Inquiry Based Learning and Its Nature

Inquiry-Based
Learning
and It’s Nature
Reporters:
John Aldrin F. Landazabal

Oniel Fajardo
Harold Catadman
Franco Mag-abo
What is Inquiry Based-Learning?

Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a pedagogy which best enables students to experience the
processes of knowledge creation and the key attributes are learning stimulated by inquiry, a student-
centered approach, a move to self-directed learning, and an active approach to learning.
Inquiry-based learning is an approach to teaching and learning that places students’

questions, ideas and observations at the center of the learning experience.
It engaged in essentially open-ended, centered, hands-on activities.
✗ Questioning
✗ Investigating
✗ Using evidences to describe, explain and predict
✗ Connecting evidences to knowledge
✗ Sharing of findings
Why must Inquiry

Inquiry-based learning approaches when correctly implemented can help develop higher-
order, information literacy and critical thinking skills. They can also develop problem-solving abilities
and develop skills for lifelong learning.
WHY IS INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING
“If we are only teaching what we know, our children can only do as bad as we are doing, and this is
the challenge we are facing – we have to go beyond it.”
(Pauli, 2009, TEDx)
Teachers Role
The teacher’s role in inquiry-based learning is one of “Guide on the side” rather than “Sage
on the stage”. The teacher scaffolds learning for students, gradually removing the scaffolding as a
student develop their skills. With young children or students new to inquiry it is usually necessary to
use form of guided inquiry.
The teacher facilitates classroom learning
• He asks question, encouraging divergent thinking that leads to more questions.

• She values and encourages responses and, when these Reponses convey misconceptions,
appropriately guides the learner.
• He makes students assessment an ongoing part of the facilitation of the learning process
Student’s Role
Students view themselves as learners in the process of learning
• They seek to collaborate and work cooperatively with teacher and peers
• They are more confident in learning, demonstrate a willingness to modify ideas and take
calculated risk, and display appropriate skepticism.
Student accept an “invitation to learn” and willingly engaged in an exploration process.
• They exhibit curiosity and ponder observation
• They move around, selecting and using the materials they need.
• They try out some of their own ideas.
Students raise questions, propose explanations, and use observation.
• they ask question (verbally and through action).
• they value and apply questions as an important part of learning.
• they use question that lead them to activities generating further question or ideas.
Students plan and carry out learning activities.
• they design ways to try out their ideas, not always expecting to be told what to do.
• they carry out activities by; using materials observing, evaluating, and recording
information.
Students communication using a variety of methods.
• they express ideas in a variety of ways, including journals, drawing, reports, graphing, and
so forth.
• they listen, speak and write about learning activities with parents, teacher, and peers.
Characteristics of inquiry learning
a. Inquiry learning emphasizes constructivist ideas of learning. Knowledge is built in a step-wise

fashion. Learning proceeds best in group situation.
b. The teacher does not begin with a statement, but with a question. Posing teaching
questions for students to solve is a more effective method of instruction in many areas. This
allows the students to search for information and learn on their own with the teacher’s
guidance.
c. The topic, problem to be studied, and methods used to answer this problem are determined
by the student and not the teacher.
d. The above comments represent a classroom that is fully committed to inquiry, to the
greatest extent possible. However, it is not necessary to make an all-or-nothing approach to
inquiry-based methods.
APPLICATION OF INQUIRY LEARNING

Inquiry learning can be applied to all disciples. Individuals need many perspectives for
viewing the world. Such views could include artistic, scientific, historic, economic, and other
perspectives. While disciples should interrelate, inquiry learning includes the application of certain
specific “ground rules” that insure the integrity of the various disciplines and their world views.
What is the importance of Inquiry – Based Learning in teaching competencies?

IMPORTANCE OF INQUIRY – BASED LEARNING IN TEACHING
 Develop useful problem-solving skill
 Prepare learners to live in a world that is non – static
 Enable learners to cope with changes that will increase in complexity throughout their lives
 Provides learners tools for continuing to learn
 Attain important outcomes in the classroom
LEVELS OF INQUIRY
Open Inquiry - No predetermined question: Students propose and pursue their own questions.
Guided Inquiry - No predetermined method: Students must determine how to investigate the
problem.
Structured Inquiry - No predetermined answer: Conclusions based solely on student investigation.

Limited Inquiry - “Traditional” labs: Students follow the directions and make sure their results match
those given in the text.
Limited/Confirmation inquiry
is useful when a teacher’s goal is to reinforce a previously introduced idea; to introduce
students to the experience of conducting investigations; or to have students practice a specific
inquiry skill, such as collecting and recording data.
Structured inquiry
the question and procedure are still provided by the teacher; however, students generate an
explanation supported by the evidence they have collected.
Guided inquiry
the teacher provides students with only the research question, and students design the
procedure (method) to test their question and the resulting explanations.
Open inquiry
students have the purest opportunities to act like scientists, deriving questions, designing
and carrying out investigations, and communicating their results. This level requires the most
scientific reasoning and greatest cognitive demand from students.
5E Learning Model
Engage – This lesson mentally engages students with an activity or question. It captures their
interest, provides an opportunity for them to express what they know about the concept or skill
being developed, and helps them to make connections between what they know and the new ideas.
Explore – Students carry out hands-on activities in which they can explore the concept or skill. They
grapple with the problem or phenomenon and describe it in their own words. This phase allows
students to acquire a common set of experiences that they can use to help each other make sense of
the new concept or skill.
Explain – Only after students have explored the concept or skill does the teacher provide the
concepts and terms used by the students to develop explanations for the phenomenon they have
experienced. The significant aspect of this phase is that explanation follows experience.
Elaboration – This phase provides opportunities for students to apply what they have learned to
new situations and so develop a deeper understanding of the concept or greater use of the skill. It is
important for students to discuss and compare their ideas with each other during this phase.
Evaluate – The final phase provides an opportunity for students to review and reflect on their own
learning and new understandings and skills. It is also when students provide evidence for changes to
their understandings, beliefs and skills.

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Inquiry-Based

John Aldrin F. Landazabal

What is Inquiry Based-Learning?

Inquiry-based learning is an approach to teaching and learning that places students’

It engaged in essentially open-ended, centered, hands-on activities.

✗ Using evidences to describe, explain and predict

✗ Connecting evidences to knowledge

Why must Inquiry

WHY IS INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING

(Pauli, 2009, TEDx)

The teacher facilitates classroom learning

• He asks question, encouraging divergent thinking that leads to more questions.

Student accept an “invitation to learn” and willingly engaged in an exploration process.

• They exhibit curiosity and ponder observation

• They try out some of their own ideas.

Students raise questions, propose explanations, and use observation.

• they ask question (verbally and through action).

• they value and apply questions as an important part of learning.

Students plan and carry out learning activities.

Students communication using a variety of methods.

Characteristics of inquiry learning

a. Inquiry learning emphasizes constructivist ideas of learning. Knowledge is built in a step-wise

APPLICATION OF INQUIRY LEARNING

What is the importance of Inquiry – Based Learning in teaching competencies?

Structured Inquiry - No predetermined answer: Conclusions based solely on student investigation.

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