Programme 287, Inquiry-Based Learning (5-4-17)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme I speak to Professor Kathy Short from the University of Arizona College of Education. She was in Ireland to address the Symposium on Inquiry Based Learning organised by the Marino Institute of Education to mark the launch of a new masters degree in inquiry-based learning being offered in the Marino Institute of Education. 

Among the topics discussed on the programme are:

• Inquiry as a stance in education
• How teachers can nurture inquiry among children
• The inquiry cycle (Connection, invitations, tensions, investigation, representations, new questions)
• Applying the inquiry cycle with pre-service teachers
• Inquiry-based learning in classrooms