“inquiry” meets “guided inquiry” ++ changing attitudes - whaling flickr image by jim drought

“Inquiry” meets “Guided Inquiry”

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Changing attitudes - Whaling

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Inquiry meets Guided Inquiry

Dr Ross Todd/ Dr Carol Kuhlthau

• “Guided inquiry” complements and extends “Inquiry”

• Well known proponents

Dr Ross Todd • Assoc Prof Lib Studies/ CISSLDr Carol Kuhlthau• Prof Emerita Lib/ Info Studies

Rutgers Uni, Long Island, USA

Inquiry meets Guided inquiry

Collaboration and integration• Key GI components

– Collaborative planning– “Interventions”/planned use

of resources– Students support ongoing– Integrated assessment

• ReadingBuilding Guided Inquiry Teams for 21st-

Century Learnersby Carol C. Kuhlthau and Leslie K.

ManiotesSchool Library Monthly/Volume XXVI, Number

5/January 2010Building Guided Inquiry Teams for 21st-Century Learners

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http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/Kuhlthau&Maniotes2010-v26n5p18.html

http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/Kuhlthau&Maniotes2010-v26n5p18.html

Inquiry meets Guided inquiryCollaborative planning: teachers/ library teams/ specialists/ content

experts

Inquiry e.g.

Teachers

GI Interventions

Library team

GI Resources

Library team

GI Feelings

Library team

Framing up Collaboration Co-planning Recognition/ support

Tuning in Initiation – opening the inquiry

High interest Uncertainty

Finding out Selection- general topic overview

Overviews e.g. Encyclopedias/

Optimism

Sorting out Exploration- of background info.

Specialist Confusion/ doubt/frustration

Going further Formulation – increased focus

Individualised Clarity

Synthesis Synthesis/ presentation

Tools/ Toolkit Confidence/ accomplishment

Evaluation Evaluation/ reflection

Evaluation/ reflection

Reflection

Inquiry meets Guided InquiryGI & the affective domain

Research saysStudents associate “research”

with “abandonment”…..e.g. Carol Kuhlthau, Rosemary

Hipkins (NZCER)“Independent learning” often

has similar connotation for students..

GI has student support as a key element

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Effective domain: Carol Kuhlthau

Inquiry Interventions Feelings

Framing up Collaboration Planned support

Tuning in Initiation Hope/ optimism

Finding out Selection Uncertainty

Sorting out Exploration Confusion/ Self-Doubt Doubt/ Frustration

Going further Formulation Clarity

Synthesis

evaluation

Construction/ presentation/ evaluation/ reflection

Confidence/ satisfaction/ accomplishment …..??


Quality “Inquiries” summary Key inquiry themes/ importance of:

• Questioning approach• Emotional engagement• Student choice• Authentic, real life purpose

– “mattering”• Student challenge • Reflection Hmmm?So oo?• It’s not over till it’s over • Focus on use of experts for

information…

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Quality “Guided Inquiries” summaryDifferences from Inquiry?

• Initiated through compelling situations/ meaningful questions• Involves authentic activities which help students engage in problem

solving and critical thinking• Student choice over specific questions and presentation formats• Students systemmatically engage with diverse information sources to

build background knowledge, formulate their focus and collect pertinent information to construct new knowledge.

• Sustained dialogue between students, teachers, librarians as students develop their ideas/ concepts.

• Learning activities closely resemble the ways people are expected to to develop and use knowledge in the “real”, “working” world.

• Students feel valued, supported and acknowledged in their learning.• Students have the opportunity to practice new skills to sustain learning.


Guided inquiry = Inquiry ++Guided inquiry =

• The standard elements of “Inquiry” e.g. questionning approach/ authentic student activities

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• Collaborative overview planning including library/ information staff

• Planned use of resources used as “interventions”

• On going student emotional support as they research

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Inquiry meets Guided Inquiry

Guided Inquiry & resources

• Rich resources = where students have the opportunity to intereact with a wide variety of information sources representing a range of information/ opinions

• Primary and secondary sources: GI encourages going to the primary (original) source as well as the interpretation (secondary source)

• “Experts” focus maintained/ extended• Multi modal resources = a balance of resource “modes”

including paper, electronic & live in a variety of systems / genres…

• Resources planned to encourage student “critical thinking”: judgement/ choices = 21century literacy

Inquiry meets Guided inquiry e.g. Changing attitudes over time..

WhalingInquiry BIG concept/

question:

• How/ why have attitudes changed between our great (great, great…) grandparents days and our own...if they have?

• Context = Whaling

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Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Interventions: Tuning in/ Initiation

Building engagement with a topic

Providing fascinating resources/ images

Affective domain: dealing with student feelings

Building student confidence/

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Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Changing attitudes/ values since our great grandparents

times..

Whaling..Initiation

• 1870s image that represents attitudes to whaling at that time..

• Flickr: current images


“Whaling” initial images…• 1870s • Now


Question builder charts… is do/did can would will might

What

Who

When

Where

How

Why

Which


“Whaling” initial questions…Tools e.g.• Coloured “stickies” • Wallwisher = an

online sticky notice board tool..

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Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Changing attitudes/ values since our great grandparents

times..

Finding out/ SelectionQuality background

information

Building on prior knowledge

Affective domain/ student feelings

Sharing/ encouraging the excitement of the new

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Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Finding out/ Selection

General background information tools

e.g. Britannica Online (EPIC) Try this search: Whaling: Primary School article: go down the Whales article to Whale hunting: read/ listen to sound recording

Google Images

Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Primary/ Secondary sources summary

definitionsPrimary sources= Original information

produced near the time…

Secondary sources= Interpretative

information produced any time - best recently…

Primary or Secondary?

• photographs of whales

• “whalers tales”

• whaling boats/ tusks

• old newspaper articles

• interview with whaler

• interview with DOC

• Britannica Online entry about whales/whaling

Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Changing attitudes since our great grandparents times..

Sorting out/ ExplorationBuilding multiple viewpointsWidening range of resources…Mix of primary and secondary

sourcesAffective domain/ student

feelingsEncouragement by guiding

students to a range of resources

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Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Changing attitudes: Whaling..

Exploration of a wider range of attitudes

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

http://www.doc.govt.nz/

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/digistore/

http://www.whalewatch.co.nz/


























http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/digistore



Inquiry meets Guided inquiryPapersPast example search:

Limit search to Otago Witness - Whaling Waikouaiti:

“Capture of two whales” 1872 article “Capture of a whale” 1869 article• Try a similar search using a newspaper in

your own area…• Is PapersPast a primary or secondary

source?

Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Changing attitudes: Whaling

Now & then:Now: 2008What do we feel?

Why?

How do we know?

Then: 1870sWhat did they feel?

Why?

How do we know?

Inquiry meets Guided inquiry Going further /Formulation

Final focus questions..Students own personal/ group questions on whales/

whaling or other aspect of life in their great grandparents day….

Affective domain/ student feelingsEncouragement by suggesting/ supporting students

use of resources to make their cases/ answer their questions..


“Starter Guiding questions???”• What do you already know about…?• What part of this topic are you really curious

about …? • Why do want to explore this this topic..? • What do you think you might discover about…?• What is the purpose of your research?• Who will your audience be? What do you want

them to understand about your research? • How are you going to share your learning?

Inquiry meets Guided Inquiry On going questioning…

• What can you tell me about your discoveries?• What did you find that surprised you?• What is really important about your findings?

Why? To whom?• How has your thinking changed since the start of

your research?• Have you drawn any conclusions?• What would you like to see happen now?


“Whaling” more questions…• Students choice of their

own questions …• Richer questions likely

now because of new knowledge about whaling now and in our grandparents times.

• Ongoing support

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Synthesis/ConstructionSynthesis tools• Graphic.orgPresentation tools e.g.• Glogster• Ongoing support by

collaborative team: teachers/ librarians/ others…

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Monitoring and assessment e.g.Library instructional team members could monitor the information

literacy aspects of a Guided inquiry, e.g.

Standard: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.

Indicators:

1: Determines accuracy, relevance and comprehensiveness of information

2: Distinguishes between fact, point of view and opinion

3: Identifies inaccurate and misleading information

4: Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand

Inquiry meets Guided Inquiry Reflections…hmmm/ so-oo…in

my school?

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“inquiry” meets “guided inquiry” ++ changing attitudes - whaling flickr image by jim drought

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