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Inquiry-based learning. Inquiry-based learning (also spelled as enquiry-based learning in British English) [a] is a form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios. It contrasts with traditional education, which generally relies on the teacher presenting facts and their knowledge about the subject.
Discovery learning is a technique of inquiry-based learning and is considered a constructivist based approach to education. It is also referred to as problem-based learning, experiential learning and 21st century learning. It is supported by the work of learning theorists and psychologists Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, and Seymour Papert.
Known for. Information seeking behavior, Kuhlthau ISP model. Awards. ASIST academic excellence award (2013) Carol Collier Kuhlthau (born December 2, 1937 [1]) is a retired American educator, researcher, and international speaker on learning in school libraries, information literacy, and information seeking behavior.
POGIL. Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is an activity-based, group-learning instructional strategy. POGIL was created in 1994 to improve teaching of general chemistry. Today, POGIL is implemented in more than 1,000 American high schools and colleges.
Progressive inquiry. Progressive Inquiry model. [1] Progressive inquiry is a pedagogical model which aims at facilitating the same kind of productive knowledge practices of working with knowledge in education that characterize scientific research communities. It is developed by Professor Kai Hakkarainen and his colleagues in the University of ...
Community of inquiry. Community of inquiry. The community of inquiry (CoI) [1] is a concept first introduced by early pragmatist philosophers C.S.Peirce [2] and John Dewey, concerning the nature of knowledge formation and the process of scientific inquiry. The community of inquiry is broadly defined as any group of individuals involved in a ...
A PBL group at Sydney Dental Hospital. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem found in trigger material. The PBL process does not focus on problem solving with a defined solution, but it allows for the development of other desirable skills ...
Inquiry education (sometimes known as the inquiry method) is a student-centered method of education focused on asking questions.Students are encouraged to ask questions which are meaningful to them, and which do not necessarily have easy answers; teachers are encouraged to avoid giving answers when this is possible, and in any case to avoid giving direct answers in favor of asking more questions.