Inquiry and innovation

Educator promotes discovery, creativity, inventiveness and innovation in the learning environment.

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Educator Exemplars

a. 

Plans learning activities with a mind-set toward inquiry. Educator encourages learners to explore and discover rather than telling them answers or providing possible solutions.

b. 

 Provides opportunities for exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems.

c. 

Promotes the use of alternative processes and strategies for solving problems, allowing learners to grapple with various ideas and solutions.
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d. 

Promotes wonderment and curiosity through modeling. 
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e. 

Supports the process of creative thinking, including idea generation, analysis, evaluation and refinement of ideas.

f. 

Engages learners in using digital tools to explore, discover, create and engage in real-world issues and solve authentic problems.

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g. 

Takes advantage of “just in time” learning opportunities so that student interest drives instruction.

Learner Exemplars

a. 

Engage in activities that challenge them to think outside the box.
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b. 

Approach learning challenges with curiosity and excitement. 
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c. 

Explore real-world issues and solve authentic problems. 
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d. 

Generate new ideas to enhance creative thinking; thinking is refined through analysis and evaluation. 

e. 

Develop unique solutions and products.

f. 

Use digital tools to support exploration, discovery, creative thinking and engagement with real-world issues and to solve authentic problems.

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