Inquiry based learning presentation for Walden University

1. Inquiry Based Learning
Diffusion and Integration Of
Technology In Education
By Tenai Bullock

2. Innovation In Action…
 “Inquiry based instruction is  ‘Inquiry based learning is an
based on John Dewey’s instructional method
philosophy that education developed during the
begins with the curiosity of discovery learning movement
the learner, we use a spiral
path to inquiry, asking of the 1960’s. Inquiry learning
questions, investigating is a form of active learning ,
solutions.” where progress is assessed by
 In addition, creating new how well students develop
knowledge as we gather experimental and analytical
information, discussing our skills rather than how much
discoveries and experiences, knowledge they possess
and reflecting on our new (wikipedia.com,Inquiry-
found knowledge based_learning).
(www.cii.Illonois.edu/InquiryPa
ge.)

3. Innovation In Action..
• ”The lead thinkers for this
innovation based on wikipedia,
“John Dewey, Piaget and
Vgotsky because they all
believed that knowledge is
built in a step-wise fashion
and learning proceeds best in
group situations (wikipedia,
Inquiry-based_learning).

5. Hills And Valleys And Inquiry
”The lead thinkers for this innovation
based on wikipedia, “John Dewey,
Piaget and Vgotsky because they all
believed that knowledge is built in a
step-wise fashion and learning
proceeds best in group situations
(wikipedia, Inquiry-based_learning).

6. From Inquiry to Innovation
 ‘In the years 2005 until current
years, inquiry based learning is an
innovation that more and more
schools and educators are
implementing in their classrooms
due to increased demand for
students to think critically and
analyze the data they are given
for various subjects, including
science and math.
 Educators are being asked to
“think outside the box” to engage
their students in activities and
lessons that reinforce the
concept of cooperative learning
groups and higher order thinking
skills.

8. From Inquiry to Innovation
 From 1840-1950: the emergence of  First “cyber school” launched in Eugene, Or;
correspondence schools in Europe, 1st online university launched- Jones
Iowa, NY and Latter Day Saint’s International University, the term “e-
University. learning” arrives on the landscape and e-
 From 1951- 1982: the launching of PBS learning 2.0 emerges as a new term in the
educational TV programs, British Open distance learning lexicon.
University is founded and Dr. Michael  2009-Present: portability of technology and
Moore publishes the first theory of wireless devices; immersive learning
distance education. environments (
 From 1982-1999: the National www.usdla.org/mini_websites/timeline/start.html
University Teleconferencing Network
is created, the American Study of  The percentage of people engaged in distance
Distance Education is created at education has been steadily increasing over
Pennsylvania State University and the the past 120 years to. The information on the
U.S. Department of Education creates S-curve shows that over the years the
Star Schools. participants in online education have steadily
increased and predicted to increase even
more in the future.

9. S-Curve
S-Curve for Inquiry Based Learning
2020
2000
1980
1960
Introduction of e-learning
1940
1920 Series1
1900
1880
1860
1840
1820
0 5 10 15 20 25
Percentage in Society

10. Who is Curious About Inquiry
 “An inquiry based learning approach has been
increasingly promoted as a mainstream teaching approach,
especially since the implementation of the No Child Left
Behind, in 2001, education initiative (wikipedia,Inquiry-
based_learning).The marketing of inquiry based learning is
directed towards educators, particularly, science educators.
 As stated in wikipedia,” is open learning and teaching in
that students have to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses
of the results they collect them and decide their value.
Open lessons are more dynamic and less predictable than
traditional lessons (wikipedia,Inquiry-based_learning).

12. Attributes of Innovators
III. I believe that observability and relative
• The early adopters in my field of work advantage are the best combination of
would be educators, administrators and
district supervisors because they are attributes to help this innovation reach
the ones responsible for providing critical mass because observability has
direct and indirect instruction for to do with how society is observing or
students. The strategies that I feel are
most persuasive in making sure they
analyzing your innovation and relative
adopt the innovation are compatibility advantage has to do with how society is
because the inquiry learning strategy is adapting to your innovation.
essential for building students’
comprehension and knowledge.
• The laggards in terms of rejecting this
innovation are people who are not
familiar or comfortable with allowing
students to guide their learning and
instructional activities. The strategies
that I feel would help them move
forward in adopting this innovation
would be for educators to engage
themselves in inquiry based learning
staff developments to see how their
students would experiment with the new
learning process.

13. Critical Mass
• I believe that a decentralized approach would
work best in the adoption of my innovation
because inquiry based learning can be solved
using a variety of methods in addition to
multiple approaches. Limiting the approach to
a more centralized approach will lead to a
narrow viewpoint of how to solve the problem
and that is the exact opposite to inquiry
based learning.
• The key agents of change in my organization
are educators-teachers in particular, because
they are the ones who are in direct contact
with the students and they are the
facilitators of the key concepts and topics
the students need to be mastering.
• I believe that this innovation has met critical
mass in society because in today’s classrooms
the curriculum is being driven by more inquiry
based learning and cooperative learning
groups. The students are then being
evaluated using these new standards on their
state assessments by having their
assessments delivered to them on the
computer and the questions are no longer only
multiple choice but more open ended with
more than one solution.

14. Inquiry Leads To Champions
• “A growing body of research demonstrates that students learn more deeply if
they are engaged in activities that require applying classroom-gathered
knowledge to real-world problems (
www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research).”
• We as educators are in the business of shaping young minds and inquiry
learning is about developing those young minds.
• Students are more successful when they are taught how to learn as well as
what to learn (www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research).”
• Let’s continue to create creative, innovative learners who will one day sit
where we are and make decisions that will impact the world!
• Inquiry based learning is just that a question based learning problem that we
have the solution to- innovation in learning and education that leads to
successful students.

16. References
 www.cii.Illonois.edu/InquiryPage.
 www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquiry-based_learning.
 www.usdla.org/mini_websites/timeline/start.html.
 www.youtube.com/garfield/window/shades
 www.youtube.com/mountian/view/elementary/school.
 www.youtube.com/talahi/elementary/ science/express.
 www.youtube.com/using/inquiry/circles.
 (www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research).”