Saturday, June 12, 2010

inquiry based learning

Inquiry is looking and searching for answers to ideas and questions. The process of inquiry begins with gathering information and data through using our five senses, hearing, seeing, touching, tasting and smelling. One problem that has occurred is students don't ask too many questions anymore and simply look for the exact answer. There are many factors to inquiry such as: a context for questions, a framework for questions, a focus for questions, and different levels of questions. Educators need to know that information changes, so they need to use inquiry learning. Basically people need to know that asking questions is important and valid to learning. Knowledge needs to be transmitted through everyone and everything we know. From schools, parents and society in general. Inquiring is not only used in science, it is useful in all aspects such as: artistic, historic, economic and many other perspectives. Using inquiry based is important for just living because questions should all be asked no matter what.
I liked reading this article. I agree that more questions should be asked in and out of school. Students need to think outside the box and see what the world has to offer. If questions are never asked than people will stop "learning" and will look simply for the exact answer instead of trying to figure it out.

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