Recommended Books
Trevor MacKenzie
Trevor MacKenzie is an award-winning educator, author, and international speaker known for his practical and inspiring work in inquiry-based learning. His books, including Dive into Inquiry and the Inquiry Mindset series, empower teachers to nurture curiosity, student agency, and deeper learning across all grade levels and subject areas.
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Inquiry Mindset
Harness the wonderings and curiosities of your students and leverage them into powerful learning opportunities. Cultivate an inquiry mindset both as a teacher and in your students! Adopt an inquiry approach that results in the most authentic and inspiring learning you’ve ever experienced!
Inquiry Mindset
Questions Edition
Use student-generated inquiries to drive meaningful learning! MacKenzie's Question Routines serve as a framework teachers can use to leverage curiosity and bring fresh excitement and engagement to the learning experience.
Dive into Inquiry​
Dive into Inquiry beautifully marries the voice and choice of inquiry with the structure and support required to optimise learning for students and get the results educators desire. With Dive into Inquiry you'll gain an understanding of how to best support your learners as they shift from a traditional learning model into the inquiry classroom where student agency is fostered and celebrated each and every day. This book strikes a perfect balance of meaningful pedagogy, touching narrative, helpful processes, original student examples, and rich how-to lesson plans all to get you going on bringing inquiry into your classroom.
Inquiry Mindset
Assessment Edition
Trevor MacKenzie takes another deep dive into inquiry as he examines the role of assessment in education through the lens of co-designing and co-constructing with students. In Inquiry Mindset: Assessment Edition, he outlines the beliefs, values, and frameworks that allow teachers to scaffold assessment infused with student voice, understanding, and autonomy.
Jessica Vance
Jessica Vance is an internationally recognised inquiry educator, instructional coach, and author based in Austin, Texas. Her bestselling titles -Leading with a Lens of Inquiry and Evidence of Inquiry - guide school leaders and teachers in cultivating cultures of curiosity, visible thinking, and genuine student agency through inquiry-based practices and learning walls. Drawing from her experience across international and IB PYP settings, Jessica offers practical, step-by-step strategies that empower educators to transform professional learning and classroom environments
Leading with a Lens of Inquiry
Typical models of training and professional development focus on telling. It’s a model that far too often trickles down to classrooms where the traditional way of "doing school" limits the way educators teach and students learn. Fortunately, there is a better way to learn: through wonder, agency, and inquiry. FromLeading with a Lens of Inquiry administrators, educational instructors, and peer leaders learn how to cultivate learning spaces that ignite curiosity and inspire critical thinking in adult and student learners alike.
Evidence of Inquiry​
In Evidence of Inquiry, educator and consultant Jessica Vance guides readers through the art and practice of building meaningful learning walls.
Drawing on her global work with educators, Vance shares practical, step-by-step guidance along with adaptable frameworks you can use in any learning context. Real-life learning walls and educator stories further demonstrate how constructivist pedagogy invites students to drive the learning in powerful, visible ways.
