Week 7 – The Inquiry Cycle

This week’s topic of the Inquiry Cycle was very interesting to me as a future educator. I think it is so important to give students the opportunity to really be responsible for their own learning, and the Inquiry Cycle does just that. In brief, Inquiry-Based Learning follows the following five steps: Ask, Investigate, Create, Discuss, and Reflect. Instead of a teacher leading their students in the traditional lecture style classes of today, the Inquiry Cycle gives the freedom of choice back to the students to really dive into the topics that they want to learn about. Not only does this make school more engaging, but by incorporating the Inquiry Cycle into curriculums, more students will want to actively participate in their learning on daily basis, and teachers will see more academic growth as a result.

I hope you enjoy learning more about the Inquiry Cycle and Inquiry-Based Learning in my Thinglink above!