Guided Inquiry
Guided inquiry is an approach or methodology which allows students to seek and engage with a variety of ideas to increase their understanding in pursuit of knowledge and greater awareness. Guided inquiry is a planned, supervised and targeted intervention into developing information literacy and enhancing learning. This approach or methodology to learning provides a means by which teachers are able to tailor learning experiences and opportunities, resources and processes to the needs and abilities of each student according to intended curriculum learning outcomes.
ALIA/ASLA policy on guided inquiry and the curriculum.
https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/aliaasla-policy-guided-inquiry-and-curriculum
ALIA/ASLA policy on guided inquiry and the curriculum.
https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/aliaasla-policy-guided-inquiry-and-curriculum
Guided Inquiry Resource Links Guided Inquiry (Great Lakes Science) Guided Inquiry Design Guided Inquiry Design® is a roadmap to successful inquiry based learning. Guided Inquiry Design® puts the research into a practical teacher and student friendly model where teachers become instructional designers and students ask great questions to learn. |
Research Articles
The following research articles provide background information about guided inqiry and may be useful in your own planning. Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century |