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O my lord! Open my heart, make my work easy for
me, and remove the impediment from my speech so
that they may understand my speech
Prepared by:
SHAHID ALI
   Instruction/ Teaching
   Ways of Teaching
   Teaching Methods
   Definition of Inquiry Based Instruction (IBI)
   Major Contributors
   Preparation

                               3
   Steps in Inquiry Based Instruction (IBI)
   Characteristics of IBI
   Students/ Teacher in IBI
   Merits
   Demerits
   Summary

                               4
    To deliver   knowledge
    and skill

     To make improvement in
    human intellects    and
    capabilities

    According to Burton, “Teaching is the
     simulation, guidance, direction and
    encouragement for     the learner”
Informal Teaching:

  Received through friends, colleagues,
  Parents, societies, Media like TV,
  Magazines etc
Formal Teaching:

   Proper place

   Proper time

   Proper instructor

   Proper Curriculum

   With defined aims and objectives
FORMAL TEACHING METHODS

  Lecture method


  Lesson method


  Demonstration


  Discussion method (Inquiry teaching)
INQUIRY BASED
 INSTRUCTION
      An organized conversation

      The sourest way of learning

       Active pursuit of meaning involving
       thought process

       Change experience to bits of
    knowledge
JOHN JAQUES
                        ROUSSEAU                               JEAN PIAGET
                       1712-1788 AD                            1896-1980 AD

                      Idea of learning                        Children construct
                       through nature                        their own knowledge
   SOCRATES                               JOHN DEWEY
   470-399 BC                             1859-1952 AD
Lead students to a                       Knowledge comes
series of questions                       from questioning
                                           the experiences
   Make groups

   Give topic

   Brief objectives

   Time to be fixed
   Introduce the topic

   Discipline and organized way

   Patient learner

   Hesitating to speak
    be encouraged
    Irrelevant matter be avoided

    Facts and opinion

    Control & management
    responsibility

    Conclusion be found
    before end
CHARACTERISTICS OF
INQUIRY BASED INSTRUCTIONS
 • Creating questions of their own

 • Obtaining supporting evidence
   to answer the question

 • Explaining the evidence collected

 • Connecting    the   explanation   to   the
 knowledge

 • Creating an argument and justification
 for the explanation
Asking questions, Investigating solutions by researching, Discusses
our discoveries and experiences, Creating new knowledge as we
gather information, and Reflecting on our new-found knowledge
   Students view themselves as learners in
    the process of learning

   Accept an "invitation to learn” 

   Raise questions, propose explanations,
    and use observations

   Communicate using a variety of methods

   Critique their learning practices
      The teacher reflects on the purpose
    and     makes plans

      He facilitates classroom learning

      He models inquiry by leading questions

      Allows for diversions from intended
    goal
   Develop thinking

   Whole topic is discussed

   Patience is there

   Confidence increase

   Emphasis is put on understanding and
    learning, not on memorization
   Get rich knowledge

   Recovery of deficiency

   Focus remain high

   New ideas come

   Inquiry activities is more engaging and
    interesting than “chalk and talk”
   Required lot of time

   Not suitable of all level of
    student

   Irrelevant matter involve

   Every topic can not be discussed
   It is not a debate. The aim is to share
    ideas so as to gain information

   Each discussion aims to be achieved and
    time limit is set before it actually begins

   Maximum number of the individuals of the
    group is required to participate

   Conclusion is formed according to the
    ideas of the majority
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Inquiry based instructions

  • 1. O my lord! Open my heart, make my work easy for me, and remove the impediment from my speech so that they may understand my speech
  • 3. Instruction/ Teaching  Ways of Teaching  Teaching Methods  Definition of Inquiry Based Instruction (IBI)  Major Contributors  Preparation 3
  • 4. Steps in Inquiry Based Instruction (IBI)  Characteristics of IBI  Students/ Teacher in IBI  Merits  Demerits  Summary 4
  • 5. To deliver knowledge and skill  To make improvement in human intellects and capabilities  According to Burton, “Teaching is the simulation, guidance, direction and encouragement for the learner”
  • 6. Informal Teaching: Received through friends, colleagues, Parents, societies, Media like TV, Magazines etc
  • 7. Formal Teaching:  Proper place  Proper time  Proper instructor  Proper Curriculum  With defined aims and objectives
  • 8. FORMAL TEACHING METHODS  Lecture method  Lesson method  Demonstration  Discussion method (Inquiry teaching)
  • 10. An organized conversation  The sourest way of learning  Active pursuit of meaning involving thought process  Change experience to bits of knowledge
  • 11. JOHN JAQUES ROUSSEAU JEAN PIAGET 1712-1788 AD 1896-1980 AD Idea of learning Children construct through nature their own knowledge SOCRATES JOHN DEWEY 470-399 BC 1859-1952 AD Lead students to a Knowledge comes series of questions from questioning the experiences
  • 12. Make groups  Give topic  Brief objectives  Time to be fixed
  • 13. Introduce the topic  Discipline and organized way  Patient learner  Hesitating to speak be encouraged
  • 14. Irrelevant matter be avoided  Facts and opinion  Control & management responsibility  Conclusion be found before end
  • 15. CHARACTERISTICS OF INQUIRY BASED INSTRUCTIONS • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
  • 16. Asking questions, Investigating solutions by researching, Discusses our discoveries and experiences, Creating new knowledge as we gather information, and Reflecting on our new-found knowledge
  • 17. Students view themselves as learners in the process of learning  Accept an "invitation to learn”   Raise questions, propose explanations, and use observations  Communicate using a variety of methods  Critique their learning practices
  • 18. The teacher reflects on the purpose and makes plans  He facilitates classroom learning  He models inquiry by leading questions  Allows for diversions from intended goal
  • 19. Develop thinking  Whole topic is discussed  Patience is there  Confidence increase  Emphasis is put on understanding and learning, not on memorization
  • 20. Get rich knowledge  Recovery of deficiency  Focus remain high  New ideas come  Inquiry activities is more engaging and interesting than “chalk and talk”
  • 21. Required lot of time  Not suitable of all level of student  Irrelevant matter involve  Every topic can not be discussed
  • 22. It is not a debate. The aim is to share ideas so as to gain information  Each discussion aims to be achieved and time limit is set before it actually begins  Maximum number of the individuals of the group is required to participate  Conclusion is formed according to the ideas of the majority

Editor's Notes

  1. To begin, write your own constitutes Inquiry-based learning, write your own definition.  Be thoughtful about this even though I am not going to ask you to share this. Please do this now. Generally speaking inquiry based-learning provides the skills one needs to solve problems and make good decisions. Most of you have used inquiry-based strategies when you purchased a car, planned a trip or decided to take this course.  In purchasing a car I assume you didn't serendipitously walk into an auto showroom and impulsively select a car you had never  heard anything about.  If you did  I have a great buy for you on a bridge.  How did you decide the manufacturer, model and where to buy it?  Did you do some research first? Did you rely on prior knowledge? There's nothing new about inquiry-based learning, although implementing it in classrooms has been a slow process because our traditional educational systems have worked in a way to discourage the process of inquiry even though children and adolescents are curious and want to know the whys and hows of things.  Now more than ever, we need to teach them how to make good decisions and to keep our practices parallel with their needs.
  2. Although Inquiry-based learning has often been associated in teaching the sciences, it is an integral way of processing information into knowledge in all subject areas and presents an exciting way for students to learn content and to learn how to learn. When a mystery writing is developing a story or researching information for a new historic novel, they are using the inquiry process. When a journalist investigates a news event and a debater prepares to defend a point of view, they too use inquiry skills.