Inquiry Project 

I have always been interested in understanding how early childhood intervention can help children's school performance at the later stage of their childhood.  I want to inquire how children's bringing up affect their cognitive, emotional, social behavior.  My daily interaction with my daughter has enriched my experience in understanding children's behavior. I am particularly interested in the research area of children who are at risk of developmental delays and children who are gifted.

Inquiry Project (Final Version)

I had a discussion with Megan.  We are both interested in enriched learning for children at secondary level.  Our topic is “Enriched Learning” and we will focus our research on BC Mini School Program.  During our initial research phase, we found that the Mini Program in general is an accelerated educational program in which students are expected to finish 4-year high school courses within 3 years.  The recruitment process is very competitive and extremely popular where only high-performance students in designated areas will be considered.  Different schools offer different Mini Programs. For example, Lord Byng Secondary offers Byng Arts Mini Program which attracts students who are passionate and dedicated to Fine Arts, whereas John Oliver Digital Mini Program is designed for students who are motivated to study in a technology enhanced leaning environment. 

We as educators realized that students’ academic and extra curriculum performances in this program are much higher than students in the regular system.  However, due to its competencies, very few students are selected and have the opportunities to participate in these programs.  We were hoping through our inquiry and research, we could find the reasons for students’ success in this program (beyond individual capacity).  We then seek to construct an educational pedagogy which can be implemented in our regular classroom teaching which benefits most of the students.