I Don’t Have the Answers, Sway! Teaching Secondary Literacy Methods Course Using an Inquiry Model of Instruction

Authors

Kisha Porcher, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/PiscatawayFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In the era of high stakes testing, students have become conditioned to find the “right answer”and earn an “A” as opposed to engaging in critical thinking and productive struggle. In an effort to break this cycle, I restructured the literacy methods course to an inquiry model; Launch-Explore-Discuss.

Recommended Citation

Porcher, Kisha (2020) "I Don’t Have the Answers, Sway! Teaching Secondary Literacy Methods Course Using an Inquiry Model of Instruction," New Jersey English Journal: Vol. 9, Article 14.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nj-english-journal/vol9/iss1/14