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Live Lessons: Using live video links as a form of enquiry to observe and evaluate lessons

Doreen Connor

School of Education

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‘Enquiry’ or ‘inquiry’?

‘The

traditional distinction between the verbs 

enquire

 and 

inquire

 is that 

enquire

 is to be used for general senses of ‘ask’, while 

inquire

 is reserved for uses meaning ‘

make a

 formal investigation’.

In practice, however, 

enquire

, and the associated noun 

enquiry

, are more common in British English while 

inquire

 (and the noun 

inquiry

) are more common in US English, but otherwise there is little discernible distinction in the way the words are used.

Both

words derive from the Old French 

enquerre

, from a variant of the Latin 

inquirere

, based

on

quaerere

 'seek'. The same root word can be seen in various modern English words,

including

acquire

, 

require

,

request

, 

and 

question

. Oxford English Dictionary

Enquiry or inquiry?

Deeper?

Real world?

Focused?

Self –evaluation

Inquiry based learning

John

Dewey, the American philosopher and progressive educator,

held that inquiry was a

natural way

of thinking

and motivation for learning. (Dewey 1910

) and this view was further eschewed down through the constructionist theory of learnings through Bruner

and

Vygotsky.

“The power of an inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning is its potential to increase intellectual engagement and foster deep understanding through the development of a hands-on, minds-on and ‘research-based disposition’ towards teaching and learning.”

Stephenson, N. (Inquiry Based learning – accessed 17/2/2015)

Inquiry involves learners:

✦

tackling real-world questions, issues and

controversies

V

iewing

the

lesson as

it

occurs

means

it is real and happening in real time

✦

developing questioning, research and communication skills

H

ow

could the teacher have acted differently? What questions could they have asked? How are they using their body language to control?

✦

solving problems or creating solutions

H

ow

is the teacher encouraging learner

progress? How does this link to theory?

✦

collaborating within and beyond the classroom

Working together, discussing and balancing arguments, looking for deeper meaning

.

✦

developing deep understanding of content knowledge

Focus on the mathematical learning and understanding occurring. How is this happening?

✦

participating in the public creation and improvement of ideas and

knowledge

How could the lesson be improved further?

O

bservers are able to work collaboratively in groups and discuss what is actually happening and consider the impacts the teacher actions are having on the learning taking place

Partnership?

All trainees and tutors are partners in the learning and teaching happening in this scenario – all can add their voices and the outcome is focused on improving the learning taking place.

T

his equate extremely well with the thoughts of our keynote speaker:-

“ Partnership offers the potential for a more authentic engagement with the nature of learning itself and the possibility for genuinely transformative learning experiences for all involved.”

Healey, M. ,Flint, A. Harrington, K (2014)

Active learning?

“Engaging students as teachers and assessors in the learning process is a particularly effective form of partnership.”

Healey, M. ,Flint, A. Harrington, K (2014)

This is relatively easy for us in the school of education due to the nature of the subject under consideration but could it be extended to other areas?

Further Use?

In what other situations could Live video links enhance the situation?

References

Dewey, J. (1910).

How we think

. Boston, MA:

Heath

Healey, M. , Flint, A. , Harrington, K. (2014)

Engagement through Partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education

. York, Higher Education Academy

Lee, Virginia

S

.

The Power of Inquiry as a Way of Learning.

(2011) Innovations

in Higher Education 36:149–160 DOI

10.1007/s10755-010-9166-4

Stephenson, N. Inquiry

Based

Learning:

http

://www.teachinquiry.com

/

accessed 17/02/2015