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Embryogenesis
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Embryogenesis
Embryogenesis
Embryogenesis starts with fertilisation of the egg cell by a sperm. The fertilised cell undergoes divisions and differentiation, leading to development of a complex, multicellular embryo.
My current understanding of inquiry learning (the egg) is made up of my personal experiences - primary school projects into the lifecycle of a butterfly or ancient Greece, dissecting a frog in biology, painful group assignments through university, and action research as a practicing teacher.
The readings and musings I've engaged in so far in LCN616 have fertilised my inquiry.
Although still immature, my embryotic understanding contains the combined information of my personal experiences and scholarly research. As I continue my research, this understanding will grow and become more complex. A vague, peanut-sized body of knowledge will begin to form specialised branches, allowing me to engage in more focused learning and application of knowledge.
Fertilisation of an eggCC BY 2.0 | Karl-Ludwig Poggemann
Topic analysis
Topic analysis
Initial questions
Initial questions
- How do students and teachers interact in inquiry learning?
- How can technology enhance inquiry learning?
- How can the physical environment enhance inquiry learning?
I see my questions as interrelated, but for the purpose of this inquiry there isn't the scope to explore all three. I start by using a mind map to explore each idea and search for common links.
Mindmap - created by me using Lucidchart.Green (first level) boxes represent the key idea from each question. Blue (second level) represents the components within these ideas that I think are related to inquiry learning. Red (third level) are the synonyms and alternative key words for each component.
I found the University of Queensland's search techniques helpful in getting started from here. The SKILL process is a framework to plan and prepare for a search:
SKILL:
SKILL:
- Summarise your topic in one or two sentences
- Keywords and phrases need to be highlighted
- Identify synonyms/ alternative terms and variant spellings
- Link your keywords and phrases
- Locate your information.
Summarise
Summarise
Looking at my three questions I think the most important is question one. Humans are social beings and my understanding of learning science is social learning is imperative to understanding. Physical space and technology play only a supporting role in connecting us with each other and sources of information we want to find. As my recent work has focused on technology, I decide to combine questions one and three to explore the use of physical space to support human interactions.
Primary research question
Primary research question
How can the learning environment support interactions in inquiry learning?
Keywords
Keywords
- Learning environment
- Interactions
- Inquiry learning
Identify synonyms and alternative keywords
Identify synonyms and alternative keywords
Learning environment - Learning space , physical environment, classroom, classroom typology, furniture, flexible space, adaptable space, reconfigurable space, agile space.
Interactions - social interaction(s), teacher-student, student interaction(s), cooperative/cooperation/cooperate, collaborative/collaboration/collaborate.
Inquiry learning - project-based learning, student inquiry, inquiry pedagogy, inquiry, design thinking, problem-based learning.
Link keywords and phrases
Link keywords and phrases
I started with a few search strings and phrases but left myself open to being responsive to the results and lessons discovered along the way.
- "Learning environment" OR "learning space" AND "inquiry" OR "enquiry"
- "learning space" AND "inquiry" OR "enquiry"
- "social" AND "inquiry learning"
- collaborat* AND "inquiry learning"
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