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Fostering international students’ question skills
through Enquiry-based learning
Learning & Teaching Conference
June 2013
Sandra Strigel MA
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Wer, wie, was?
Wieso, weshalb, warum?
Wer nicht fragt bleibt dumm!
Who, how, what?
Why, for what reason, how come?
Those who don’t ask stay dumb!
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Lack of questions…..• In class• In discussions• In academic projects
Lack of intellectual freedom
Confucianism
Transmission Didacticism
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Aims• To provide a brief introduction to enquiry-based learning
(EBL)
• To provide an example of how an EBL project was implemented to develop students’ question skills
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What is Enquiry-based learning (EBL)?• Enquiry = “the action of seeking”
– Problem-based learning, field work, research projects
Enquiry Question
Research
Evaluation
New questions
More Research
EvaluationCycle of discovery
• Active student engagement• Independent learning• Reflective learning
→ Graduate skills
→ “questioning approach”
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The context• Social & Cultural Studies Module - Graduate Diploma (pre-MA)
• 16 Chinese Students – mixed ability
• Topic: “Media freedom”
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Setting up a community of Enquiry• Community of Enquiry (Lipman, 1980):
– Environment of mutual trust and respect– Aim: to generate interest and stimulate questions
• Lecture: Introduction of key concepts and vocabulary
• Homework: Write down any question you have regarding the topic.
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Selection of enquiry question• Homework: List of questions
• Choose 3 question that are most interesting and worth investigating
• Team up with a partner and discuss your questions. Choose one question that you think is the most interesting and worth investigating.
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To what extent does the political system influence media freedom?
• Unit overview
Lecture Seminar 1 Seminar 2 Week 1 Introduction to the Media
topic and the EBL projectEstablishing a community of
enquiryPlanning the enquiry
(group work)
Week 2 Working on the enquiry (Group work)
Reflecting on progress I: Group review
Placemat
Week 3 How to make a poster Working on the enquiry (Group work)
Reflecting on progress II: Peer review
Jigsaw Week 4
Reading week: Finishing the posters
Week 5 Poster presentations
Debate: Should the Media be
restricted?
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Metacognition: Reflecting on Question Skills
• Review sessions included metacognitive reflection on the question types used
Lower order questions Higher order questions
Knowledge(facts, definitions)
Application
Comprehension Analysis
Evaluation
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Results• Observations / recordings
• All students engaged in questioning- Increase of higher order questions as project progressed- Number of “unsuitable” questions decreased
• Improved critical debate– Evidence / resources– Issues
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Results• Student survey
– 75% “more able to distinguish different question types”– 63% “more able to generate different question types”– 57% “confident to generate my own enquiry question”
– Other study skills that students felt they improved most:• Group work skills• Discussion skills• Presentation skills• Research skills
– 88% “very useful for postgraduate studies”
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Limitations• Small-scale – context-dependent
• Transfer of skills?
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Any questions?
• Strigel, S. (2013) Fostering question skills through enquiry-based learning. InForm, 11, 14-15.
• Available from: http://www.reading.ac.uk/inform/inf-index.aspx
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References
• Hutchings, W. (2007). Enquiry-Based Learning: Definitions and Rationale [online]. Available at: http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ceebl/resources/papers/hutchings2007_ definingebl.pdf [Accessed 22nd July 2012].
• Kahn, P. and O’Rourke, K. (2004). Guide to Curriculum Design: Enquiry-based Learning [online]. Higher Education Academy. Available at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/resource_ database/id359_guide_to_curriculum_design_ebl [Accessed 22nd July 2012].
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