INQUIRY LEARNING

Before our Reflection:
It’s worth saying that inquiry learning is a supportive tool in a world where knowledge is constantly changing. There is so much to learn and so much to do. Well, i like these words,” Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand." The last part of this statement is the essence of inquiry-based learning. The concept emphasizes learner centeredness, the teacher acts as a guide or facilitator in the monitoring of learners activities. The content assumes great important but as a means not an end in itself. Inquiry learning involves a process of exploring the natural or the material world that leads to the formulation of questions, discovery and experimentation for new understanding. (as cited by Jong (2006).learners learn through all kind of methods to solve related concepts and discover their own findings or meanings.
For modern education, the skills and the ability to continue learning should be the most important outcomes. Lock`s.(1967)suggests that, to teach “all that is knowable” should not be the only aim of education but that it should also aim to infuse students with “a love and esteem of knowledge” that provides them with the means and the mental attitude to inspire them with the dynamic of what we today would – a little clumsily – call life-long learning.
Cited by Hutchings.B.(2006) http://www.campus.master.ac.uk