Inquiry – Page 2 – TeachThought

What Traditionalists Get Wrong About Inquiry Teaching

False dichotomies about inquiry teaching advanced by critics are detrimental to the students and society that so desperately need it.

According to the creators, the question formulation technique helps build skills for lifelong learning, self-advocacy & democratic action.

Unfortunately, teachers are increasingly getting swept into the morass of culture wars playing out in our media and political processes.

Costa’s levels of questioning feature three tiers of questioning designed to promote higher level thinking and inquiry.

Guiding inquiry-based learning centers learning on a solving a particular problem or answering a central question.

Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).

Questions are indicators of engagement and curiosity in learning. Just as usefully, they are evidence for what a student understands.

The purpose of curriculum is to provide a mutual language to organize and communicate knowledge–and students inherit its implications.