Summer Teacher Institute 2010: Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom and Museum

This course for K–6 educators explores inquiry as a model of learning in the museum and classroom environment. A behind-the-scenes look at the Brooklyn Museum’s educational practices and collections will support participants as they develop an inquiry-driven lesson plan featuring one or more objects in the Museum’s American Identities  installation. The plan will enable students with a range of needs and learning styles to meet the Blueprint for the Arts benchmarks and NYC Learning Standards. Best practices for open-ended inquiry, guided inquiry, and object-based activity extensions reflecting a range of modalities will be supported through modeling, research, reflection/evaluation, and application.

Course Type: P credit
Course Fee: $350 (including $100 ASPDP course fee and $250 Brooklyn Museum registration fee)
Auditing Fee: $250

To register to take this course for P credits, visit the New York City Department of Education After School Professional Development Program Web site at https:​/​/​​pci.​nycenet.​edu/​aspdp/​ .

To audit the course, e-mail teacher.​services@​brooklynmuseum.​org  or call (718) 501-6244.