Great post on passive and active learning! I found it really helpful in understanding these to types of learning and I could relate the concepts in your post to mine on inquiry-based learning.
In your post, you mentioned that active learning includes group discussion, cooperation, debate and even games. I found it similar to inquiry-based learning because these activities require the students to actively participate in the learning process by asking, discussing and exploring the learning topics. In this way, students could actively engage in the learning activity in depth and understand the concepts through exploring and inquiring answers to their problems raised from the activities.
Do you think this type of learning could be used in your group’s design?
This learning approach emphasize the role students play in a learning process. Compared to more traditional approaches where teachers take the leads and tell students what they need to know, inquiry-based learning gives the students the choices on what they want to know. It gives the students the freedom to explore, inquire, experience and discuss.
Benefits of Inquiry-Based Learning
The freedom of learning in a controlled environment ensures what students are supposed to learn, and also encourages their initiatives in learning and inquiring knowledge. Students could also learn the ways of learning through experiences in the process of inquiry-based learning.
By actively engaging in the learning process, students are not just using listening or reading which are ways of in-taking information. They are given the chances to explore using their own logic to process the information and learn from their first-hand experiences.
Here are seven benefits listed for inquiry-based learning (Sara, 2019):
Enhances learning experiences for children
Teaches skills needed for all areas of learning
Fosters curiosity in students
Deepens students’ understanding of topics
Allows students to take ownership of their learning
Increases engagement with the material
Creates a love of learning
Check the website for more details on the illustrations of the benefits.
Inquiry-based learning could be a great way to use on the topic my group chose on Inflation. Inflation is an economic term that describes the phenomenon where money (in terms of cash) becomes less valuable through time. Inflation affects everyone living in a free market with supply and demands. We could observe inflation when the price of the same items on the market changes (it usually goes up).
Knowing what inquiry-based learning from this blog, I think this learning approach is a good way to introduce the concept of inflation in our learning resource design because the phenomenon of inflation could be found in many places so that students could have abundant opportunities to interact with the resources and generate initial curiosity and questions about inflation. They could also draw, share and learn through real-life experiences.
Source cited:
Heick, T. (2022, January 20). 4 phases of inquiry-based learning: A guide for teachers. TeachThought. Retrieved October 9, 2022, from https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/phases-inquiry-learning/
Sara. (2019, May 28). What is inquiry-based learning (and how is it effective)? GradePower Learning. Retrieved October 8, 2022, from https://gradepowerlearning.com/what-is-inquiry-based-learning/
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