Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Inquiry Training Model
J. Richard Suchman Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Inductive inquiry
Discovery learning
Problem solving
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Inquiry Training Model
• All knowledge is tentative
• There is no one answer • All of us inquire when confronted with a problem or puzzles
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Inquiry Training Model Focus
✤Children are very curious in nature
✤Engage in inquiry process ✤Explore and analyse themselves
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Inquiry Training Model Syntax ✤Encounter with the problem ✤Data gathering process ✤Experimentation ✤Formulating explanation ✤Analysis of the inquiry process Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Inquiry Training Model principle of reaction ✤Asking questions to rephrase invalid questions ✤Pointing out invalid statement ✤Neither approving nor rejecting student theories ✤Encourage interaction among students Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Inquiry Training Model Social system
✤Equal participation of teacher and
student ✤Encourage student for the inquiry ✤Learn the principle of inquiry ✤Teacher-pupil and pupil-pupil interaction Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Inquiry Training Model Support system ✤A set of confronting materials ✤Te c h n i c a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e intellectual processes and strategies of inquiry ✤The resource materials bearing on the problem Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU