Where the Wild Things Are

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Where the Wild Things Are

• An Inquiry Approach
• to Information Literacy

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Our objectives

• Youll leave with
• some understanding of inquiry
• knowing that inquiry is not another word for
  library research
• tools to help you re-examine your own instruction
• a desire to learn more

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True inquiry is transformative.It results in
real change in the inquirers thinking and in
their actions
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• Inquiry has been described
• as more of a stance than a process.

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Inquiry provides opportunities for students to
experience how knowledge is created in different
disciplines
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Inquiry

• is driven by student questions
• requires openness to all ideas
• involves students in meaningful activities
• requires critical thinking
• requires learners giving priorities to evidence
  when formulating explanations
• provides opportunities for reflection
• is guided rather than directed by the teacher

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To work on improving inquiry teaching, you have
to inquire about it