PG's Ponderings

Reynolds, 2009 says that inquiry learning allows the students to partake in their own learning and therefore allowing the learning to be unpredictable and open-ended. It will permit the students to take on the role of understanding as to what is happening in their world and to use prior knowledge already obtained as the starting point for their learning on a particular topic. Reynolds, 2009 continues to explain that inquiry learning permits the teacher to work along the students in developing their learning together giving teachers a better understanding and perspective when creating lesson as to what the students are already familiar with and what they would like to know about a particular topic that is being studied in class. It will also allow the students to have a better perception about their lessons therefore giving the students the opportunity to obtain a deeper knowledge about the subject that is to be taught. Pelton (2010) says that for teachers inquiry learning will place an...

"...a practitioner (who) does not reflect, ... is inattentive to the limits of his actions." (Schön, 1982, p. 282). Schön argued that teaching is not "a method but an art". He postulated that the "artful teacher" will find a way to solve the problems of his students by looking at himself, stating that a teacher will invent new methods to "develop in himself the ability of discovering them". Schön put forward a novel approach, the idea of "reflection-in-practice" and "reflection-on-practice" in which the researcher becomes a part of the practice, allowing the proceedings of practice to continue, thereby confirming the legitimacy of the practice. This approach is based on the teacher demonstrating a "tacit knowing-in-action" which reflects an intuitive understanding of everyday actions. Schön suggested that the reflective practitioner endeavours to make sense of the issues which he or she encounters through the refle...

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