Epistemic Inquiry

Epistemic Inquiry

The training that strengthens science teaching across your whole school

As a school leader, you want a science department capable of delivering rigorous curriculum coverage and developing students who can think, reason, and inquire like real scientists. Yet across many schools, teachers struggle with a persistent tension: either they rush through the heavy curriculum, or they use inquiry activities that do not lead to deep, transferable understanding. The result is familiar. Uneven practice, hidden misconceptions, passive learners, and students who can reproduce procedures but struggle to explain why things work.

This course gives your staff a practical, evidence-informed way to change that.

Epistemic Inquiry is a classroom-tested approach developed over thirty years of teaching science from late primary to high school. It allows your teachers to seamlessly integrate content and inquiry, so your students learn both what scientists know and how scientific knowledge is built. This shift transforms lessons: your students ask better questions, analyse evidence more clearly, reason more confidently, and engage with science as an intellectual discipline — not a checklist of steps to follow.

Your teachers will learn to apply the five pillars of Let's Think pedagogy — Concrete Preparation

Cognitive Conflict

Social Construction

Metacognition, and

Bridging

to make student thinking visible and strengthen reasoning. When reasoning becomes visible, your teachers identify misconceptions earlier, reduce reteaching, and design lessons that promote deeper, long-term understanding. Planning becomes lighter, instruction becomes clearer, and students become more independent thinkers.

During the course, your teachers will explore the method, test small changes in their own context, and reflect with colleagues who face the same challenges. This ensures meaningful, lasting transfer into everyday classroom practice.

Why Your School Should Invest in This Course

◾Build a high-quality, coherent science programme across grade levels

Epistemic Inquiry provides a shared language and model for inquiry from Grade 4 to Grade 12. This strengthens vertical alignment, reduces fragmentation, and ensures every learner moves through a consistent, research-based progression.

◾Improve assessment results through a deeper understanding

When your students understand how knowledge is constructed, not just what to remember, they produce clearer explanations, navigate unfamiliar problems, and retain concepts more effectively.

◾Increase teacher confidence, consistency, and instructional quality

A unified pedagogy reduces guesswork and instructional variability. Your teachers understand why certain methods work, not just how to apply them.

◾Reveal your students' thinking earlier and reduce reteaching

Misconceptions surface quickly through structured reasoning tasks, allowing for targeted intervention and more efficient teaching.

◾Strengthen inquiry without sacrificing curriculum coverage

Schools no longer have to choose between inquiry and content. This method integrates both, supporting your curriculum goals.

◾Develop independent, scientifically literate learners

Students build habits of mind,  analysis, justification, and metacognition that support success across all subjects, not only science.

◾A scalable, sustainable investment

Because the method works across primary and secondary levels, the training has a long-lasting impact on teaching quality throughout your institution.

If your goal is to build a science department capable of deepening understanding, strengthening reasoning, and delivering a coherent inquiry-rich curriculum, this course is the strategic investment your school needs.

COURSE DETAILS

Audience: All science teachers from Grade 4–12
Duration: 1-day course
Outcome: Certificate of Participation

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