Using an enquiry learning format for studying The River Chess:
Enquiry-based learning (EBL) is an umbrella term to cover a range of approaches in which students are actively engaged in investigating questions and issues. EBL can vary from investigations which are guided by teachers to those in which there is more student self-direction. Whether it is teacher-guided or student directed, good EBL has four essential characteristics (Roberts, 2003):
Students need to be aware of the key enquiry question(s) framing a unit of work. They should become familiar with the kinds of questions geographers ask and learn to formulate geographical questions themselves.
These enquiry-based resources have been compiled with a number of different potential aims in mind. You might like to select one of these aims for your activity:
Aims:
Some of the aims above require a student to demonstrate understanding and problem solving skills, whilst others require planning, prediction and judgement. We have produced a Blooms Chart to show examples of each activity that you could undertake with your students, and where the activity sits within the hierarchy of different learning approaches.
For each activity we have highlighted where teacher’s notes, stimulus material and useful links can be downloaded from our website.
If enquiry-based learning is new to you we suggest you explore this article called 'The Challenge of Enquiry-based Learning' by Margaret Roberts.
We have divided the learning material into a separate section for teachers and students.