What inquiry means to me

What Inquiry Means To Me Barbara Noaro

Inquiry means to seek information by asking questions.
Inquiry means to organise one’s self.
Inquiry means to ask questions and investigate further.
Inquiry means to make discoveries.
Inquiry means to present and share outcomes.
Inquiry means to ask ‘how did I do?’

Inquiry is a means to an end, which at the beginning, you cannot for see.

Inquiry means there’s ‘a big important to us’ question to answer.

Inquiry means students will learn in a powerful way – being meaningfully involved, while learning about themselves and their strengths and abilities, using, improving, and sharing them.

Inquiry means there is a system, a simple format, a set of procedures, that enable the inquirer to find answers to the things they wonder about, and then answers to the questions that need investigating and exploring in a variety of chosen ways, maybe with others, by one’s self or with the class. The inquirer gains meaningful knowledge and useful new skills in the process.

Inquiry in the classroom means the teacher needs to model and guide.

Inquiry means that the process becomes well known and seamless over time to the user.

Inquiry means the outcome is celebrated and shared with others.

Inquiry means that there is an evaluative process at the end for ‘taking stock’ and for further learning.

Inquiry is thought provoking, caring, active and purposeful in the world.

By Barbara