Looking for an Argument? The Urban Academy Course in Inquiry Learning
Facilitator(s): Ann Cook, Avram Barlowe

Workshop   +   Classroom Practice: classroom culture   +   High School
"Looking for an Argument" is an inquiry-based course offered at the Urban Academy Laboratory High School. Open to students in grades 9-12, the course is designed to focus students on a myriad of essential skills: debate, note-taking, reading and highlighting, essay writing, consideration of multiple perspectives, and critiquing. Each week, two teachers debate an issue in the news. Tackling questions such as, "Should our society jail athletes for violent acts committed during an athletic contest? Should there be laws about who can be a parent? Should we provide help to foreign countries when they experience natural disasters?" students join the conversation, then work through a series of activities designed to improve their skills in analysis and writing. A video and class materials will be shared with participants.
Date/Time: Friday, 10:30am - 12:30pm   Room: CC 614   Session #159
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Participants indicating interest in attending this session are:
Heather Baldwin-McCurdyMountlake Terrace High School
Claudia Bedoya-RoseCommon Ground High School
Patrice ConnellTrenton Central High School
Kathleen CushmanWhat Kids Can Do/Next Generation Press
Chris EllingerMountlake Terrace High School
Sarah Fuchs FuchsSchool of Social Justice and Community Development
Susan GlennSouthridge High School
Marly HartlineMountlake Terrace HS
Janice LatellaTrenton High School
Valere E. Lee
Francis MaroneVineland Hign School North
Sandi Mills
Martha MontgomeryFrontiers Program
Sidney OkashigeNortheast Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University
Stephanie PooleMadison Middle School
Anita RaviInstitute for Learning, University of Pittsburgh
Jocelyn RogerSqualicum High School
Eddie RoseCommon Ground
Shoshana RosenbaumKestrel Heights School
Amy SchuffSouthridge High School
Nilsa SotomayorClover Park High School
Lisa TeigerInstitute for Collaborative Education
Sharon VothSqualicum High School
Diane WaffWestEd
Mark WavraEastmont High School