Create a blog entry that describes how your thoughts about inquiry based learning have developed over the past week. What new insights have you developed? Has anything changed? Are there any "burning questions" that you feel need to be answered?
After reading the assigned documents, and then compiling the assigned paper, I am finding that I understand a little more about what inquiry-based learning is. It's not just based on questioning, but it is a process of research and investigating and discovery. This is such a "let's think out of the box" type of teaching and learning, and I love it!
I am finding that I unconsciously include some format of the 21st century skills in every lesson I teach. What I need to work on is including the questioning, as well as more options for students to compile, evaluate, and use information that they have found in a relevant matter to the content I am teaching. I suppose that will come with experience. I am anxious to learn more about how to correlate the IBL objectives into my everyday lessons.
The readings for the week:
SCANS Report Appendix B and C: http://wdr.doleta.gov/SCANS/whatwork/whatwork.pdf
Understanding University Success- Introduction: https://www.epiconline.org/files/pdf/UUS_Complete.pdf
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills and their Route 21 http://route21.p21.org
** LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!**
Indicators of Development of Process Skills- available at http://msclifescienceinstitute.wikispaces.com/Day+3
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