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Visionqueries:Visions of Inquiry-based Learning
Points on the Qualitative Path
Sharon L. Comstock
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Inquiry is…
“…something that students do, not what is done to them,” (National Science Standards, p.2) .“…practical inquiry tends to be concrete rather than abstract…. It strives as much for wisdom as for knowledge,” (Mike Atkin, Professor of Education, Stanford University, Stanford CA http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/inquirydesc.html#mikea).
“When my students come up with questions that anticipate, I know that’s ‘inquiry’,” (Kathy Gabric, high school biology teacher, GK-12 Fellows Program).
Inquiry Realty: Location, Location, Location…
Graduate Fellows In K-12 Education(Funding agency: NSF) http://gk12.ncsa.uiuc.edu)
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (www.ucls.uchicago.edu)
Villa Park and Hinsdale Public Libraries
What is “GK-12?”Nation-wide, NSF initiativeAdvanced graduate students in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Technology (SMET) disciplinesSMET teachers in K-12 settingsTechnology-enriched classrooms, integrating computer-based modeling, visualization, and informatics Photo by S.L. Comstock
Computer scientists in pre-calculus and biologyMolecular biologist in honors biologyBiologists in advanced placement and regular biology Mathematicians in after-hours, vocational school math classes
So, Who are the GK-12?
Photo by S.L. Comstock
Methods in Qualitative Data Gathering
On-site observationStructured formative online surveys (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Divisions/eot/gk12/evaluation.html)On-site Video and photographyArtifactsUnstructured interviews
Interpretative ArtCase study as “bounded” objectEthnographically informedThe holistic researcherResulting narrative and creating of meaningBalancing paradox: participant/observer; teacher/learner; scientist/storyteller
Photo by: S.L. Comstock
Evidence of Inquiry: Stories as “authentication”
Becoming mathematicians : inquiry, play, and the vocational student
The 18-foot rabbit: high school students taking next-steps in genetics
Teaching as a learning process: getting beyond the “dawn of time.”
Incorporating inquiry learning: influencing decision makers
Pages of InquiryHow do we use bioinformatics in biology classrooms? http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u12108.xml
What effect does salting the roads during the winter have on lawns? http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u11044.xml
History as inquiry: http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u11768.xmlhttp://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u11832.xmlhttp://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u11847.xml
How is my May Project going? http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u11824.xml
Poetry as Play: Creative process as inquiryhttp://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u10225.xml
Aspects of Inquiry-based Learning
Learner centered: Investigation of some question central. An ongoing problem is examined
Teacher shifts to being a facilitator and “co-learner” in the educational process. Discussion among peers is key.
Problem-based, project-based, and inquiry-based often used interchangeably to describe learning activities
A “little inquiry”: Every teaching/learning partnership has some elements of inquiry imbedded
Visions of Inquiry
Reaching beyond disciplinary boundaries: “If you partition a problem along discipline lines, your solution can be wrong,” Peggy Miller.
Our roles as collectors of inquiry
Selected References
Ceglowski, D. That’s a good story, but is it really research? Qualitative Inquiry; Thousand Oakes; June 1997; Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp 188-201
Denzin, N. K. & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Glesne, C. & Peshkin, A. (1992). Being there: Developing understanding through participant observation. Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction. White Plains, NY: Longman, 39-61.