What are some challenges to inquiry approaches to learning?
Inquiry approached learning seems to come as a significant challenge to most teachers as many do not understand the complexities of the task therefore it makes this approach look as if it is unstructured and UN-orderly. I feel that inquiry based learning requires the instructor to let their guard down a little and give up a bit of control over their classroom so that the students can make the most out of the process and be active with in learning a new approach. This may be difficult for the instructors that have taught for many years and believe that textbooks and worksheets are the mastermind behind education.
While many "new-age" educators may think that they have a grip on this challenging yet exciting process, they just may want to be careful as if the instructor does not understand the process of inquiry based learning that the students will easily get frustrated due to lack of background and content knowledge that would disable them to successfully complete this method. Some teachers that consider themselves to be "old school" may not approve this method as it requires more work in assessment of understanding because it doesn't revolve around the usual worksheets and fill in the blank style evaluations.
Edutopia. (n.d.). Teaching for meaningful learning. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/edutopia-teaching-for-meaningful-learning.pdf
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