Course | Inquiry Based Learning by Dominican University of California

Facilitator

Erin Mengeu

Build on your students’ natural curiosities to conquer learning outcomes through inquiry and discovery. Explore Inquiry Based Learning methods that will allow you to follow your curriculum through student inquiry, discovery, and creativity. Kids are curious. Discover how to use their curiosity to guide your instruction.

Syllabus

Course Overview:
Build on your students’ natural curiosities to conquer learning outcomes through inquiry and discovery.
Explore Inquiry Based Learning methods that will allow you to follow your curriculum through student inquiry, discovery, and creativity. Kids are curious. Discover how to use their curiosity to guide your instruction.

Course Objectives:
This course will give students the opportunity to:
Research Inquiry Based Learning: What is IBL? How to implement IBL? Why IBL is a natural way for kids to learn?
Reflect on the current curriculum and classroom. How will IBL fit into your classroom? What pros/cons do you see when making the shift to IBL?
Explore different methods for the implementation of IBL in your classroom.
Discover different ways to include families and/or community members in the Inquiry Based Learning in your classroom.
Develop an IBL unit based on your current curriculum and/or standard that you teach.

Course Modules
There are 5 modules that comprise this course. The modules will guide you through your current knowledge of Inquiry Based Learning, gaining new knowledge, exploring what the research says about the effects on learning, analyzing current students and best practices, and reflecting on how you will utilize these techniques in the classroom as well as provide support for parents to utilize strategies at home.

Module 1: An Explanation of Inquiry Based Learning
Module 2: Reflect on your Classroom Environment
Module 3: Exploring IBL Methods
Module 4: Connecting Families and Community with your IBL units
Module 5: Creating an IBL unit from your Curriculum