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Developing & Implementing Conceptual Units of Inquiry Rasha El-Haggan relhaggan@gmail.com

Statistical Trends • Student engagement in schools plummets as students get to higher grades—from 80% in elementary school to just 40% by the beginning of high school. • A Lego Foundation study reports that students lose more than 90% of their creative capacity during their school years. • 53% of recent college graduates are under—or unemployed. (Source: Leibowitz, A., Lombroso, D., Ridley, A., Whiteley, G. (Producers), & Whiteley, G. (Director). Most Likely to Succeed [Motion picture]. USA: One Potato Productions.)

Statistical Trends • 65% of today’s grade-school children will end up in jobs that haven’t been invented yet. • Millennials will have 15-20 jobs over the course of their working lives. • The World Economic Forum reports that creativity will become one of the top three skills in demand by 2020. (Source: Leibowitz, A., Lombroso, D., Ridley, A., Whiteley, G. (Producers), & Whiteley, G. (Director). Most Likely to Succeed [Motion picture]. USA: One Potato Productions.)

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Most Desirable Skills by Fortune 500 Companies In n 2020 2020 In 1990 n 1990 In n 2015 2015 1. Teamwork 1. 1. Com ompl plex ex P Probl oblem em 1. 1. Com ompl plex ex P Probl oblem em 2. Probl 2. oblem S Sol olving Solving ng Solving ng 3. Interpersonal Skills 2. Critical Thinking 2. Coordinating with 4. Oral Communication 3. Creativity others 5. Listening 4. People 3. People 6. Personal/Career Management Management Development 5. Coordinating with 4. Critical Thinking 7. Creative Thinking Others 5. Negotiation 8. Leadership 6. Emotional 6. Quality Control 9. Goal Setting/Motivation Intelligence 7. Service Orientation 10.Writing 7. Judgement & 8. Judgement & 11.Organizational Decision Making Decision Making Effectiveness 8. Service Orientation 9. Active Listening 12.Computation 9. Negotiation 10.Creativity 13.Reading 10.Cognitive Flexibility Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-10-skills-you-need-to-thrive-in-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

Most Desirable Skills by Fortune 500 Companies In n 2020 2020 In 1990 n 1990 In n 2015 2015 1. Teamwork 1. Complex Problem 1. Complex Problem 2. Problem Solving Solving Solving 3. Interpersonal Skills 2. Critical Thinking 2. Coordinating with 4. Oral Communication 3. Creativ 3. ivit ity others 5. Listening 4. People 3. People 6. Personal/Career Management Management Development 5. Coordinating with 4. Critical Thinking 7. Creat 7. eative T Thi hink nking Others 5. Negotiation 8. Leadership 6. Emotional 6. Quality Control 9. Goal Setting/Motivation Intelligence 7. Service Orientation 10.Writing 7. Judgement & 8. Judgement & 11.Organizational Decision Making Decision Making Effectiveness 8. Service Orientation 9. Active Listening 12.Computation 9. Negotiation 10.Creativ 10. ivit ity 13.Reading 10.Cognitive Flexibility Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-10-skills-you-need-to-thrive-in-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

So How Do Islamic Schools Meet that Challenge?

Important Factors • Written, taught, and assessed curriculum needs to be: – Transdisciplinary – Conceptual – Inquiry-Based

Transdisciplinary Learning • is engaging, relevant, challenging and significant. • conveys learning that has rel elev evan ance across the subject areas • trans nscend nds t the he conf onfine nes of the subject areas to connect to what is real in the world

Transdisciplinary Example 4 th Grade • – English • Poetry & Rhyme schemes – Math ath • Patterns – Arabi abic • Arabic Poetry – Qur’an Qur an • Surat Mariam – Islamic Studi tudies es • Personality & Physical appearance of the Prophet (PBUH) – Final nal Asses essmen ent • Wrote a poem about the Prophet.

Transdisciplinary Example 2 nd Grade • – English • Folk tales & Fables – Math ath • Expression through symbols – Arabi abic • Joha Folk Tales – Qur Qur’an an • Surat Al Shams & Surat Al Naml – Is Islam amic Studi tudies es • Prophet Sulayman & his ability to speak to animals. • Hadith about treatment of animals.

Framework Checklist • Transdisciplinary ✅ • Conceptual • Inquiry Based

Conceptual • What is a concept? – Universal – Timeless – Abstract – Move students toward higher levels of thinking – Broad ideas that transcend the perspectives and limits of any subject specific-area – It can be taught in any classroom, no matter what the content includes.

The Human Body Concept or Topic?

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Systems Concept or Topic?

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Verb Conjugation Concept or Topic?

Verb Conjugation Concept or Topi pic 

Relationships Concept or Topic?

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Linking Conceptual • Math: Ratios & Percentages Guiding Question: How do we quantify CH CHANGE?  • English: Past & Present Tense Verbs Guiding Question: How does our language CH CHANGE  over time? • Science: States of Matter – Solids, Liquids, Gas  Guiding Question: How does the physical world around us CH CHANGE? • Qur’an: Madani vs. Mekki Surahs  Guiding Question: How do themes of surahs in the Qur’an CH CHANGE from the Mekki to the Madani period? • Conceptual Connection: CHANGE

Framework Checklist • Transdisciplinary ✅ • Conceptual ✅ • Inquiry Based

What is Inquiry? • More than asking a student what he or she wants to know. • It’s not just about asking questions in class • It’s about trigge ggering c ng cur urios osity. • Combats the “dunno” syndrome – common problem in student engagement. Source: Wolpert-Gawron, H. (2016, August 11). What the Heck Is Inquiry-Based Learning? Retrieved May 03, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-inquiry-based-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron

Types of Inquiry

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