I have finally created a tentative plan for my inquiry project with the same document being the tracking sheet. Taking it slow for now, I have planned to read half of the chapters of Dive Into Inquiry (2016) by next Friday and the rest of the book by the following Friday. As the author, Trevor MacKenzie is an educator in SD61, this will provide me with a local voice that advocates for inquiry in the classroom.

To widen my own understanding by listening to all perspectives, I will follow the book with a podcast by John Sweller, Why inquiry-based approaches harm student learning. It will be interesting to hear what evidence there may be that suggests an inquiry approach is actually harmful to student learning. I am always open to listening to all the degrees on the circle.

From there, I would like to have some in-person conversations, but because I have yet to confirm whether anyone can offer their time to me, I will leave this as a to be determined.

And finally, my goal of this inquiry is to create a document or resource that I can use to possibly implement an inquiry project into my six-week practicum – or sometime later in my career, depending on the goals and perspective of the teacher who will be overseeing my practicum. But, having something tangible to show my practicum teacher that explains how I plan to go about the process will likely increase my chances of being able to do so instead of just going into practicum with high hopes and germinal aspirations.