TTL2

Inquiry-Based and Research-Based Learning

Essential or Big Questions- Elicit varied answers from the respondents
Ask your students relevant to a specific lesson in your language
class.
Nature of Inquiry-Based Learning
What is inquiry?
It is a process of asking questions.
The process of inquiry
is a basic learning activity that every teacher is expected to facilitated

Top three of ten skills needed in this age (Gray, 2016)

Problem solving
Critical thinking
Creativity
Inquiry-based learning (IBL)
It is an approach essentially involves tasks requiring
learners’ active participation in finding answers to curricular
questions.
This approach encourages students to work together in
accomplishing their task.
 Types of Inquiry
Structured Inquiry – students follow the lead of the teacher
as the entire class engages in one inquiry together
Controlled Inquiry – the teacher chooses topics and
identifies the resources that the students will use to answer
questions
Guided inquiry – the teacher chooses topics or questions
and students design the product or solution
Free Inquiry – students are allowed to choose their own
topics without any reference to a prescribed outcome

What is the role of the teacher?

The teacher needs to look into the learning competencies
that can be satisfied by a simple inquiry or more complex
inquiry.
He or she controls and prepares the topic for investigation
and guides the learners by setting the questions to be
explored.

Things to consider by the teacher:

 Prior knowledge and capacity
 Context
 Content and learning materials
 Process
 Strategy of reactions and behavior
 Course outcomes
 Role of Technology
The teacher has the responsibility to direct learners to
websites that provide the proper information.

Remember!
Any technology tool should support the object of inquiry
which is aligned to the learning competencies.