Full Description
First published in 2007.To be human is to inquire. However, inquiry is a process which of itself demands a very large succession of skills to proceed in growth from asking and answering questions of daily life to problem solving, to doing projects and investigations requiring substantial time commitments, to scholarly research in a specific domain. This set comprises if Inquiry in Education Volume I and II. Volume I focuses on The Conceptual Foundations for Research as a Curricular Imperative and Volume II looks at Overcoming Barriers to Successful Implementation.
Contents
Volume I: 1 Instruction and Inquiry Instruction 2 Reflective Practice 3 Preparing Preservice Teachers to Be Inquirers 4 The Experienced Teacher and Action Research 5 Constructivism 6 Gifted Education and the Research Imperative in Curriculum 7 Discovery Learning Study 8 Inquiry Instruction 9 Project-Based Inquiry 110 Inquiry in Social Studies and History 11 Science and Inquiry 12 Conclusion: The Treatment of Inquiry as a Curricular Imperative. Volume II: 1 Developing Students' Inquiry Strategies: A Case of Teaching History in the Middle Grades 2 Teaching Problem Finding to Elementary Students: Views from the Trenches 3 Where Students Get Creative-Productive Ideas for Major Projects in the Natural and Social Sciences 4 The Phantom of the Science Fair 5 Caught in the Web: Internet Risks for Children 6 Collaboration in Student-Oriented Teacher Inquiry 7 White Water during Inquiry Learning: Understanding the Place of Disagreements in the Process of Collaboration 8 The Embodied Conductor: Concert Pianists, Diaper Dancers, and the Fine Art of Creative Variability in Performance 9 Creating Change: Teachers' Reflections on Introducing Inquiry Teaching Strategies 10 Teacher Models of Teaching Inquiry 11 Teachers' Use and Understanding of Strategy in Inquiry Instruction 12 The Hidden Curriculum and Multicultural Education: A Potential Barrier to the Implementation of an Inquiry-Driven Curriculum 13 The Role of the Teacher in Opening Worlds of Inquiry-Driven Learning with Technology 14 Promoting Authentic Inquiry in the Sciences: Challenges Faced in Redefining University Students' Scientific Epistemology.
