The GID Team
Guided Inquiry Design® was developed through a collaborative approach from three diverse fields of education—information science, museum education, and curriculum & instruction.
Leslie Maniotes, PhD
Owner of BLV Consulting
Leslie K. Maniotes, M.Ed, Ph.D. is owner and senior consultant of BLV Consulting. As author of the Guided Inquiry Design® series, Leslie leads professional development institutes building capacity in collaborative teams of librarians and teachers for inquiry learning. She also works with district leaders to implement systems of support that wrap around inquiry learning for greater impact. Leslie is a lifetime educator a National Board Certified Teacher with 11 years of classroom experience, 5 years as a Teacher Effectiveness Coach and a K–12 literacy specialist in urban and rural Title I schools. She earned her master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Reading K-12 and her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Curriculum and Instruction in the Content Areas as well as an administration certification in urban educational leadership from the University of Denver.
Carol Collier Kuhlthau is distinguished professor emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University. She was founding director of CISSL- Rutgers Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries. She is internationally known for her groundbreaking research on the information search process and the ISP model of thoughts, feelings, and actions in six stages of information seeking and use. Her published and authored numerous works include Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services (2nd ed). More
Ann Caspari, MA is education specialist at Smithsonian Institution’s National Air & Space Museum and director of professional development program for preschool teachers in the District of Columbia Schools on inquiry science for young learners. She holds a master’s degree in museum education from George Washington University and has experience in inquiry learning in museums in Boston, MA, Newport, RI, Calvert County, MD, and Washington, DC.
Together—Kuhlthau, Maniotes, and Caspari are the Authors of the Guided Inquiry Series; including
- Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century
- Guided Inquiry Design®: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School
- Guided Inquiry Design® in Action: Elementary
- Guided Inquiry Design® in Action: Middle School
- Guided Inquiry Design® in Action: High School
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Leslie K. Maniotes
leslie@guidedinquirydesign.com