Inquiry
Based Learning: Web-Based
Michelle
Anderson
Concordia
University
September
13, 2014
Inquiry based learning pedagogy along with technology come together in the most useful way to reach students with deep understanding of subject matter. According to, The Impact of a Principle-based Pedagogical Design on Inquiry-based Learning in a Seamless Learning Environment by Kong. The text agrees with our class resource video, Chumrau (2012), that this method of teaching demands for a paradigm shift in education. Teachers will need to start examining better ways to present information and allow the learning to be student center. Children will use digital means to develop reasoning for questions they are asked to answer. Digital classrooms are on the rise and inquiry based questions lead students to the primary resources they will need to discover, explore and problem solve.
According to Mäeots’
(2014) study, Enhancing Students’ Transformative Inquiry Processes in a
Web-Based Learning Environment, this renewed pedagogy is apart of the future
for Europe’s science teaching practices. The shift being from a deductive
process to a more inquiry based method. This is the same strong voice most
American classroom teachers are speaking as well. This idea is supported by
various online opinions showing that the method of inquiry based learning opens
new problem-solving doors for students. It allows students to effectively
learn, with statements of claims and evidence.
These
research-based articles along with related articles, highlight the importance
of inquiry-based learning along with useful ideas for organizing workstations
and learning centers to facilitate this type of learning environment. These
ideas are something that educators can take back to their classes and implement
immediately. The overall idea from all research leads to a class that is researching,
inquiring, reading, creating, writing, designing, sharing, and preparing claims
for evidence of their learning.
In
my own classroom environment I find this method as a very useful tool in
delivering quality instruction. In
science, many days I begin a unit with an essential question. In math, I may
begin a lesson by asking students to answer, “How are perimeter and area
related and how are they different?” These type of questions allow students to
examine their thinking deeply, and I have found students to be more engaged
when using inquiry based learning strategies than ever before.
References
Chumrau, B. (2012).Finding
Inspiration and Liberation through Inquiry Based Education. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/atTEDxMCPSTeachers.
Douglas. P (2014). Inquiry Based Leering, The Case for Touch Typing. Retrieved from
http://inquiry-based.com/blog.
Kong, S. C., & Song, Y. (2014). The Impact of a Principle-based Pedagogical
Design on Inquiry-based Learning in a Seamless Learning Environment.
Mäeots, Mario (2014).
The Role of General Inquiry
Knowledge in Enhancing Students’ Transformation Inquiry Processes in a
Web-based Learning Environment.
Chumrau, B. (2012).Finding
Inspiration and Liberation through Inquiry Based Education. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/atTEDxMCPSTeachers.
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