Inquiry Learning
This powerpoint is based on a presentation by
Kath Murdoch in 2007. If you ever have the
change to listen to Kath do go - it will change
the way you teach!
Analogies…Analogies…
Teaching is like fishing…Teaching is like fishing…
You use different lures for different fishYou use different lures for different fish
You use different methods for different You use different methods for different
learners.learners.
Teaching is like beautiful music…Teaching is like beautiful music…
Where, instructional methods/strategy are Where, instructional methods/strategy are
the instrumentsthe instruments
When played alone they make sound…When played alone they make sound…
When played together in tune, rhythm, When played together in tune, rhythm,
and feeling, they become amazing music!and feeling, they become amazing music!
BELAJAR ADALAH …………BELAJAR ADALAH …………
..
Learning is
something I do –
not something that
is done to me
Analogies…Analogies…
Toolbox…Toolbox…
What is in your “toolbox”?What is in your “toolbox”?
SEBELUM MEMILIH STRATEGY GURU HARUS
MEMILIKI KEJELASAN ATAS 3 HAL:
PENGETAHUAN – what it is we want our students to UNDERSTAND.
KETRAMPILAN – What it is we want them to be able to DO with their
learning/skills
ATTITUDE – What it is we want them to BE
LANGKAH PERTAMA ADALAH:
Display PENGETAHUAN/PEMAHAMAN in the classroom
Record your understandings in “kid talk”. Put on the wall and keep
referring to them as the unit unfolds.
LANGKAH KEDUA ADALAH:LANGKAH KEDUA ADALAH:
MENYUSUN STRATEGY/LANGKAH DALAM INQUIRY PROCESSMENYUSUN STRATEGY/LANGKAH DALAM INQUIRY PROCESS
What do I know
About this topic ?
Tuning In
What kinds of
resources might
help?
Finding
Out
What information is
relevant to my
questions?
Sorting
Out
How might I
organize my
information and
ideas?
Going
Further
What is my main
point I wish to
make?
Making Connection
What have I
learned about the
topic?
Taking Action
Reflecting on
Personal
Understandings
Inquiry CycleInquiry Cycle
Tuning In/MENGAMATI
Mari kita cari tahu apa yang kita sudah ketahui tentang tema iniMari kita cari tahu apa yang kita sudah ketahui tentang tema ini
Tujuan : tuning intuning in
• mencari tahu apa yang siswa sudah tahu, atau rasakan mengenai
tema ini
• mempersiapkan siswa untuk mengenal tema
• mengetahui minat siswa mengenai tema
• memberi kesempatan kepada siswa untu berbagi
Look at the big questions – write understandings with students
More false, more true – statements children categorise F/T
KWL chart
Mind mapping
Paired interviews - students interview each other about their understandings of topic
Think pair share – Think individually – pair with someone and share
Rocket writing - children write everything they know within a very short time frame
People Bingo - Treaty of Waitangi example
Placemat visual organiser – excellent strategy see hand out
BrainstormBrainstorm
provocation provocation
Post boxPost box
Finding out/mencari tahu
Yuk kita cari tahu tema ini… we could do this by … Yuk kita cari tahu tema ini… we could do this by …
Kita mencari tahu ttg sub tema ke 1 dan 2
Tujuan finding outfinding out
•To menstimulasi minat siswa
•To memberi informasi untuk menjawab pertanyaan siswa
•To memberi kesempatan bertanya lebih jauh
•To menantang pengetahuan siswa sebelumnya
•To memberi kesempatan berbagi pengetahuan dan pengalaman
•To membentuk ketrapilan riset
Finding out examples
Going on visits/trips
Interviewing
Experimenting
Listening to experts – Ask an expert
Asking people
Doing surveys
Looking at pictures and objects
CD Roms, internet, film, video, DVD
Letter writing / Emails – to ask organisations or individuals for information
Newspapers and magazines
Paintings, photographs, drawings, visual images
Picture books and novels
Phone calls
Sorting out/mengolah data
Mari kita olah data yang kita temukan dan kita bagi …Mari kita olah data yang kita temukan dan kita bagi …
Tujuan of sorting out sorting out
•To memberi kesempatan pada siswa utk mengolah dan
menampilkan data
•To memberi kesempatan siswa menggunakan berbagai disiplin ilmu
lain
•To membantu sisiwa utk mulai mengaplikassikan dan mentransfer
pengetahuannya.
•To mengembangkan ketrampilan dalamart in the arts, mathematics,
language and technology
•To menciptakan data yg konkrit dari pengalaman dan informasi
yang di dapat melalui, arts, math, bahasa dan teknlogi
•To mendorong siswa mereview apa yg didapat dalam kelompok
Sorting out examples
Cutting up survey results
Reflective thinking
Visual organisers – KWL, PMI, Y chart
photos
Dance and drama – freeze frame, mime, puppet plays, role-play, talk shows, simulations
Media and visual arts – collage, dioramas, models, diagrams, making videos
Maths – classifying, fact finding (world’s tallest building), graphs, problem-solving, timelines
Music – chants, raps, soundscapes, compositions
English – recording in a range of text styles, Build a story, compare and contrast, data charts, oral
presentations, wall stories and charts, Puzzle cards (Who/what am I?)
Going further /menalar
Mari kita gali lebih dalam lagi tentang tema iniMari kita gali lebih dalam lagi tentang tema ini
Kita mencari tahu tentang sub tema ke 3/4Kita mencari tahu tentang sub tema ke 3/4
•Tujuan going furthergoing further
•To memperluas dan menantang pemhaman siswa ttg tema ini
•To memberi informasi lebih untuk memperluas pemahanman siswa
•To mereview apa yang sudah dipelajari
•To membentuk ketrampilan riset mandiri
Going further examples
Individual projects
Put up Questions
booklets with procedure
Research
Information skills and sources
Co-operative group tasks
Expert groups
Multiple Intelligence work stations
Making Conclusions
Mari kita simpulakan apa yang sudah dipelajari dan kita bagikan…Mari kita simpulakan apa yang sudah dipelajari dan kita bagikan…
The purpose of Making ConclusionsMaking Conclusions
•To membantu siswa menyimpulkan apa yang sudah dipelajari
•To menilai perkembangan siswa
•To mendorong siswa untuk membuat refleksi
•To membantu siswa membandingkan pengetahuan awal dan akhir
tema
Taking Action /mencipta
Let’s think about how things went and what we could do with what Let’s think about how things went and what we could do with what
we have learnt…we have learnt…
•The purpose of reflecting and taking actionreflecting and taking action
•To assist students to make links between their understandings and
their experience in the real world
•To enable students to make choices and develop the belief that they
can be effective participants in society
•To provide further insight into students’ understandings for future unit
planning
•To reinforce the link between school, home and the wider community
•To provide further opportunities and contexts for ongoing learning
about the topic
Information for this presentation came from a two day workshop presented by
Kath Murdoch in 2007
MUST HAVE RESOURCES
“Classroom Connections – Strategies for Integrated
Learning”
Kath Murdoch
ISBN: 1 – 875327-48-7
“Learning for Themselves” Jeni Wilson and Kath Murdoch
ISBN: 978 11 863666657