LESSON 1: The Importance of Research in Daily Life

I. What to Know
Research is significant in our everyday activities. It is the result of a thinking process that involves students in
questioning techniques or models. In order for students to have a grasp of the techniques/models of inquiry, you
have to discuss with them the processes involved in inquiry and research. Discuss the concepts in the box
regarding inquiry-based learning.
According to Drayton & Falk (2001), the following are the characteristics of classrooms where teachers
emphasized inquiry based learning:
Inquiry is in the form of authentic (real-life) problems within the context of the curriculum and/or
community.
The inquiry capitalizes on student curiosity.
Data and information are actively used, interpreted, refined, digested and discussed.
Teachers, students and teacher-librarian collaborate.
Community and society are connected with the inquiry.
The teacher models the behaviors of inquirer.
The teacher uses the language of inquiry on an ongoing basis.
Students take ownership of their learning.
The teacher facilitates the process of gathering and presenting information.
The teacher and students use technology to advance inquiry.
The teacher embraces inquiry as both content and pedagogy.
The teacher and students interact more frequently and more actively than during traditional teaching.
There is an identifiable time for inquiry-based learning.
Source: Focus on Inquiry: A Teacher’s Guide to Implementing Inquiry-based Learning.
In addition, discuss to the students the inquiry model in the following page.
Inquiry Model

Research is important when we know how to make sense of it. With this, we need to check the learner‘s prior
knowledge of how research is used in daily life. Assessing these will facilitate teaching and students‘
understanding of the importance of research in daily life. Tell the students that as they go through this lesson, they
have to think of this important question: How does inquiry and research facilitate in finding solutions to real-life
problems and develop critical thinking skills and lifelong learning?
To strengthen the learners‘ knowledge of the importance of research in daily life, ask them to create an integrative
paper on the use of research in their daily life. Let the students share their experiences on the importance of
research. Tell them to relate their experiences and decision making to the results of published researches and for
the effect of such researches to the decisions they do every day.