Many believe that children begin to learn science from the moment they start to perceive their environment. They have an innate need to make sense of what happens. Little by little, they form a useful model of the world around them. Before children go to school, they exercise their natural curiosity daily. School can expand a child's understanding…

To explore the relationship between inquiry and composing, a study interviewed 14 faculty members from several disciplines at the University of California at Santa Barbara, inquiring about the natural history of their research projects; where their ideas originated; what they did with those ideas; where their research took them; and what was the…

Approaches to elementary social studies education that focus on concept and inquiry learning are outlined. The basic goal of the teacher in concept teaching is to aid the student in developing relationships among factual learning, conceptualization, and personal behavior. Learning activities should focus on the process concept (i.e., one that is…

It is suggested that the foreign language teacher's role is not to answer questions about the logic of the language but to persuade students to use it. A response of a friendly "Because!," without apology, and sometimes with a comment about the occasional lack of logic or consistency in English grammar or constructions, is recommended.…

This paper is concerned with the kind of messages about science conveyed to 23 young gifted children enrolled at the McGill Summer School for Gifted and Talented Children in Montreal while utilizing a particular teaching model. Five science lessons were analyzed by applying a newly developed scheme to classroom interactions. The scheme helps to…

Conditions in schools that reduce the effectiveness and perceived value of instructional supervision can be diagnosed and corrected through a cyclical process called "organizational learning." Rather than merely responding to symptoms, this method focuses on eliminating or mitigating the underlying causes of "organizational…

Curriculum development in Canadian studies can be based effectively in the attainment of skills through an inquiry approach. Emphasis on skills and inquiry would implement the following criteria: relevance to students and school systems, interdisciplinary content, and evaluateable goals. (JH)

Inquiry has been one of the most prominent reforms in science education. One of the goals of teaching through inquiry methods is to enable students to have experiences that are authentic to scientists' experiences. Too often, inquiry science is taught as either the "scientific method" or as "hands-on," disconnected activities…

The authors present a research instrument to help teachers identify which of the three traditions they favor when teaching social studies. According to the authors, in the social studies there have developed three competing traditions which appear to be conceptually distinct. Each of the traditions prescribes different modes of selecting and…

Theoretical formulation may be utilized as a technique of the inquiry process under the following conditions: (1) identification of appropriate uses such as in explaining existing generalizations as a basis for asking questions that might not otherwise have been raised; (2) provision of the current state of development of a particular line of…

This book deals with biology teaching and is intended for use by either the secondary school biology teacher or for the pre-service preparation of biology teachers to facilitate understanding of the Biological Science Curriculum Study (BSCS), it's philosophy of inquiry, and it's mode of disseminating the content of biology. Section one describes…