The Shared Inquiry Discussion is the heart of each unit, or set of activities on a Junior Great Books selection.
The video segment on this page (or audio, if you prefer) will give you a flavor of Shared Inquiry Discussion in a classroom.
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In this activity students share their own ideas and answers to an open-ended, interpretive question posed by the Leader.
The goal is not to arrive at any kind of consensus, but for each student to develop an interpretation that he or she finds personally satisfying.
The video-clip (02:53) is an edited reproduction of a live discussion of the story Jack and the Beanstalk by second and third graders in a Chicago school.
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