Second, notice there is no stopping point in this cycle. Looking over that list once again you might see inquiry as an activity that springs from habits of “curiosity,” “openness,” and “creativity,” for instance. Please note, however, that inquiry is more than an action it is a particular kind of critical sensibility - a habit of thought, outlook, and mind - thus recalling once again the eight “Habits of Mind” we addressed a little earlier. As you move on in the course, you will formulate a research question that will guide your inquiry. Inquiry begins with a question, your question, which will be your step in a particular direction towards knowledge, information, or truth. First, notice the action word at the top of the circle: Ask. Notice also two additional points about the image above. This simple representation of the inquiry process underscores the action-oriented, knowledge-seeking quality of inquiry: Passive behavior won’t bring us to knowledge or truth, in other words.Ĭonsider the image below, found at the “Inquiry Page,” a project prepared for the International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies in 2001. Notice how the definition from the Oxford English Dictionary foregrounds “action.” We like this definition because it suggests that inquiry is an active and necessary step in the learning process. for truth, knowledge, or information concerning something search, research, investigation, examination. We touched upon this dynamic when we shared the definition of inquiry taken from the Oxford English Dictionary: Whether taken individually or collectively, the “Habits of Mind” we have been discussing are strong indicators that students will need to take an active role in their learning process.
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