Here starts my journey into the world of Guided-Inquiry Learning. What do I know about Guided-Inquiry Learning you ask??? Very little, but that's about to change...
Guided-Inquiry Learning was born out of the work of the constructivists, who believed the learning was a construction process, where we built new understandings based upon prior learning and life experiences. One of people behind constructivism was John Dewey. (find out more about Dewey @ http://tiger.towson.edu/~hrakow1/portfolio/theory.htm)
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1. Take some time to think about your topic. Now write down what you know about it.
The subject "Youth and pop-culture" obviously looks at how today's youth consumes and uses popular culture, as in, culture that appeals to the masses.
As for IL in a tertiary setting, only what I know from experience having studied in this course and the four years I spent at uni in the late nineties.
2. How interested are you in this topic? Circle the answer that best matches your interest:
Youth and pop-culture: A great deal
IL in a tertiary setting: Quite a bit
3. How much do you know about this topic? Circle the answer that best matches how much you know:
Youth and pop-culture: Quite a bit (I did the subject two years ago)
IL in a tertiary setting: Not much (at this point, but looking forward to finding out more)
4. When you do research, what do you generally find easy to do? Please list as many things as you like.
I find sourcing appropriate information quite easy, also I find it quite easy to logically structure my ideas to make searching for information easier.
5. When you do research, what do you generally find difficult to do? Please list as many things as you like.
Getting that first idea of how to approach the assignment or task, also, taking that first step on the research journey. Also, trying to organise my research to try and match my ideas.
