EDIM 513: u03a1 Ongoing Development of Understanding of IBL

 Since beginning this course, my views about inquiry-based learning have changed. I originally thought that IBL was going to be difficult to incorporate into my instruction, knowing the population of students I have in my classes. I was worried that I would have to sacrifice classroom management. After reading the various resources throughout the units thus far, I realized that that is not the case! Because there are different types of IBL, I can use more structured inquiry, rather than open inquiry. Teaching science allows me to easily incorporate inquiry into lessons in small chunks where appropriate. Previously, I had thought that the entire class period would need to be inquiry focused in order to be effective.

The abilities and understandings of IBL also help provide a better picture of what inquiry-based learning is supposed to look like. Keeping those ideas in mind when creating an inquiry lesson will help things stay on track. Overall, I feel like I have a better understanding of what inquiry-based learning is and what it should look like in the classroom. I would love to actually see an inquiry-based lesson as an observer in a classroom to get some ideas for how I can use it in my own instruction.

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