AOI+Questions+for+Depth+and+Reflection

Dear Students, Please use the questions below to engage in meaningful brainstorming or discussion in your process journals. You can also use some of the questions as research questions. The questions are samples, so feel free to rewrite them in different ways as you see appropriate. While some of your projects lend themselves to a single subject, others may involve a few subject areas, so please go to the subject sections you think might apply to your project. Remember, you will need to treat your AOI in an in-depth manner and your AOI understanding should show up in your use of techniques and analysis. If you have found this helpful, please sure this page with a friend. Mrs. C

= AOI Subject-Specific Questions  =

ARTS

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best? How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding?
 * What should we learn in the arts and who decides this?
 * What can the arts tell me about the world?
 * What does learning in the arts mean?
 * What skills are specific to the arts?
 * What does it mean to be artistic?
 * What does it mean to have ingenuity?
 * How do we evaluate art?
 * How do I evaluate my work? The work of others?
 * In what way does evaluating the work of others help their work or my work?
 * What is the value of reflection when creating artwork?
 * How does learning through the arts help me with learning in other subjects?
 * What skills and knowledge can I take from other subjects and use in my art or my learning in art?
 * What skills can I use to organize my artwork?
 * What have I learned in other subjects that can help?
 * How do I reflect on my work?
 * How does reflection help me?
 * In what ways can the developmental workbook be used as an approach to learning about art?
 * What are effective ways of working with my classmates?
 * What will I do differently in the next unit of work?
 * What will I do to improve a specific skill?
 * How do I plan and organize my work effectively?
 * What will I do differently in the next unit of work?
 * How will I use what I have learned in art in other subjects? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others?
 * How does art communicate across time and cultures?
 * What use is art in the community and for the community?
 * Do communities need art?
 * Does a community shape art?
 * How can art be used to help a community and individuals?
 * To what extent do people and communities change through art experiences?
 * How are artists viewed by the community?
 * How are communities viewed by artists?
 * What have I learned about art and the community?
 * What would the world be like without art?
 * How can I improve my community through art (school and wider community)?
 * In what way could my community be improved by art? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others?
 * How do the arts communicate emotion?
 * What does art have to say about life, joy and suffering?
 * Does art help us to make sense of joy, suffering, society and societies? In what way?
 * How does art impact on society? On individuals? On me?
 * How does art communicate the health of a society and nation?
 * How are artists viewed by society?
 * Is art a luxury or a necessity?
 * Can the arts be used to influence people?
 * How can an individual’s behaviour be influenced by art?
 * How does gender affect art and perceptions of art?
 * To what extent do people change through art experiences?
 * In what way does art allow me to express myself?
 * How can I use art to look after myself and others?
 * Can I create a work to communicate with others?
 * What behaviours or attitudes will I seek to change in myself through what I have learned in art? || * What are our environments?
 * What resources do we have or need?
 * What are my responsibilities?
 * What role have artists played in building our understanding or appreciation of the environment?
 * What power do artists have today to communicate environmental issues to the world?
 * In what way(s) do artists use the natural world for inspiration?
 * In what way does the environment affect people as artists?
 * In what way does (the) environment affect art?
 * In what way does art affect the environment?
 * Can art change an environment?
 * How is art different in different geographical locations?
 * How do I decide on the environment in which to present my art?
 * How can my art impact on the school environment?
 * Can my art improve the school environment?
 * What realistic changes can I make that will impact positively on my environments?
 * What do I want to change? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences?
 * Where does art come from?
 * What is art?
 * How can art initiate change?
 * What would the world be like without art?
 * In what way(s) has humankind developed art?
 * In what way has art influenced knowledge?
 * In what way has knowledge influenced art?
 * How has art evolved over time?
 * Who are the art pioneers in my time? What makes them pioneers?
 * To what extent do people change through art experiences?
 * When does a person become an artist? What makes a person an artist?
 * How important are the arts for personal development?
 * How important a role do the arts play in human communication?
 * Can art be unethical?
 * How have my own views of art changed with regard to …?
 * How is art developing in my time and culture?
 * What can I create in response to personal ideas or feelings? ||

