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= Overview of Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) = | = Overview of Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) = | ||
'''{{activity|Individual reading task}} '''The essence of EBL is asking good investigative questions and that the students participate in the planning, researching and presentation of responding to these questions through projects and activities. It may be the case that the field trip activity you have thought about earlier can be a catalyst event for helping students to think about good enquiry questions! | '''{{activity|Individual reading task}}'' 'The essence of EBL is asking good investigative questions and that the students participate in the planning, researching and presentation of responding to these questions through projects and activities. It may be the case that the field trip activity you have thought about earlier can be a catalyst event for helping students to think about good enquiry questions! | ||
Teachers can take many approaches to crafting an enquiry-based lesson, but Dr. Cornelia Brunner of the Center for Children and Technology ([http://cct.edc.org/ http://cct.edc.org/]) breaks it into four main parts: Posing Real Questions, Finding Relevant Resources, Interpreting Information and Reporting Findings. | Teachers can take many approaches to crafting an enquiry-based lesson, but Dr. Cornelia Brunner of the Center for Children and Technology ([http://cct.edc.org/ http://cct.edc.org/]) breaks it into four main parts: Posing Real Questions, Finding Relevant Resources, Interpreting Information and Reporting Findings. | ||
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# How will you structure the field trip such that students can go through the four main steps of enquiry learning? | # How will you structure the field trip such that students can go through the four main steps of enquiry learning? | ||
# You will realise that for the students to complete the whole process of enquiry, '''it cannot easily happen within a single lesson! '''(Although you can do a mini-enquiry in one lesson.)''' '''How does this challenge your current thinking and practice of teaching? | # You will realise that for the students to complete the whole process of enquiry, '''it cannot easily happen within a single lesson! '''(Although you can do a mini-enquiry in one lesson.)''' '''How does this challenge your current thinking and practice of teaching? | ||
= Posing Real and Productive Questions = | = Posing Real and Productive Questions = | ||
