Tuesday, September 17, 2013

What Issues Arise with Inquiry Learning and Teaching?

What I know about the problems that arise with inquiry learning amd teaching:
     When it comes to inquiry learning I know that students have a tendency to not be able to think on their own because they are use to being told what to think. For examlle, I had stjdents think of a definition once and a few responded with "can't you just give us the definition like our teacher does?". When students are not use to a way of learning they tend not to disregard what the teacher is trying to get at. 
When it comes to teaching, problems arise hecause teachers do not have the support from students and faculty they need in order to successfully teach inquiry.

What I would like to know about the problems that arise with inquiry learning and teaching:
     I would like to know how to approach problems you run into as a teacher. If a student refuses to do the work then how do get him/her to cooperate. 

What I learned about problems that arise with inquiry learning and teaching:
     ....Not what I expected to learn, that's for sure! I thought the article would tell me what I wanted to know .... like how to deal with problems that students give you when inquiry teaching. That's not at all what the article is about. It basically took the last 4 semesters of MTeach material and threw it into one article. The article basically talks about supports for an inquiry classroom, like technology and different tools. I also learned that this article was written awhile ago since it referred to the internet as "A great tool for research is the World Wide Web" .... awkward!

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