Course: Building Communities of Inquiry

Dates: May 10 and 17, 2011

Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: Bloomfield Middle School, Media Center, 60 Huck Rd., Bloomfield, NJ

Facilitators: Dr. Monica Glina and Joe Oyler, Montclair State University

Description: In this mini course, we will look at how philosophical dialogue can help us to shift the student teacher relationship toward a more democratic learning environment. You will be introduced to a curricular approach that explores the use of Community of Inquiry Pedagogy. We will examine how the Inquiry component informs logical, reasoned critical thinking and how the Community component helps the community’s participants set parameters that inform the way Inquiry happens. We will also explore the implications of this pedagogical approach for cultivating prosocial dispositions in students.*Meets the MSUNER Clinical Faculty requirement for Teaching for Critical Thinking. 

To register for this mini course, click here. 

MSUNER is a registered provider of Professional Development for the state's 100-hour requirement. You must attend both sessions, May 10 and 17, in the entirety to receive recognition of 6 professional development hours toward the state requirement. MSUNER regrets that it cannot grant any professional development hours if you are absent from any portion of the mini course.