Humanities

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best?
 * How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding?
 * What skills do I need to develop to study humanities subjects?
 * What skills and knowledge can I take from other subjects and use in my humanities learning?
 * How do I investigate a topic in humanities?
 * How do I present my work in humanities?
 * How do we acknowledge sources?
 * How can I plan and organize my learning more effectively?
 * How do I plan to meet deadlines?
 * How do I work collaboratively in humanities?
 * How can ICT help my humanities learning?
 * How can I detect bias in a document/map?
 * How can I distinguish between description and analysis? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others?
 * How do we define community?
 * How do humanities subjects approach the concept of community?
 * What contribution do humanities make to understanding communities?
 * What are the responsibilities of those who work in humanities?
 * How is community identity explored in humanities?
 * What can I learn about my community through humanities?
 * How can I contribute to my community?
 * How do humanities promote service in communities?
 * How does the study of humanities help us understand the many different types of communities in today’s world?
 * How can one community support another?
 * How do humanities explain contemporary geopolitical issues? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others?
 * What do humanities tell us about society?
 * How can humanities help to communicate the health of a society and/or nation?
 * In what way(s) do humanities impact on society?
 * How can I learn for life through humanities?
 * How do humanities enable me to learn about myself and others?
 * How can my learning in humanities help me to make healthy choices?
 * How can humanities be used to influence people?
 * How does learning in humanities facilitate our understanding of ourselves and others?
 * What behaviours or attitudes will I seek to change in myself through what I have learned in humanities?
 * How does the study of humanities help us to understand contemporary society?
 * How do humanities help us to understand the relationships between societies? || * What are our environments?
 * What resources do we have or need?
 * What are my responsibilities?
 * What do humanities communicate about environments?
 * How do humanities and environments interact?
 * In what ways are environments created?
 * In what ways can humanities influence natural, built and virtual environments?
 * How can humanities affect our understanding of different environments?
 * How can humanities help to improve environments?
 * How can my humanities knowledge and skills help me to improve my environments?
 * How do humanities help me to live in my environments?
 * What power can humanities give us to communicate environmental issues to the world?
 * How does an understanding of humanities help us to identify the different types of environments in the contemporary world? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences?
 * How have we sought to explain our world over time?
 * How is human ingenuity identified in humanities?
 * How have humanities evolved?
 * How are humanities evolving in my time and culture?
 * What can I learn about human nature through humanities?
 * How does an understanding of the past and the evolution of modern society help us to improve the contemporary world?
 * How do humanities help us to develop strategies to solve conflicts? ||

