LESSON 1.Nature of Inquiry and Research

OBJECTIVES

• The learner should be able to: • Share research experiences and knowledge • Explain the importance of research in daily life • Describe characteristics, processes, and ethics of research • Differentiate quantitative from qualitative research • Provide examples of research in areas of interest (arts, humanities, sports, science, business, agriculture and fisheries, information and communication technology, and social inquiry)

NATURE OF INQUIRY AND RESEARCH Inquiry Inquiry is to look to information by asking various questions about the thing you are curious about

Research Research is to discover truths by investigating on your chosen topic scientifically

“a systematic way of doing things wherein you are to begin from the simplest to the most complex modes or patterns of thinking.”

LESSON 1: NATURE OF INQUIRY After this lesson, you should be able to:

1.Use some new terms you have learned in expressing their worldviews freely;

2.Explain your understanding of the term “inquiry”; 3.Outline all the ideas you have learned about inquiry; 4.Infer about societal issues through speculative thinking; 5.Enumerate the benefits of inquiry-based learning; 6.Identify a question as simple or complex based on the kind of thinking it elicits from you; and

7.Compose an essay to prove the extent of your understanding of inquiry.

ACTIVITY 1: MAKING WORD MEANINGFUL • DIRECTIONS: COMPLETE THE BUBBLE GRAPH OR CONCEPT MAP BY WRITING WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIDDLE WORD. BE GUIDED BY THE CLUES IN THE SENTENCES BELOW EACH GRAPH.

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ACTIVITY 2: USING NEWLY LEARNED WORDS

•Directions: use the new words in sentences and write them in a sheet of paper.

INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING Meaning of inquiry

• Learning is your way of obtaining •

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knowledge about your surroundings. Inquiry is a learning process that motivates you to obtain knowledge or information about people, things, places, or events by means of investigating or asking questions. Required to collect data, meaning, facts, and information about the object of your inquiry, and examine such data carefully.

INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING Meaning of inquiry (continued) Execute thinking strategies that range from lower-order to higher-order thinking skills. Inquiry is an active learning process. You need to probe, investigate, or ask questions to find answers or solutions. Inquiry is a problem-solving technique. Like scientist, think logically or systematically in seeking evidence to support their conclusions. Imagine, speculate, interpret, criticize, and create something out of what you discovered.

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INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING Meaning of inquiry (continued)

• Inquiry elevates your thinking power. • Inquisitive thinking allows you to shift from one level of thought to another.

• Solving a problem is a cooperative learning.

GOVERNING PRINCIPLES Foundations of Inquiry

• John Dewey's theory of connected experiences for exploratory and reflective thinking;

• Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of proximal development (ZPD); and

• Jerome Bruner's theory on learner’s varied world perceptions.

GOVERNING PRINCIPLES Inquiry, as a way of thinking of learning, concerns itself with these elements:

• Changing knowledge; • Creativity; • Subjectivity; • Socio-cultural factors; • Sensory experiences; and • Higher-order thinking

GOVERNING PRINCIPLES Inquiry Methods

• fieldwork • case study • investigation • individual group project • research work • others…

BENEFITS OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING 1. Elevates interpretative thinking through graphic skills 2. Improves students learning abilities 3. Widens learner’s vocabulary 4. Facilities problem-solving acts 5. Increases social awareness and cultural knowledge 6. Encourages cooperative learning 7. Provides mastery of procedural knowledge 8. Encourages higher-order thinking strategies 9. Hastens conceptual understanding

GROUP WORK Directions: Form a group of 8 members. Choose any of the following group activities

• Speculations: recall the hottest issue in town. Prove how inquisitive you are by raising top-level probing questions about it.

• Role-Playing: Four will act as police authorities

investigating a criminal case while the other four will play the suspected law violators. Ask probing questions.