I've been studying about Guided Inquiry and the processes behind Understanding (Wiggins, McTighe, Dewey, Pink, etc.). As I reviewed other teachers' work over the last several years, it is clear that there are multiple reasons why teachers are CHOOSING not to use inquiry methods and are choosing more traditional, teacher-led methodologies instead. The largest reason I've found is the complexity and challenge involved for teachers in managing the students' various inquiries simultaneously. Typically, teachers have not been trained in how to teach research methods.
There are many structures to support teachers in guiding students through the inquiry process. I'm going to focus on how the "Guided Inquiry Design" (Kuhlthau, Maniotes, Caspari, 2012) can inform my classroom practices. I'm deep in the research about Information Literacy - and have discovered that the Library Sciences tend to have more of the answers than I anticipated. I'm feeling challenged yet excited about where my research is currently taking me.
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