We know certain characteristics can be encouraged, but not taught, like curiosity. But teachers who use an inquiry based approach can provide techniques that help students learn the questions to ask that may spark a natural interest.
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![]() We know certain characteristics can be encouraged, but not taught, like curiosity. But teachers who use an inquiry based approach can provide techniques that help students learn the questions to ask that may spark a natural interest. No comment yet.
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![]() If kids can access information from sources other than school, and if school is no longer the only place where information lives, what, then happens to the role of the school?
Becky Roehrs's insight:
Nice tips for setting up your students for discovery, versus lecturing about facts.
![]() Can inquiry-based and project-based learning exist in a traditional industrial-age school? It may be time for schools to invent fresh ecosystems designed specifically for inquiry.
Becky Roehrs's insight:
Now is the time to push for a change in how we teach and help our students learn.. |
![]() Simple technology tools can enhance the learning experience in the college setting.
Becky Roehrs's insight:
The instructor used Skype, screencasting, Prezi, and online blogging with his students while teaching his course in religion.
![]() For subjects like math and foreign language, which are traditionally taught in a linear and highly structured context, using more open-ended inquiry-based models can be challenging.
Becky Roehrs's insight:
Parents and teachers may not be used to students stumbling, but they seem to be learning more deeply..using inquiry-based learning. |
Nice descriptions of the seven steps, plus 7 tech tool suggestions, one to use for each step