Enquiry Skills

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Enquiry Skills
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Session Outline

• Introductions
• What is Enquiry Based Learning?
• Group Task
• Student Plenary
• Debrief

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What is Enquiry Based Learning?

• An approach to learning
• Students direct their own lines of enquiry
• Use existing knowledge to build new knowledge
• An active learning process

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Types of Enquiries
Small scale investigations
Field Work Case Studies Workshops
Individual Projects Group Projects Research
Activity
Project driven enquiries
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Enquiry at The University of Manchester

• Nursing
• Postgraduate Teacher Training
• Maths for Engineers
• Electrical Engineering
• Social Sciences
• Enterprise
• Medicine

• Geography
• Life Sciences
• Textiles
• Mechanical Engineering
• Pharmacy
• Business and Management

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Benefits to students

• Develop a wide range of skills
• Knowledge creation
• Team working
• Presentation
• Problem-solving
• Creativity
• Project Management

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Benefits to students

• Identify and fill knowledge gaps
• Realistic and relevant learning
• Take lines of enquiry that are of personal
  interest
• Opportunity for individual and group work

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The Enquiry Process

• Initial discussion
• Introductions, whats going on?
• Task definition
• What are we being asked to do? Can we agree on
  what the task is?
• Brainstorming for possible solutions
• Where do we go from here? What might be the
  answers?

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The Enquiry Process

• Developing a questioning strategy
• What do we know?
• What do we need to know?
• What do we need to do to find out?
• Where can we find out?
• Who can help us?