Now used #HeroicInquiry (2.1) with my Yr 9 (Gr 8) & my Yr 2 (Gr 1) Signature Work classes. Delighted by depth of engagement & level of detail that even Yr 2 picked up on. E.g., binary code in record of knowledge, & in spider — information overload. Also, noise in serpent — information disorder.

"Education is education for freedom. And the world within which it has to fulfill its duties is sick with a frustrated longing for freedom and beauty, and has unlearned the primary conditions and requirements for freedom." (Maritain, 1962, pp. 100-101).

I realised that I never posted the passage from *A Canticle for Leibowitz*.

Reading *Parable of the Talents* (1998) by Octavia E. Butler. Pairs well, unfortunately, with *A Canticle for Leibowitz* (1959) by Walter M. Miller Jr, which the 60th Anniversary Edition (2019) describes as "The Classic Novel of a Future Dark Age".

All resources linked to CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 release of #HeroicInquiry (2.1) now openly & freely available via #FOSILGroup Forum update to *Session 2b: Darryl Toerien & Hugh Rose (Heroic #Inquiry)* tinyurl.com/3wr4a5wv Posters also openly & freely available via #FOSILGroup Resources tinyurl.com/ytxvjdca

“I believe that, in any society, as conviviality is reduced below a certain level, no amount of industrial productivity can effectively satisfy the needs it creates among society's members.” (end piece)

Very pleased to have accepted an invitation from Dr David Loertscher to join the Editorial Board of Learning Hub - "an open access and peer-reviewed journal addressing school libraries throughout the world" - at San José State University.

The #FOSILinquiry 2025 Symposium proceedings are now openly and freely available tinyurl.com/FOSILForum2025 A dedicated sub-Forum with a Topic for each session, including link to recording(s), PPT presentation(s), and supplemental material. YouTube playlist of recordings at tinyurl.com/FOSIL2025

The #FOSILinquiry 2025 Symposium proceedings are now openly and freely available tinyurl.com/FOSILForum2025 A dedicated sub-Forum with a Topic for each session, including link to recording(s), PPT presentation(s), and supplemental material. YouTube playlist of recordings at tinyurl.com/FOSIL2025

Looking forward to the #FOSILinquiry Symposium on 8 February, which is free, online & will be recorded tinyurl.com/47xhvpf7. Join more than 200 colleagues from around the world sharing thoughts on and strategies for developing engaged & empowered inquirers.

“By 1970 we [CIDOC - the Center for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico] had found that:

Update to #FOSILGroup Forum | #Inquiry and resource design | *Year 11 (Grade10) GCSE Business Studies Enterprise #Inquiry* tinyurl.com/9z3e4vyf.

Update to #FOSILGroup Forum | #Inquiry and resource design | *Year 6 (Grade 5) Interdisciplinary Signature Work #Inquiry at Blanchelande College tinyurl.com/f2dbc9ve.

Update to #FOSILGroup Forum | The Nature of #Inquiry and #InformationLiteracy | *Discussing Education, Libraries & #FOSILinquiry with @elizabethutch.bsky.social* tinyurl.com/5f43xnm5. Contextual information about *FOSIL 2025 Symposium* tinyurl.com/47xhvpf7 on Saturday 8 February - free & online.

New Topic in #FOSILGroup Forum | The Nature of #Inquiry and #InformationLiteracy | *Making Sense of and Constructing Meaning From Information* tinyurl.com/5n8tncze.

Announcing the first #FOSILinquiry Symposium on 8 February, which is free & online <tinyurl.com/47xhvpf7>. While the practical focus of the Symposium is FOSIL, it is not exclusively so - the broader concern is developing engaged & empowered inquirers. Thanks @elizabethutch.bsky.social for hosting.

"Science, & especially empirical psychology, by itself, can neither primarily found nor primarily guide education, for education needs primarily to know what man is – what are the constituent principles of his being, his place & value in the world, his destiny“ (Maritain, 1962, p. 51).

Update to #FOSILGroup Forum | The nature of #inquiry and #InformationLiteracy | *ChatGPT et al* <tinyurl.com/2a89eahn>. With thanks to @carlbergstrom.com and @jevinwest.bsky.social for *Calling Bullshit*, and then to @shahanmemon.bsky.social for *automating bullshit*.

Reposting this first post by way of introducing myself.

First post. Link to new column for UK #SchoolLibrary Association | *Between the #Library and the #Classroom 2.1* tinyurl.com/mv8h4vba. Rebooting the case/ need for #school to be foundational to the reality-based community of error-seeking inquirers upon which #LiberalDemocracy depends (Rauch, 2021).