Transforming high school means finding new ways to engage students in their learning. XQ’s goal is to create students with agency who are deeply engaged in their own learning and fully prepared for all that the future has to offer. (Learn more about XQ Learners.) Change begins with a set of six design principles that shape everything from school culture to curriculum to student voice and choice, all aimed at providing students opportunities for meaningful, engaged learning.
One of the best ways to ensure that kind of meaningful engagement is through inquiry-based learning. In this article, we’ll look at the benefits of inquiry-based learning, some examples of the approach in action, and show you how you can begin implementing inquiry-based learning in your classroom!
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By Andrew Bauld
February 14, 2022
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Transforming high school means finding new ways to engage students in their learning. XQ’s goal is to create students with agency who are deeply engaged in their own learning and fully prepared for all that the future has to offer. (Learn more about XQ Learners.) Change begins with a set of six design principles that shape everything from school culture to curriculum to student voice and choice, all aimed at providing students opportunities for meaningful, engaged learning.
One of the best ways to ensure that kind of meaningful engagement is through inquiry-based learning. In this article, we’ll look at the benefits of inquiry-based learning, some examples of the approach in action, and show you how you can begin implementing inquiry-based learning in your classroom!
What is Inquiry-Based Learning?
As opposed to traditional classroom learning where a teacher presents facts and knowledge about a subject, “inquiry-based learning is an educational strategy in which students follow methods and practices similar to those of professional scientists in order to construct knowledge.”
But inquiry-based learning isn’t just for science class.
What Does Inquiry-Based Learning Look Like?
At Vista High School, an XQ school just outside of San Diego, students took a novel approach to studying William Golding’s literary classic Lord of the Flies.
When it came time for the 10th grade class to reflect on the chaos that ensues when a group of boys stranded on a desert island are forced to create their own society, their teacher Stuart Easton took student-driven, inquiry-based learning to the extreme.
