By Design, Not By Accident

A classroom culture for inquiry doesn't happen by accident. Cornelius Minor breaks down how to build one on purpose. Get his full framework, plus his 10-day action research cycle for testing a new classroom routine.

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The top half of the Source Material Episode 1 Key Takeaways guide, By Design, Not By Accident, with special guest Cornelius Minor: the cover down to the first key takeaways, with the back page fanned behind it

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Cornelius Minor's three pillars of an inquiry classroom

Curiosity: Every child is born curious, and school can socialize it out of them. Open the year with activities that rebuild the habit of asking questions.
Conflict: Ideas, behaviors, and identities will clash in any classroom. Build routines with enough "flex and sway" for students to work through disagreement.
Change: Teach students how to change their minds when they learn new information, and that doing so is okay. Build and prune these rituals all year.

Students sit on the carpet, laughing and pointing up during a lesson.

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