Following a brief discussion of the lack of definition and cohesion in the social studies and the curriculum, the paper argues that the reflective inquiry rationale has had the most significant influence of all the alternative rationales for the field and its curriculum. The paper presents its case in four basic sections. The first section,…

A study focusing on the constructions of organizational reality offered by eight faculty members in a school of education at a large midwestern university is presented. This qualitative study documented and analyzed tacit and/or explicit sensemaking strategies. The four parts of the study are as follows: (1) a tracing of the convergence of the…

The central objective of this article is to teach students to analyze the Middle East situation by learning to think in terms of concepts and generalizations. Two teaching strategies, opining and inquiry, are suggested. Stressing geography as concept learning demonstrates how geography can be a contemporary problem solving, generalizing…

Bricoleur, as presented herein, is used metaphorically and in a postmodern or post-formal (Kinch- eloe & Steinberg, 1999) sense to represent methods, practices and cultural materials that the scholar-practitioner uses as she/he interacts in the complex web of relationships among knowledge, inquiry, practice, and learning. The purpose of this…

Enquiry learning can produce impressive cognitive and affective outcomes. However, there are different types/levels of enquiry. This hierarchy can be used to assess the degree of enquiry of an activity, to suggest how the enquiry level of an activity might be adjusted, to design enquiry activities, and to better sequence enquiry activities during…

James Rosenau, the author of a new type of textbook for undergraduate political science courses, proposes to use the inquiry approach and dramas to generate student interest. (Author/KM)

The purpose of this study was to analyze the manner in which educational theorists incorporate the concept of observation into an inquiry framework for teaching, learning, and curriculum development. The analytical device used to initiate the examination was a series of questions. By investigating the various inquiry frameworks set forth by…

Presented is an empirical model used for the development and testing of one aspect of inquiry, the selection process. The methodology suggested enabled a qualified teacher to follow the rules and procedures as well as measure achievement according to the author's goals. The major goal for the field test was for the students (19 juniors) to make…

This document reports on a 2-day meeting which began with introductory sessions designed around the self-directed planning guides for personalizing learning in science developed by the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education of the University of Texas. Working with this inquiry-oriented science curriculum, it is reported, served as…

This is a trainer's manual for the third of six components in the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program. The purposes listed include increasing the participant's awareness of his present style in inquiry behavior, enabling him to assess and modify his behavior, and introducing a teacher-directed inquiry model. The hope is expressed that by…

This paper deals with the use of microteaching techniques to train student teachers in stimulating learners' questions. Research was carried out at the Gordon Teachers Training College, Haifa, Israel. A rating scale, including teaching patterns stimulating learners' questions, was prepared from the existing literature and the analysis of pilot…