What do I know about this topic?
At this stage, I have come to realise that this way of teaching or at least getting children to research has been a minor part of my teaching anyway. I have used guided inquiry type methods, with a little more "guidance" than is required, as the children are not that used to having to come up with the questions themselves. I am motivated by what I am reading about guided inquiry and am very keen to make it a more prominent part of my teaching in the classroom. I now realise that htere are a multitude of models out there, ranging from my favourite, Kuhlthau to the more drawn out model of Eisenberg and Berkowitz.
How interested are you in your topic?
Very interested
How much do you know about your topic?
A fair amount
When you research, what do you find easy to do?
I find it easy to find a lot of generalised information.
When you research, what do you find difficult to do?
I still find it incredibly difficult to refine my searches, knowing what I definitely need in the search and what to exclude. I can only imagine how difficult it must be for the children to research if I am finding it challenging, especially when it is an unknown topic, or a topic that is something I know very little about.
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