Sunday, 17 August 2014

SEARCHING GOOGLE





EXPERT SEARCHING POSTS.....




                         

GOOGLE

Initial Search Term

No. of Hits
Further Search Term
No. of Hits
Subsequent Search Term
No. of Hits
Inquiry Learning

78,300,000
Inquiry Learning in early childhood
75,700,000


Search Terms added






in early childhood


Inquiry Learning and early childhood
  6,910,000


Search Strings Used







and




“success of inquiry learning within early childhood education”
2,690,000
Relevancy to Search Needs





Was easier to find greater relevancy here. 

·         After a Google search I found the Early Childhood of Australia website citing its publication 'Every Child' magazine, VOL. 18 NO. 2 2012, states that Inquiry Learning is 'deep learning'.  The article describes learning environment in which a child implements his own learning and is able to develop a deeper learning by taking ownership of the direction the learning will take.
·         Question then:   is Inquiry Learning more realistically managed and more successful in an early childhood environment where the time constraints of the curriculum or program may not be as intense?
·         Search for IL in early childhood netted less results but not markedly.
·         Search for IL and early childhood returned significantly less results so it was easier to find material that was more relevant to the topic.
·         When I searched for “success of inquiry learning within early childhood education” using quotation marks, the results were significantly narrowed and included links to childcare courses, the Early Childhood Association and the Early Years Learning Framework.
·         One website spoke about inquiry modes and the fact that they open up investigations into questioning strategies used by teachers to promote inquiry skills.  It believed research showed that most teachers knew where they wanted the questioning to lead.  This is very relevant to the research I am doing.


                Manoa.hawaii.edu,. (2014). Exploring Inquiry Learning in Early Childhood Education. Retrieved 17 August 2014,     from http://manoa.hawaii.edu/crdg/year-in-review/year-in-review-2011/exploring-inquiry-learning-in-early-childhood-   education/


3 comments:

  1. Hi Yvonne,
    I like the use of the table to show a progression of your searches and results.
    The dot points to show how your search was narrowed down to find more relevant information was clear and easy to follow.
    I like the use of bit.ly to make the link fit in the table, however in Blogger does it allow you to hyperlink this as I had to cut and paste it into a new window rather than it being a direct link. Also can you include the title of the site that it is linked to, as this will further show the relevance of the source of information.
    Best of luck, Debbie.

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  2. ps: I am not cyber yelling at you - it is the font that came up when I posted.

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