Language A

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best?
 * How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding?
 * What should we learn in language A and who decides this?
 * What can we learn about the world through language A?
 * What skills are specific to language A?
 * What does it mean to be fluent?
 * What does it mean to be literate?
 * How do our language A skills assist/support/improve learning in other subjects?
 * What skills and knowledge can we take from other subjects and use in language A?
 * What skills can we use to organize our learning in language A?
 * How do others’ ideas influence our own?
 * How does language A influence our understanding of cultures/cultural diversity?
 * What are the language A techniques and tools that we use to communicate effectively?
 * How can we evaluate our own language use?
 * How could we approach this type of task more effectively in the future?
 * What are the strengths and weaknesses of different information sources?
 * How does language A enable us to challenge information/arguments?
 * How can we improve our language A skills? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others?
 * How can we learn about communities through language A?
 * How does a community shape language A?
 * How do our different communities affect our language use?
 * How does a community affect literature?
 * What role does literature play within a community?
 * What does literature add to a community?
 * How are writers viewed by the community?
 * How are community issues portrayed differently within various genres and literary movements?
 * What would the world be like without literature?
 * How can language A be used to help a community and individuals?
 * How do language A skills enable debate on moral, social, ethical and spiritual issues within the community?
 * How is our involvement with the community helping us to develop our language A skills?
 * How can we use our language A skills to contribute to a community? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others?
 * How does language A communicate emotion?
 * How does language A impact on society? On individuals? On me?
 * How can language A be used to influence people?
 * What does literature have to say about the range of human emotions, behaviour and issues?
 * Is literacy a luxury or a necessity?
 * Is reading for pleasure a luxury or a necessity?
 * Is reading literature a luxury or a necessity?
 * In what ways does language A enable us to express ourselves?
 * How does language A enable us to learn about ourselves and others?
 * How can our language A skills help us to make right/healthy choices?
 * How does age affect our perspective on language and literature?
 * How does our maturity influence our perception of language and literature?
 * How do language and literature facilitate our understanding of ourselves and others?
 * How do social groups affect language use?
 * How are health and/or social issues portrayed differently within various genres and literary movements?
 * How can we use language A to show empathy when working with others? || * What are our environments?
 * What resources do we have or need?
 * What are my responsibilities?
 * What are the impacts of natural environments on language and literature?
 * What are the impacts of built environments on language and literature?
 * What are the impacts of virtual environments on language and literature?
 * How does the way in which a particular environment is presented affect our understanding of the work (and of the environment)?
 * How does literature affect our understanding of different environments?
 * How does the production of texts affect the natural environment?
 * How do our language A skills enable us to understand different environments?
 * What power do writers have to communicate environmental issues?
 * What responsibilities do writers have to communicate environmental issues?
 * How can our writing/speaking improve the school environment?
 * How are environments portrayed differently within various genres and literary movements? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences?
 * Where does language come from?
 * How does language evolve over time?
 * What is language?
 * What qualifies as literature?
 * What are the ethical parameters in the use of language A?
 * How can a language initiate change?
 * How does technology affect language?
 * How is human ingenuity portrayed differently within various genres and literary movements?
 * When does a person become a writer? What qualifies a person as a writer?
 * How can a controversial text challenge our thinking?
 * Is there such a thing as an unethical text?
 * What are the effects/consequences of language contributions?
 * What are the effects/consequences of different works of literature?
 * What makes a classic?
 * What makes a work valid for study in language A?
 * On what basis do we make our own oral/written/visual communication choices?
 * Can our communication make a difference? ||

Language B

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best?
 * How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding?
 * How do we learn language? How do we acquire language?
 * What skills are specific to language B?
 * What does it mean to be bilingual?
 * How can similarities and differences between languages help my learning?
 * How does learning a second language help me with learning in other subjects?
 * What skills and knowledge can I take from other subjects and use in my language learning?
 * How can I organize my learning in language B?
 * What are effective ways of working with my classmates?
 * How can collaborative work improve our language skills?
 * How can I use language to show respect when working with others?
 * What can I do to improve my language learning?
 * How can I plan and organize my work effectively?
 * What can I do outside the language classroom?
 * How can information and communication technology (ICT) help my language learning?
 * How can I evaluate my own language use? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others?
 * How can I learn about communities through language B?
 * How are languages used in communities?
 * How does language shape a community?
 * How do multiple languages add to a community?
 * How can a community influence a language?
 * How are bilingual people viewed by communities?
 * What have I learned about language and the community?
 * What would the world be like without many languages?
 * How can I improve my community through what I’ve learned in language B? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others?
 * How do languages impact on society? On individuals? On me?
 * Can the status of languages communicate the health of a society?
 * Is learning a second language a luxury or a necessity?
 * Do I see health and social issues differently if I view them through another language?
 * How can language be used to influence people?
 * Do people change if they learn a second language? If so, to what extent?
 * In what ways does language B allow me to express myself?
 * How does language B enable me to learn about myself and others?
 * How important are languages for personal development?
 * How can my learning in language B help me to make healthy choices?
 * How does learning in language B facilitate our understanding of ourselves and others? || * What are our environments?
 * What resources do we have or need?
 * What are my responsibilities?
 * In what way can environments influence language?
 * How can language change with an environment?
 * In what way can language influence environments?
 * How does language B influence the school environment?
 * How can language B affect our understanding of different environments?
 * How do my language B skills enable me to understand different environments?
 * How can my language B skills help me to improve my environments?
 * What power can language B give us to communicate environmental issues to the world? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences?
 * What is language?
 * Where does language come from?
 * How have languages evolved over time?
 * What are the effects of language evolution?
 * How can language initiate change?
 * What would the world be like without language?
 * In what ways have humans shaped language?
 * How does technology affect language?
 * In what ways has knowledge influenced language?
 * How is language developing in my time and culture? In the language B culture?
 * How do languages impact each other?
 * What makes a language valid for learning?
 * On what basis do I choose the language I use in different contexts?
 * Can my communication make a difference?
 * What contributions to development has the target language made? ||

