INQUIRY BASED LEARNING :)

Have you heard about this concept; what is it all about ?? " Inquiry based " The dictionary meaning for 'inquiry' : It's the act of asking for information or investigating. Are we allowing learners in our classes today to ask questions , to do investigations when handling a task. Inquiry based learning is also seen as collecting data. According to this interesting article online; our traditional ways of teaching discourage the process of inquiry. It makes the student get less prone to asking questions as they move through their grade levels, they are just expected to listen and repeat the expected answers. This is due to the lack of understanding of inquiry based learning. Inquiry based learning is not just asking questions, but it is a way of converting data and information into useful knowledge. A useful application of inquiry based learning involves many different factors, which are, a different level of questions, a focus for questions, a framework for questions, and a context for questions. At my practicals I never saw teaching using this method and it was ore of an " I teach, you give feedback' kind of style of learning. I hope to be the kind of teacher who would inspire learners to ask questions. http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/inquiry/Read moreShow lessWhat is Inquiry Based Learning?teach-nology.com