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Director
SEAMEO RECSAM, J alan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11700 Gelugor, Penang, MALAYSIA
Fax: 04-6522742 / 04-6522737
Closing date for registration is 5 May 2014.
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SEAMEO RECSAM
www.recsam.edu.my
SEAMEO RECSAM, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah,
11700 Gelugor, Penang, MALAYSIA
PARTICIPATION FEES
ACCOMMODATION AT
RECSAM INTERNATIONAL
HOUSE
FOOD
SUBMISSION &
CL OSING DATE
L OCAL ORDER INFORMATION
Type 1: RM 690.00 per participant
(Without Accommodation)
Type 2: RM 850.00 per participant
(Twin Sharing at RECSAM International House)
Type 3: RM 980.00 per participant
(Single occupancy at RECSAM International House)
For Type 2 & 3 participants boarded at the
RECSAM International House
Check in A Day Before 1400 to 1800
Check out A Day After by 1200
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be
provided by SEAMEO RECSAM during the workshop
sessions.
For stay-in participants (Type 2 & Type 3),
breakfast and dinner will be provided.
Pay to: SEAMEO RECSAM
Bank: MAYBANK GELUGOR BRANCH, PENANG
Account Number: 5571 5700 0647
FOR ENQUIRIES
Dr. Corrienna / Ms. Deng Mee Cheng
email: corrienna@recsam.edu.my/
deng@recsam.edu.my
Telephone: 04-6522741 / 04-6522770
Places are limited to 40 maximum and will be on a rst
come basis. All participation forms are to be submitted
to the following latest by 5 May 2014:
Director, SEAMEO RECSAM,
Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11700 Gelugor, Penang.
or by fax 04-6522742 / 04-6522737
Dr. Corrienna Abd. Talib
Science Education Specialist
(R&D Division)
SEAMEO RECSAM, Penang
Mr. Mohd Kamal Kadri
Head, Educators Centre,
Centre of Learning
Department, Petrosains
Mr. Mohd Imran Arif Mohd Arif
Learning Specialist,
Centre of Learning
Department, Petrosains
FACIL ITATORS
This Fundamentals of Inquiry Workshop is adopted
from the Institute for Inquiry at the Exploratorium, San
Francisco. Using hands-on experiences and focused
reection, we give teachers a thorough grounding
in pedagogy and practice of science inquiry. This
workshop is organised into three sections that
illuminate the fundamentals of inquiry-based teaching
and learning.
Participants examine different ways of teaching
hands-on science, explore the process skills of inquiry,
engage in a full scientic inquiry, and consider ways
to include inquiry in their own classrooms. In this 3-day
workshop, they will explore ways to support classroom
teachers in moving from traditional teaching ways to
a more inquiry-based approach where students take
more responsibility for their learning.
Our workshop illuminate the power of learning scientic
content through inquiry and introduce strategies for
providing inquiry experiences in the classroom. During
this workshop, participants will:
carry out a series of activities that illuminate the
principles of inquiry-based learning;
practice science inquiry as it relates to the science
practices illuminated in the curriculum;
learn how to apply these activities in your
professional development program; and
examine the techniques of effective professional
development design, such as how to sequence
activities, match activities to learning goals, and
facilitate discussions to advance teachers thinking
and practices.
Educators
This workshop is organized into three sections
that illuminate the fundamentals of inquiry-
based teaching and learning
Elements of Inquiry
The experiences in this section focus on hands-
on approaches and scientic practices related to
inquiry learning.
Discover that different approaches to hands-
on teaching support different goals for
learning.
Identify the toolsthe scientic practices
needed to carry out inquiry, which include
asking questions, planning and carrying out
investigations, analyzing and interpreting
data, and arguing from evidence.
Put these scientic practices into action and
examine their roles in learning.
Examine the kinds of questions learners ask
about phenomena and nd out how to turn
non-investigable questions into investigable
ones.
Immersion in Inquiry
Plan and conduct an investigation that illustrates
how science content and science practices can be
learned through a carefully orchestrated inquiry
process. At the same time, the activity illuminates
the process of inquiry itself.
Explore questions that are fundamental to
designing an inquiry experience, including:
What are good starting points for
investigations?
What roles do materials play?
How is inquiry learning best facilitated?
How can conceptual understanding be
developed through inquiry?
Connections to the Classroom
Make connections between workshop experiences
and how current classroom activities can be
modied to incorporate more science inquiry and
science practices.
INTRODUCTION
OBJ ECTIVES
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
STRATEGIES/
APPROACHES
WORKSHOPS SCHEDUL E
WEDNESDAY (14 MAY 2014) THURSDAY (15 MAY 2014) FRIDAY (16 MAY 2014)
0830 - 0900 Registration
Activity 3: Raising Question
Hands-On Activities
Activity 5: Subtle Shifs
Hands-On Activities
0900 - 1030
Overview of Fundamentals of
Inquiry Workshop
Activity 1: Comparing Approaches
to Hands-On Science
Hands-On Activities
1030 - 1100 Tea Break Tea Break Tea Break
1100 - 1300
Continue Activity 1
Hands-On activities
Making Meaning
Continue Activity 3
Hands-On Activities
Making Meaning
Making Meaning
Workshop conclusion
1300 - 1430 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break
1430 - 1630
Activity 2: Process Skills
Hands-On Activities
Making Meaning
Activity 4: Shadow Inquiry
Hands-On Activities
Making Meaning
End
1630 Tea Break Tea Break
INTRODUCING THE WORKSHOP FACIL ITATORS
**Note: This programme schedule may be subjected to minor changes without prior notice
Mohd Kamal Kadri
has a Bachelor Degree in Nuclear Science (Hons.). He graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in
1993 and has been working at Petrosains since April 2003. He is Head, Educators Centre, and is in charge
in Educators programs with the objective of providing value to the people and nation. He attended a full
Inquiry course at the Institute of Inquiry, Exploratorium, San Francisco and also the National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA) Conference in Texas, USA. He has conducted Inquiry workshops for Teachers Professional
Development Programmes since 2010 and he has trained pre-service and in-service teachers, educators
and university lecturers for their professional development skills enhancement in teaching STEM.
Mohd Imran Arif Mohd Arif
is a graduate from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He
nished his study in 2005 and joined Petrosains
as a science facilitator since then. His passion is
connecting ideas for making public comfortable
in doing science. A great chance came as he was
nominated to visit United States in 2008. He took a
short course there on inquiry and eventually began
to make some adaptation of the ideas with local
knowledge. He met many educators and shared
with them the theory and practice of inquiry-based
teaching and learning throughout these years.
Corrienna Abdul Talib, Dr.
is a Science Education Specialist at the Southeast
Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Regional
Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics
(SEAMEO RECSAM), Penang. Her specialisation is
on chemistry teaching methods and STEM education.
She is actively engaged in in-service teacher training
of science and mathematics teacher educators
from Southeast Asia and Africa, paper presenter
in international conferences, review editor for
Learning Science and Mathematics Online Journal
and has written articles in related elds.