Barbara K. Stripling has been a school librarian, grant administrator, school library supervisor, and library educator across the United States during an almost 50-year career. Darryl Toerien is Head of Inquiry-Based Learning at Blanchelande College, a PK–12 school in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

This inspiring book redefines inquiry as an engaging, conversation-driven journey that supports the whole child—academically, personally, socially, and culturally—while empowering learners to think critically and act with agency. Based on both the Stripling Model of Inquiry and the FOSIL Inquiry Cycle, it offers educators practical, school-wide strategies for building cultures of curiosity where students become reflective, engaged, and responsible members of their communities.

• Authors’ Note1. Inquiry and the Purpose of Education2. Inquiry as Conversation3. Inquiry Process4. Inquiry as All-Embracing Concept5. Whole-Child Focus of Inquiry6. Curriculum Mapping of Priority Skills and Attitudes7. Designing Inquiry-Based Instruction8. Teaching the Skills and Attitudes of Inquiry9. Broadening the Conversations about InquiryBibliographyIndex

Barbara K. Stripling has been a school librarian, grant administrator, school library supervisor, and library educator across the United States during an almost 50-year career. Darryl Toerien is Head of Inquiry-Based Learning at Blanchelande College, a PK–12 school in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

This inspiring book redefines inquiry as an engaging, conversation-driven journey that supports the whole child—academically, personally, socially, and culturally—while empowering learners to think critically and act with agency. Based on both the Stripling Model of Inquiry and the FOSIL Inquiry Cycle, it offers educators practical, school-wide strategies for building cultures of curiosity where students become reflective, engaged, and responsible members of their communities.

• Authors’ Note1. Inquiry and the Purpose of Education2. Inquiry as Conversation3. Inquiry Process4. Inquiry as All-Embracing Concept5. Whole-Child Focus of Inquiry6. Curriculum Mapping of Priority Skills and Attitudes7. Designing Inquiry-Based Instruction8. Teaching the Skills and Attitudes of Inquiry9. Broadening the Conversations about InquiryBibliographyIndex

Barbara K. Stripling has been a school librarian, grant administrator, school library supervisor, and library educator across the United States during an almost 50-year career. Darryl Toerien is Head of Inquiry-Based Learning at Blanchelande College, a PK–12 school in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

This inspiring book redefines inquiry as an engaging, conversation-driven journey that supports the whole child—academically, personally, socially, and culturally—while empowering learners to think critically and act with agency. Based on both the Stripling Model of Inquiry and the FOSIL Inquiry Cycle, it offers educators practical, school-wide strategies for building cultures of curiosity where students become reflective, engaged, and responsible members of their communities.

• Authors’ Note1. Inquiry and the Purpose of Education2. Inquiry as Conversation3. Inquiry Process4. Inquiry as All-Embracing Concept5. Whole-Child Focus of Inquiry6. Curriculum Mapping of Priority Skills and Attitudes7. Designing Inquiry-Based Instruction8. Teaching the Skills and Attitudes of Inquiry9. Broadening the Conversations about InquiryBibliographyIndex