Over the past two weeks, I have developed one major insight into Inquiry-Based Learning. This insight is the inclusion and integration of Web 2.0 tools. It is extremely helpful to know that student can grapple with inquiry without needed to have a science-class style class to work though. Web 2.0 tools can provide the vehicle necessary for the inquiry process to occur with any student. On that note, there are Web 2.0 tools that can accommodate students at every possible level, opening the inquiry-based learning process to any grade-level student.
One thing that has changed for me, is that it is now more and more evident that I can include the inquiry-based learning process for my English classes without feeling like I am not completely fulfilling the tenants of the inquiry-based learning process. This style of learning can be implemented in virtually any content-area classroom. Prior to now, I was under the false impression that inquiry-based learning was solely for science-based classes.
One "burning question" that still remains to be answered for me is how I can seamlessly integrate this into my current curriculum. At the moment, my 7th grade ELA curriculum is already overloaded; it is nearly impossible for me to cover all of the material that I am required to have students master by the end of the year. The inquiry-based learning process, though it sounds incredibly effective and engaging, seems as though it would require more time to implement effectively.
One thing that has changed for me, is that it is now more and more evident that I can include the inquiry-based learning process for my English classes without feeling like I am not completely fulfilling the tenants of the inquiry-based learning process. This style of learning can be implemented in virtually any content-area classroom. Prior to now, I was under the false impression that inquiry-based learning was solely for science-based classes.
One "burning question" that still remains to be answered for me is how I can seamlessly integrate this into my current curriculum. At the moment, my 7th grade ELA curriculum is already overloaded; it is nearly impossible for me to cover all of the material that I am required to have students master by the end of the year. The inquiry-based learning process, though it sounds incredibly effective and engaging, seems as though it would require more time to implement effectively.
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