Teaching Is Inquiry

Educator Innovator by NWP Radio

Apr 3, 202500:31:59Education

Ballenger shares her teaching journey and the core ideas in her book about the power of inquiry-based learning, which encourages teachers to honor students’ unexpected questions and ideas as opportunities for deeper expl...

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