What do you truly love to do?
That single question put educator Trevor MacKenzie and a struggling student on an unintended and life-changing journey of inquiry, discovery and meaningful learning. It was a journey that completely reshaped the way MacKenzie leads his classroom.
With the belief that all students deserve a chance to dig into their wonders and curiosities, MacKenzie proposes a scaffolded approach to student-centred learning by identifying the Types of Student Inquiry: Structured, Controlled, Guided and Free Inquiry. Each type requires students take progressively more control over their own learning. This inquiry-based learning model equips students to become lifelong learners by nurturing wonder, curiosity and agency in the classroom.
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Joining a dynamic team of speakers for this event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 22 - 24, 2026. Click the images for information and registration.
May 2026 Trevor is returning to South Africa! Details to be released in the coming months. Click the image for updates.
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Free Resources
Explore a range of resource all designed to support your understanding and implementation of inquiry. Whether a book club guide, unit design templates, Flipgrid tutorials, all of the published sketchnotes (ready for you to download), or provocation hyperdocs, we have a continuously growing range of resources for you to access for free. Simply click the image!
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Free Sketchnotes
Download all of our helpful sketchnotes for your use in your classrooms with your students or to use with your staff and colleagues to discuss inquiry to support your professional development and collaborative learning.
Access to these sketchnotes is entirely free. Bring the power of inquiry to your school, your staff, and your learners. Each of these sketchnotes is its own special entry point into the rich conversation about student agency, wonderment, and empowering the learner.
What I’m Up To Gallery
Sometimes the simplest strategies and tools can lead to amazing outcomes. Recently I was reminded of the powerful return on investment in using noticing frames. Noticing frames, quite simply, are a variety of shapes cut into frames. Whether it be circles, squares, or rectangles, the frames are used to support independence, critical thinking, collaboration, and language acquisition. Typically noticing frames are introduced and utilized during a provocation experience, inviting students to look more closely, sharpen their eye, and get more specific in their observations.