Mathemathics

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best?
 * How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding?
 * What do we learn in mathematics? How is learning in mathematics similar to or different from learning in other subjects?
 * What skills are specific to mathematics?
 * How is communication in mathematics different from other subjects?
 * How does learning mathematics help me with learning in other subjects?
 * What skills and knowledge can I take from other subjects and use in my mathematics learning?
 * How can I plan and organize my learning more effectively?
 * What are effective ways of working with my classmates? How can collaborative work improve my mathematics skills?
 * What is the value of reflection in mathematics?
 * How can information and communication technology (ICT) help my mathematics learning?
 * How can learning mathematics improve my thinking skills? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others?
 * What is the role of mathematics in a community and in the world?
 * How is the knowledge of mathematics useful in communities?
 * How can a community influence the learning of mathematics?
 * What is my role in the community? How can I contribute to my community through mathematics?
 * What would the world be like without mathematics?
 * How can I improve my community through what I’ve learned in mathematics? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others?
 * How does mathematics impact on society? On individuals? On me?
 * Can mathematics be used to influence the health of a society?
 * To what extent can mathematics contribute to the well-being of people and societies?
 * How can mathematics help to communicate the health of a society and/or nation?
 * In what ways does mathematics allow me to express myself?
 * How does mathematics enable me to learn about myself and others?
 * How can my learning in mathematics help me to make healthy choices? || * What are our environments?
 * What resources do we have or need?
 * What are my responsibilities?
 * In what way can mathematics influence natural, built and virtual environments?
 * How does mathematics influence the school environment?
 * What issues do natural, built and virtual environments present for mathematics?
 * How can mathematics affect our understanding of different environments?
 * How do my mathematics skills enable me to understand different environments?
 * How can my mathematics skills help me to improve my environments?
 * What power can mathematics give us to communicate environmental issues to the world? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences?
 * What is mathematics? Where does it come from?
 * How has mathematics evolved over time?
 * How can mathematics initiate change?
 * What would the world be like without mathematics?
 * In what ways have humans shaped mathematics? In what ways has mathematics shaped our lives?
 * How does mathematics affect language?
 * In what ways has knowledge influenced mathematics?
 * In what ways has mathematics influenced knowledge?
 * How is mathematics developing in my time and culture?
 * How useful is mathematics in my life?
 * What contributions has mathematics made to human civilizations? ||

Physical Education

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best?
 * How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding?
 * How can attitudes help me master a specific skill?
 * How do individuals reach the top of their field? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others?
 * How can I be an active and meaningful contributor to the team?
 * How far is there a gender divide in the sports we play?
 * How can major sporting events be more political than social?
 * Why do we need heroes?
 * How does the local community influence my style of play?
 * How did the community influence the development of each sport? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others?
 * What is at the core of good teamwork?
 * What do I need to consider to improve my stamina?
 * How true is the belief that we need a balance between mind and body?
 * How does my physical fitness make an impact on my daily life? || * What are our environments?
 * What resources do we have or need?
 * What are my responsibilities?
 * How does the local climate affect my performance?
 * How far does the environment influence my decision in a lifesaving situation?
 * What is the relationship between climbing and the environment? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences?
 * How (and why) do systems of a game or sport develop?
 * What are the challenges that I face as a gymnastics composer?
 * How are fitness and technique related to my performance in swimming?
 * How does my personal identity impact on my dance composition? ||

