Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Relcetion#4 "What is Inquiry based learning?"

Inquiry based learning is where students are more engaged by asking questions. This type of learning is very affective but is not practiced in classes today. Students today are too used to asking fewer questions. Inquiry based learning may be practiced the least because of its complexity. Students alone practice inquiry based learning starting at birth. There are many benefits to learning based on questions; students are able to relate subjects to each other, this is very important for students and can be very difficult. Students are able to correct and analyze more. Inquiry based learning may be complex, but can be very fun for students and teachers.
Inquiry based learning leads students to self-knowledge through aggressive questioning. Inquiry based learning includes; recalling and imagery. Inquiry based learning can be used in conjunction with other educational techniques. Inquiry learning includes cooperative and collaborative learning. It also includes constructivism learning, which we can create lesson plans on. Society today focuses more on what we know. Focusing on what we can know will come from different questions students may introduce, which can cause ore research and more material being taught to the students. This is not just new materials being added, but materials students are inquiring about. This means the students want to know about different subjects and will become more interpreted in the material being delivered.
Inquiry based learning to me is a very different and affective way to teach students. If a student asks a specific question about a subject it means that student is interested in that subject. We learn better when we are interested in a subject. Inquiry based learning gets students involved. The students are interacting and are bring out their ideas of a subject that they are interested in. Students today are distracted by so many things out there and inquiry based learning can get out students back into the learning mood. Inquiry based learning allow teachers to used students knowledge to create lesson plans. This type of learning is very different from today’s typical classroom learning style. Inquiry learning is very similar to a constructivist learning setting where the teacher is there to basically guide the students in the right path by allowing the students to bring out their idea about a subject, and then correct the students if it is necessary.