Inquiry-based+Learning

Inquiry-based Learning: Explanation Workshop ed online Joe Exline Inquiry is involvement that leads to learning to possess skills and attitudes that permit students to learn at a different level as they seek answers to questions to gain new knowledge (Exline). Traditionally students are asked to listen and remember information needed to prove understanding has taken place, instead of using the information effectively. Inquiry is more than just asking questions. ** Importance of Inquiry ** : Facts change and information is readily available- what is important is being able to get information and making sense of a mass of data to use effectively to produce a product of quality, not quantity. Schools need to move beyond just gathering information and supply students with the knowledge of how to use and apply their knowledge. An important factor in the inquiry process is that it implies a “need or want to know” and inquiry is not as much about getting the right answer, but how to seek out the appropriate needed information. Essential elements in effective inquiry process: ·  Experts see patterns and meanings not apparent to novices ·  Experts have an in-depth knowledge of their fields, structured so that it is most useful ·  Experts’ knowledge is not just a set of facts ·  Experts can easily retrieve their knowledge and learn new information in their fields with little effort (The list above was adapted from __How People Learn__, published by the National Research Council in, 1999) Schools must change the focus from “what we know” to “how we come to know.” Inquiry should be well designed to used as a ladder from grade level to grade level to create a better understanding of the world in which they live, learn and communicate and work. Exline, Joe. "Inquiry-based Learning." //Concept to Classroom//. Web.
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