Course Overview
Inquiry isn’t just a strategy — it’s a disposition and a pedagogy that shifts the work of questioning and answer-seeking to the students. This course builds on Kimberly Mitchell’s hands-on approach to inquiry, where the teacher’s role is to design experiences and environments that promote student discussion, collaboration, and critical thinking.
While the National Association of Gifted Children cites inquiry-based learning as a priority for gifted students, Mitchell shows how all students benefit. You’ll experience inquiry firsthand through the course, not just read about it, and learn how to design and support inquiry-based learning in your own classroom.
GT Specialist Designation Track
This is the designation version of this course. You complete the same coursework as the standard TPAI course, plus the directed work that builds toward the GT Specialist Designation:
This track requires the program companion text, Fundamentals of Gifted Education (Callahan & Hertberg-Davis), used across all five courses. Each additional piece in this course is aimed at a specific national standard for gifted educators, so your work here becomes part of a portfolio that documents your expertise across all seven national standards. You also receive the Candidate Handbook, which lays out your work across all five courses and the capstone. Three graduate credits through CSU Pueblo, the same as the standard version.
Looking for this course outside the GT Designation? The standard version is here.
About the Author
This is a graduate-level course intended for K–12 educators who have completed a bachelor’s degree. It is recommended that you receive board or district approval before registering with TPAI.
