Inquiry-Based Learning

 Students rather than learning passively from the teacher and memorizing facts, they instruct their own understanding and knowledge. The concept of IBL is something that all of us experience throughout our lives. Growing up, children are continually asking questions in an attempt to make sense of the world. We all want to understand the world around us and try to figure out how it works, and we do this by asking questions. For example, how are engines able to make cars move? There's a natural urge to inquire and during this process we are continually thinking in order to make meaning. Essentially, IBL starts with a question. This is different to what we are used to. Many of us are grown up through traditional teaching methods. In this approach, teacher provides all the information, asking information from the textbook to the students in a step-by-step process. Students then recite this information. The focus on reproducing one correct answer. IBL is more dynamic than this. As it actively involves students in their own learning. IBL derives from Constructivists Theory where students construct their own knowledge of the world through experience and then reflecting on those experiences. In other words, students learning is not based on teacher directed activities rather they are learning the skills to synthesize, interpret, and evaluate information.