Inquiry Learning

Get t ing k ids out of the box wi th the i r learn ing

What drives inquiry?

Learning is the driver – not the model.

Dynamic

Cohesive

Self directing

All players

It’s about investigating and discovering and understanding.

Who drives? The student?

The teacher?

Partnership?

Where does teaching fit in?

Inquiry is a disposition. So what does that look like?

Inquiry is not about a teacher with a class of sponges. Inquiry is not about letting go and letting the kids run the inquiry. Inquiry is not just about research and regurgitation by PowerPoint!

Inquiry is . . .

Inquiry is . . .

Inquiry in learning languages . . .

Inquiry in mathematics . . .

Inquiry in literacy . . .

Inquiry in other literacies . . .

So if not the model . . . How do we plan and structure inquiry

My inquiry wiki –

http://inquireintoinquiry.wikispaces.com

Planning Templates

http://inquireintoinquiry.wikispaces.com/Planning+Templates

Inquiry discussion starter – Inquiry Statements – More true than false, more false than true.http://inquireintoinquiry.wikispaces.com/Presentation

More true than false, or more false than true?

You  can’t  pre  plan  an  inquiry  because  you  need  to   involve  the  students  at  the  beginning  of  the   process  and  the  unit  will  move  where  the  individual  student  interest  lies.

Students  need  to  be  immersed  in  the  topic  before   they  write  their  questions  for  the  inquiry.

More true than false, or more false than true?

More true than false, or more false than true?

Inquiry  learning  requires  students  to  research  for   all  the  information  they  need  using  a  variety  of   sources.

My inquiry wiki –

http://inquireintoinquiry.wikispaces.com

The Galileo Educational Network

http://www.galileo.org/ See particularly:– Designing Learning – Articles - What is Inquiry?Resources – Inquiry RubricFurther Reading

INQUIRY:HOW KNOWLEDGE IS CREATED

Sharon FriesenGalileo Educational Network

Defining Inquiry Inquiry is the investigation into an idea,

question, problem or issue. It involves gathering information, building knowledge and developing deep understanding. Inquiry-based learning encompasses the processes of posing problems, gathering information, thinking creatively about possibilities, making decisions and justifying conclusions.

Myths About InquiryThe teacher must never tell the students

what they know.Inquiry-based teaching absolves the

teacher of any responsibility to act on students’ incorrect conceptions.

MythsIn inquiry-based teaching, the teacher is only

the facilitator.In inquiry-based teaching the teacher does

not need to know anything about the subject matter, as it is the students who lead the inquiry.

Myths

In inquiry-based learning the students must learn everything by themselves

Inquiry-based learning means uncontrolled exploration

Myths

In inquiry-based learning all student answers and responses are equally valid

In inquiry-based learning students must do all learning cooperatively in groups.

Myths

Inquiry-based learning means lower standards.

Inquiry-based learning de-emphasizes the ‘basics.’

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Ideas for creating an inquiry

Hard Fun• “If I could go through this experience again, I

would. I loved the challenge. The cool thing was that sometimes no one knew the answer so we had to fight hard together to get one. Then when we got the answer it was our own, and we had discovered it. So why not go through the experience when you love what you do and feel like it is your very own?”

(Student)

My inquiry wiki –

http://inquireintoinquiry.wikispaces.com

Jill Hammonds

CORE Education Ltd

Jill.hammonds@core-ed.org

Ph 021 344 253