Books by Mickey Kolis

Inquiry is becoming more and more of an area of interest in education. This book attempts to explain WHY it makes sense, WHAT pieces are required to do inquiry effectively (knowledge, skills and dispositions) and then provide the HOW in a series of day-by-day lesson plans.

This book attempts to explain why music inquiry makes sense, what pieces are required to do music inquiry effectively (the knowledge, skills and dispositions) and then provides how to teach music inquiry in a series of day-by-day lesson plans.

This book gives the reader a wealth of background knowledge in both theater and inquiry based education and also lays out lesson plans that are easy to follow.

Veteran science teachers Kolis and Lenz provide small step-by-step 5E's lessons and an inquiry-based sequence to guide you through that first learning experience so that you too can play the game of Brainball (Science Edition)!

Veteran teacher Mickey Kolis invites you to reflect on how you "do learning" in your classroom. Real-life classroom examples demonstrate how you can shift the drive for learning into students' hands-while still meeting your learning benchmarks. From making assignments meaningful to students to assessing the results, Powerful Ideas in Teaching explores key ideas for creating environments where students want to learn.

Veteran teacher Mickey Kolis invites you to reflect on how you "do learning" in your classroom. From making assignments meaningful to students to assessing the results, Rethinking Teaching explores key ideas for creating environments where students want to learn.