Inquiry Learning

This blog is a record of an inquiry into inquiry learning. The process is recorded with reference to the Information Search Process (ISP) (Kuhlthau, 2004b).

For the purposes of this blog, Inquiry Learning refers to “a constructivist pedagogical approach where students find and use information to answer a question or solve a problem” (Lupton, 2017, p. 29).

This blog’s overarching theme of electrical circuits and light is due to my current belief (pun intended) that:

Inquiry learning creates paths or circuits to students making connections that result in ‘lightbulb moments’.

This inquiry process is recorded in this blog for assessment purposes as part of a Master of Education (Teacher-librarianship) unit (LCN616) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia.

References

Kuhlthau, C. (2004b). Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Press

Lupton, M. (2017). Inquiry Learning: A Pedagogical and Curriculum Framework for Information Literacy in D. Sales & M. Pinto (Eds.), Pathways into Information Literacy and Communities of Practice (pp. 29-51). Amsterdam: Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100673-3.00002-2

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