Practical Research 1

Lesson 1: Nature of Inquiry

Making Words Meaningful

Create a bubble graph or

concept map of the
following word.
* Inquire
* Crucial
* Guarantee
Inquiry-Based Learning

Learning is your way of

obtaining knowledge about
your surrounding.
Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry is a learning process

that motivates you to obtain
knowledge or information
about people, things, places
or events.
Inquiry-Based Learning

You are inquiring,

- when you investigate
- asking questions
Inquiry-Based Learning

collect
examine

analysin
g
Creative thinking
Integrative
critical
Inferential

Inquiring
Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry
“= “
an active learning
process
Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry elevates your

thinking power.
Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry makes you think

different ways, enabling you to
arrive at a particular idea or
understanding that will
motivate you to create
something unique, new, or
innovative for your personal
growth as well as for the world.
Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry includes cooperative

learning because any
knowledge from members
of the society can help to
make the solution.
Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry includes cooperative

learning because any
knowledge from members
of the society can help to
make the solution.
Governing Principles or
Foundation of Inquiry
• Theory of connected experiences
for exploratory and reflective
thinking- John Dewey.
• Zone of Proximal Development
(ZPD) that stresses the essence of
provocation and scaffolding in
learning- Lev Vygotsky.
• Theory of Learners’ varied world
perceptions for their own
interpretative thinking people and
things around them- Jerome
 Governing Principles or
Foundation of Inquiry
Lev
Vygotski’
Jean s Theory Jerome
Dewey’s Burner
Theory

Higher-
Inquiry order
Changing thinking
Knowledge skills
Sensory
creativity experience
Socio-
subjectivity cultural
factors
Benefits of Inquiry-Based
Learning
• Elevates interpretative thinking
through graphic skills.
• Improves students learning abilities
• Widens learners’ vocabulary
• Facilitates problem-solving acts
• Increases social awareness and
cultural knowledge
• Provides mastery of procedural
knowledge
• Encourage Higher-order thinking
strategies
• Hastens conceptual understanding
Group Activity