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2020 Strategic Plan Teaching and Learning Goal
“ Through Structured Inquiry Based Learning (SIBL)we achieve high engagement and improved outcomes for all students."
This follows a structured inquiry learning cycle - (Staff Handbook.)
Driving Question - This is a broad question to do with the unit or topic
Inquiry Question/Learning Cycle (2-4 lessons) - This question must be carefully written to have a key, topic and limiting word. The question will be answered using stimulus provided to the students in the learning cycle. These questions cover 2-4 lessons.
Learning intention - The Learning Intention is a short learning goal to keep the student on track for either part of a lesson or the whole lesson (One lesson may address more than one intention). These intentions include a verb eg: Identify the sources of water in Australia & identify how humans access these water sources may be two learning intentions within the one lesson
Student Response/Artefact - For this cycle to be effective, students must be demonstrating their understanding of the Inquiry Question via an artefact. .(An Artefact may be through a paired 30 second performance, by a practical demonstration of skills or a paragraph on the Google Classroom. Where possible, this needs to be marked (A-E is easiest and not mentally taxing) and some feedback given to help students improve.)
What is Inquiry Based Learning?
Rather than presenting known facts or a ready-made solution, this educational technique always begins instead with questions, problems and challenges.
Rather than presenting known facts or a ready-made solution, this educational technique always begins instead with questions, problems and challenges.
As a teacher, your role is to pose the initial question to your students, then facilitate them in discovering answers. Ideally – and in order to meet the true definition of Inquiry Based Learning – that process involves them asking further questions.
Introduction Inquiry based learning is a broad pedagogical approach which has enjoyed widespread support by educators and education systems over the past decade. Inquiry can be defined as ‘seeking for truth, information or knowledge / understanding’ and is used in all facets and phases of life. Specific processes of inquiry have become central to knowledge building or truth seeking in a range of learning domains (e.g. Scientific method) and professions (e.g. Criminal investigations). .................................................
..............................The following are characteristics that serve as hallmarks of inquiry based learning:
• equal emphasis on process (communicating, reflecting, collaborating, analysing, etc) and content. • genuine curiosity, wonderment and questioning (by teachers AND students) are central
• student ‘voice’ is evident – elements of the curriculum / learning are negotiated and student questions are taken seriously and addressed
• prior knowledge is ascertained and built upon – formative assessment and subsequent planning is essential
• significant concepts and essential questions are identified which unify knowledge and understandings
• students are actively involved in constructing understandings through hands-on experiences, research, processing and communicating their understandings in various ways
• learning takes place in a social context – students learn from each other, together with others, and from those outside of the classroom context
• there is an assumption that understandings are temporal and are constantly reviewed and refined on the basis of new learning and questions – therefore inquiry is ‘recursive’ in nature
• reflection, metacognition and depth of thought are valued and planned for
• assessment is ongoing and clear criteria link performances / products to rigorous curriculum goals
• learning leads to action – informing / sharing with others, implementing change, advocacy or taking up further questions or learning.
What is the difference between project based learning and inquiry based learning?
What is the difference between project based learning and inquiry based learning?
If Inquiry Based Learning is about discovering an answer, Project Based Learning is about exploring an answer. The aim here is that students gain and develop their knowledge and skills through working extensively to investigate and respond in detail to an issue that's engaging and complex, rather than clear-cut.
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