- On Neil Stephenson's website titled '
Introduction to Inquiry Based Learning', he states, "The power of an inquiry-based approach to
teaching and learning is its potential to increase intellectual
engagement and foster deep understanding ............. striving to
provide opportunities for both teachers and students to collaboratively
build, test and reflect on their learning." http://www.teachinquiry.com/
- The word deep is mentioned in
this quote also and reference is made to collaboration, building and reflection.
Question then: Is the overcrowded curriculum, as it is
referred to, a genuine block to Inquiry Learning in our classrooms as
time constraints do not allow for the meandering of inquiring minds?
- I first searched for ‘Inquiry Learning model’
with no quotation marks and received a much smaller amount of hits than
I did on my initial search on Google.
The hits were however of a far more scholarly nature, as you
would expect. The above screen
shot shows also that the website allows you to use certain search parameters
to narrow the field. Most of the
results related to the science field and needed a membership to login or
the report to be purchased.
- My
next search “Inquiry Learning and Australian Curriculum” with no quotation
marks gave me 89,600 hits. These
searches led me to believe that this search engine is aimed at academics who
are studying at doctorate or PhD level. The hits are mainly of University studies and
journals and generally require purchasing.
I found very little that was relevant to my search topic.
- I went on to search for Inquiry Learning and the Australian curriculum both with and without quotation marks and was unable to get any hits with either term.
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Yvonne, your table and description of your steps in your re-search process were very well defined. I can see the steps that you took and the results that you returned very readily. I liked the way you looked at a website, and then gave a brief overview of what you found on that website and provided the link. This is great, and almost acts like a mini annotated bibliography. This is something I can see that I could use in my own blog to show why I kept searching after looking at something, and it would add an extra tool for teachers who would like to also look at that source for themselves. My only query is that after looking at your blog (and understanding that it is still a work-in-progress) I would like to know what made you start looking at inquiry learning and the Australian curriculum in particular? I am guessing that one of your initial questions led you down this path, however I cannot find it. Maybe making your search question explicit at the start of your expert search post could help with this. On a final note, I like how your picture is on every post – it makes your blog seem very personable and friendly, and encouraged me to stop and read it. Thank-you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kerrie I appreciate your feedback. I think I have made things a little clearer.
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