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Research as Authentic Inquiry - Coggle Diagram
Research as Authentic Inquiry
Mr Fisher felt he needed a new way to connect with his 10 grade students
'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller
dramatization of Salem witch tribes
his teenage daughter and MTV reality
show 16 and pregnant
episode about Catelynn - a high school junior
united themes of authority and dissent in both 'The Crucible' and '16 and pregnant' for teaching.
16 and pregnant
3 million people show it
a discussion board withthousands of posts
a place for young women sharing
about their anxieties with sexuality
teacher discussion guide for each episode
personal life experiences
HONORING WHAT STUDENTS KNOW
Schemata activation about realty TV teen shows
Handouts with the list of reality shows which
ask Ss to write a description as much as possible
Then Ss paired up and discussed similarities
and differences between their descriptions
Result was engaging and live discussion
TEACHING CONTEMPORARY DRAMA
Students' definitions for "Drama"
a gallery walk
minipresentations about 'My life as Liz',
'The Buried life' and 'Nitro Circus'
spontaneous and authentic debate without any prompts by Mr Fisher
combining students' experiences
and the topic purposefully
GENERATING AUTHENTIC QUESTIONS
In the process students
created a number of
authentic questions
arising from the activity
Media literacy and questioning assumptions
developing students' skills to
detect useful talk from bullshit
Focus on not classic literature but practice of critical thinking skills (Neil Postman, 1969)
importance of developing multimedia literacies
MODELLING RESEARCH PROCESS
Ss weren't able to generate list of keywords
they didn't know how to search for data
Mr Fisher explained and modelled
the process explicitly by reasoning
A SOLUTION TO CUT AND PASTE PLAGIARISM
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Direct Quotation
Building and evidence chart to explore the quality of information about 10 sources
Verification
Context deficiency
Crredibility
Heurism
Informational cascade
Source monitoring
Solution:
Information processing
Personal awareness
Self-reflection