Information Processing Family

Information Processing Family

• Project-based Learning
• Inquiry Learning
• Socratic Dialogue

Project-based Learning

• Student centered
• Students are given a complex long-term challenge
• The challenge is to construct an artifact to show what they have learned

Example

• Students have learned about invasive species.
• Students will then develop a research project where they have to build a trap to kill the invasive species. Constraints will be given about the trap.

Inquiry Learning

• 5 E's ( Engage, Explore,Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate)
• Ask questions, investigate, discuss, reflect on learning

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• Students or teacher asks questions
• Student centered and teacher facilitated
• Asking questions to make meaning and sense of the world

Example

• Students will be given the question "Due to climate change, which green energy solution is the one that the government should invest in?
• There will be a class discussion, then students will do research, then discuss again.

Socratic Dialogue

• Teacher or student may be the leader
• Class is given an open-ended discussion usually involving ethics
• Class discussion where students elaborate and clarify their statement

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• Leader may clarify and elaborate statements and can be the devil's advocate

Example

• Teacher gives the class the question "Should humans use gene editing on embryos to make disease resistant babies?
• Class will be separated into two groups: Pro vs Con