Sciences

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best?
 * How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences? || * Where do we live?
 * What resources do we have or need?
 * What are my responsibilities? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others? ||

Technology

 * **ATL** || **C&S** || **H&S** || **Environments** || **HI** ||
 * * How do I learn best?
 * How do I know?
 * How do I communicate my understanding?
 * What do we learn in technology?
 * How is learning in technology similar to or different from learning in other subjects?
 * What skills are specific to technology?
 * In what ways can the use of the design cycle help me learn?
 * How do we investigate an issue in technology?
 * How do we acknowledge sources?
 * How do we formulate a design specification?
 * How can I communicate my design ideas?
 * What is an effective plan in technology?
 * How can we effectively record the process of creation?
 * Of what does an evaluation in technology consist?
 * How do I evaluate my work?
 * What is the value of evaluating the work of others?
 * What is the value of reflection in technology?
 * What does it mean to be competent in technology?
 * How can I improve my learning and my performance in technology?
 * How can I organize my learning in technology?
 * What will I do differently in the next unit of work?
 * What will I do to improve a specific skill?
 * How does learning technology help me with learning in other subjects?
 * What skills and knowledge can I take from other subjects and use in my technology learning?
 * What is the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and technology? How can ICT help my learning in technology? || * How do we live in relation to each other?
 * How can I contribute to the community?
 * How can I help others?
 * What is the role of technology in a community and in the world?
 * How does technology shape communities and our lives?
 * How does technology communicate across time and cultures?
 * How can I learn about communities through technology?
 * What are the powers and limitations of technology in my community and in the world?
 * To what extent do people and/or communities change through technology experiences?
 * How can technology influence a community? How can communities influence technology?
 * What is my role in the community? How can I contribute to my community through technology?
 * What would the world be like without technology? || * How do I think and act?
 * How am I changing?
 * How can I look after myself and others?
 * How does technology affect society, individuals, me?
 * Can technology be used to influence people and societies ?
 * To what extent do people change through technology experiences?
 * To what extent can technology contribute to the well ‑being of people and societies?
 * Can technology communicate the health of a society and/or nation?
 * Is technology a luxury or a necessity in societies?
 * In what way does technology allow me to express myself?
 * Can I create a product/solution to communicate with others?
 * How can learning technology facilitate my understanding of myself and others?
 * How important is technology for personal and social development?
 * How can my learning of technology help me make healthier choices?
 * What behaviours and attitudes will I seek to change in myself? || * How can technology influence natural and human ‑made environments?
 * In what way can environments influence technology?
 * What issues do natural and human ‑made environments present for technology?
 * In what way do environments affect people that develop technology?
 * How can technology enable me to understand and contribute to different environments?
 * How can technology impact on the school environment?
 * What realistic changes can I make that will impact positively on my environments?
 * What are the powers and limitations of technology in addressing issues of natural and human ‑made environments? || * Why and how do we create?
 * What are the consequences?
 * What is technology? Where does technology come from?
 * How has technology evolved over time?
 * How can technology initiate change?
 * In what ways have humans shaped technology?
 * In what ways has technology shaped our lives?
 * What are the effects of technology evolution?
 * What would the world be like without technology?
 * In what way has knowledge influenced technology?
 * In what way has technology influenced knowledge?
 * To what extent are sciences and technology interrelated?
 * How is technology developing in my time and culture?
 * How do different technologies impact each other?
 * On what basis do I choose the technology I use in different contexts?
 * What contributions to development has technology made?
 * Who are the technology pioneers in my time? What makes them pioneers?
 * To what extent do people change through technology experiences?
 * Can technology be unethical?
 * How have my own views of technology changed ||