in these 21st century skills, grades 9-12. This project is a follow-up to the study recently published, How Do We Know They’re Getting Better? Assessment for 21st Century Minds, K-8.

A native New Yorker, Barell has sailed to Antarctica as part of Operation DeepFreeze to explore that continent based upon his deep curiosity about the history and science of the continent, and his meetings/correspondences with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. After Antarctica, he became an educator in New York City public high schools, then at Montclair State University in teacher education and world literature (Professor Emeritus)

He has also served as a consultant to The American Museum of Natural History and the International Baccalaureate program on inquiry-based instruction.

Author of these publications about Antarctica: Quest for Antarctica—A Journey of Wonder and Discovery (memoir, ebook 2011); Surviving Erebus—An Antarctic Adventure on board HMS Erebus and Terror (YA novel, 2008) and “Twenty Below,” an award winning story published by Boys’ Life and Boys’ Life Anthology.

He is also the author of these professional books: Did You Ever Wonder? Fostering Curiosity Here, There and Everywhere (2013); Why are School Buses always Yellow? Teaching for Inquiry, PreK-5 (2007); Problem-Based Learning—An Inquiry Approach (2007); and Developing More Curious Minds (2003); “. . . EVER WONDER. . ?” (1992); Opening the American Mind (1988) and Playgrounds of Our Minds (1980)

He lives in New York City with his wife, Nancy.

John Barell

444 E. 82 St. Apt. 10A

New York, NY 10028

212-744-5892

917-834-0317

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www.morecuriousminds.com

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