Inquiry Approach

Presented by:
Jessa Mae de Guzman
The inquiry method is also called
discovery, or problem solving
method. The teacher guides students
as they explore and discover.
Instructional characteristics
1. Investigative processes such as inferring,
measuring, predicting, classifying, analyzing
and experimenting, formulating conclusions
and generalizations are employed.

2. The procedure in gathering information is
not prescribed by the teachers. the students
are treated as independent learners. they
formulate their own hypothesis and suggest
ways of testing them.

3. The children are highly motivated to
search, hence active participation is the
best indicator of inquisitiveness.






Instructional Characteristics
4. the answers arrived at are genuine
products of their own efforts. then
they experience the thrill of discovery
which is oftentimes missed in passive
reception of information from their
teachers. this learning outcome is the
best reward and guarantee of lasting
impact on the young.

5. Focused question before, during and
after are critical ingredients that
provide direction and sustain action.

Outcomes of Learning
Inquiry
Outcomes of Learning Inquiry
1. Because of its emphasis on the processes of gathering
and processing of information, teachers are likely to
doubt whether they are gaining a clear
understanding of content being introduced. Teachers
must keep in mind that their act of facilitating
satisfies innate curiosity which can serve as the initial
step towards a more consistent employment of the
basic inquiry methods of gathering information.

2. its dependence on first-hand experience with objects
and phenomena occurring in the environment is
certainly in agreement with the most often cited
theory of Piaget on intellectual development. At the
concrete stage, children learn best by manipulating
and closely examining real objects. hence,
instructional materials must be carefully selected and
planned for a meaningful quest and not a hit-or-miss
routine.
Outcomes of learning inquiry
3. The inquiry approach which
predominantly allows some degree of
freedom develops initiative and
divergent thinking. Children resent
being restricted both in movement.

4. A Deep sense of responsibility is
developed when children are left to
manage their own learning.
Outcomes of Inquiry Teaching
5. Educators believed that facts and concepts
that children discover by themselves
become stored as part of their permanent
learning.

6. Experiencing success in discovery lessons
builds up the children's feeling and
confidence.

7. Participation in inquiry activities
strengthens ones intellectual capabilities
How to Facilitate Inquiry
teaching?
1. Arrange for an ideal room setting.
2. Choose tools and equipment that
can easily be manipulated.
3. The material to be used or
examined must lend easily to the
processes to be employed and the
end product design.
4. The questions and answer should be
originate for them, followed by the
formulation of the hypothesis.
5. The procedure should likewise be
planned by them.
6. At the completion of the activity,
require an evaluation of the steps
undertaken as to its effectiveness and
the clarity of the results.
7.
7. Above all, the teacher herself should
internalize her changed role to that
of a guide , facilitator and councilor
rather than the traditional authority
who not only determined the
materials to be learned but also
dictates how it should be learned.