(Mahi Pakirehua) Inquiry Learning
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He aha ngā mahi pakirehua?
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What is inquiry-based learning?
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Inquiry-based learning is a constructivist approach, in which students have ownership of their learning. It starts with exploration and questioning and leads to investigation into a worthy question, issue, problem or idea.
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It involves asking questions, gathering and analysing information, generating solutions, making decisions, justifying conclusions and taking action.
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How does inquiry-based learning differ from the traditional approach?
Truly, to understand something, you need to do it -- you need to experience it. Telling someone, and them being able to just repeat back, does not tell me that that student understands. I need to see them do something, draw something, write something in a journal that shows me that they have reached that level of understanding. I don't believe you can do that from just telling children science facts.
Anyone who works with kids is going to know that if they have their hands dirty, or if they're designing their own experiments, that's going to be way more exciting than sitting back and watching the teacher do something. Especially, if they have ownership of it, the more excited they're going to be about it, and following that, the more they're going to learn from it.
Perhaps a good way to summarize the important difference between traditional learning and inquiry learning is: Traditional learning focuses more on LEARNING ABOUT THINGS, while inquiry learning focuses more on LEARNING THINGS! Another useful way to contrast the
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He aha ngā mahi pakirehua?
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What is inquiry-based learning?
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Inquiry-based learning is a constructivist approach, in which students have ownership of their learning. It starts with exploration and questioning and leads to investigation into a worthy question, issue, problem or idea.
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It involves asking questions, gathering and analysing information, generating solutions, making decisions, justifying conclusions and taking action.
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How does inquiry-based learning differ from the traditional approach?
Truly, to understand something, you need to do it -- you need to experience it. Telling someone, and them being able to just repeat back, does not tell me that that student understands. I need to see them do something, draw something, write something in a journal that shows me that they have reached that level of understanding. I don't believe you can do that from just telling children science facts.
Anyone who works with kids is going to know that if they have their hands dirty, or if they're designing their own experiments, that's going to be way more exciting than sitting back and watching the teacher do something. Especially, if they have ownership of it, the more excited they're going to be about it, and following that, the more they're going to learn from it.
Perhaps a good way to summarize the important difference between traditional learning and inquiry learning is: Traditional learning focuses more on LEARNING ABOUT THINGS, while inquiry learning focuses more on LEARNING THINGS! Another useful way to contrast the