Amaze-inquiry - Entering the maze...
Tuning In: Entering the maze... I personally love the possibilities inherent in inquiry learning . For students, I sometimes think of it like a maze, with multiple potential pathways through, which involves strategy, problem solving, collaborating, back-tracking, experimentation, and embraces a little 'getting lost' on the way to discovery of new destinations. As a teacher I love that it shifts the role of the teacher from passing on acquired knowledge - showing the way or leading students through the maze directly - to guiding students through the skills and processes of learning: how to plan, validate, reflect on and interrogate learning, ask for help, research, analyse sources, ask good questions and consider multiple answers. For a generation that has access to more information than any humans in history, this critical engagement with knowledge and knowledge acquisition is especially important. Image: 'Inquiry Maze', sketch by Briana Chapple What I'