Explore

=**WEEK 2 - EXPLORE**=


 * What is the Explore Domain?**

In the Explore Domain teachers are encouraged to: 
 * present challenging tasks to support students to generate and investigate questions, gather relevant information and develop ideas
 * provide tools and procedures for students to organise information and ideas
 * identify students' conceptions and challenges misconceptions
 * **be mindful of the learning requirements of the task and to be attentive to students’ responses and intervene accordingly **


 * Activities for the Explore Domain**
 * 1) Go to the discussions for the Explore Domain (Discussions 1-5) and respond to the questions asked in the forum. Comment on other people's comments too.
 * 2) After considering the questions in the discussion forums look at the profile statements for the Explore Domain and rate yourself as Level 1, 2, 3 or 4. [[file:Explore DOMAIN PROFILE STATEMENTS.doc]]
 * 3) Think about why you have rated yourself this - what do you say, do, write or see in your own teaching that made you select this level in the domain?
 * 4) Open this e5 Reflection file (the one that you saved last week) and write your responses in the appropriate section.
 * 5) Reflect on a class and how you will work on further developing your capabilities in the Explore Domain. Look at ideas for the Explore stage of learning and consider how you might adapt them for your class.
 * 6) Return to the discussion section and in ** Explore Discussion 5 **write about what you are going to do before the next meeting.

