@trev_mackenzie was kind enough to have a Zoom meeting with me that I could ask some of questions that arose as I read his book, Dive Into Inquiry (2016).

We talked about his success with supporting students understand the, usually new, expectations of thinking for themselves and following their own questions. Trevor assured me, that while some administrators may, indeed, expect the year’s planning of curriculum before the beginning of the school year, administrators also recognize that plans change; that he never felt an administrator was unsure of using inquiry in the classroom.

We spoke about the similarities between inquiry and pedagogical narration, and that the visual documentation process of pedagogical narration provides an advantage when using it to promote an inquiry mindset in the early elementary school years.

I asked Trevor his thoughts on the idea of post-secondary educational institutions being the ironic roadblock to inquiry-style education becoming the mainstay, and while he agreed to some extent, Trevor also did remind me that education is changing; that inquiry is being adopted in more districts by more teachers, and that the universities are also making changes that could see a great shift in education.

To respect Trevor’s time, I ended the meeting by using a quote from his book to summarize the final part of our conversation – “In order to see results you have never seen, you will need to do things you’ve never done” (MacKenzie, 2016, p. 120).

Again, my thanks to Trevor for taking time out of his busy schedule to meet with me, and I hope to also become a force for an inquiry-style in education!