Well I can certainly see the meaning of inquiry as described by Branch and Olberg (2004)... Inquiry is a process where students are involved in their learning, formulate questions, investigate widely and then build new understandings, meanings and knowledge.
I started out on this journey knowing very little about the inquiry process. Searching for different inquiry models and theory behind inquiry based learning has definitely seen me formulating questions as I tried to define what it was I wanted and needed to know and understand. Investigating further has revealed that there certainly a lot of opinions and theory about IBL. Whilst I now feel more informed, I acknowledge there is still a lot more to investigate thoroughly. Developing worthwhile IBL activities with students is still something I am not sure about how to go about. If the National Curriculum is placing an emphasis on IBL, then I think it is something I need to really work on, as does our school in general.
If anything, I think I am still floundering around in Kuhlthau's exploration stage as I try and make sense of it all. I am certainly feeling a lot of confusion and doubt! Hopefully it will become clearer once I get more into writing my draft and formulate my ideas more.
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