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What’s a “Discussion”? A Spectrum of Approaches
As I’ve been reflecting on how to improve the quality of discussion in my own classroom, I found myself returning to a taxonomy I encountered years ago in an article I can no longer place. It was a simple chart that mapped various forms of student-centered learning along two axes: teacher expertise and student agency. […]
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Engaging Every Student with the Dialectical Notebook
One challenge I encounter with discussion-based learning is that each class inevitably has a handful (or more) of students who are less comfortable contributing verbally. My goal in supporting these students is both to find outlets for them to share in ways that work for them while also guiding them toward becoming full discussion participants. […]
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Welcome to the Inquiry Project
After about two decades of teaching, I’m finally doing what I probably should have done a decade ago: opening up my classroom to the wider world. I settled on the name “Inquiry Project” as an attempt to capture what I’m trying to achieve in my classroom. I hope to center learning on students by sparking […]
Jared Hall
Simsbury, Connecticut
teaches history, philosophy, and Asian studies.