Finding a good resource to support an inquiry can be challening. We come into our topics with pre-conceived notions about what we are looking for and what we want to prove or disprove. At least, coming from a science background this has always been my approach. When going through different articles and journals, I found a great resource that I feel gives me a good insight of where I can take my inquiry. It is called  Possibility thinking: culminative studies of an evidence-based concept driving creativity? by Anna Craft, Teresa Cremin, Pamela Burnard, Tatjana Dragovic and Kerry Chappell.

My inquiry question is: how do we as teachers help students to learn and retain knowledge through creativity and experiential learning? Does personalized learning help students retain knowledge? I feel that this is a very important question to delve into, at least for me. It is something I hope to incorporate in my teaching, but I want to know what are the best ways to implement experiential learning and is it as worth it as I think it will be when comparing it to traditional sit, listen and learn? The article I have selected discusses methods of teaching creativity and its place within creative and social development.

Each lesson prepares us for the next, each student comes equipped with personal interests and natural questions, why stifle this curiosity. I think its important to help students learn and as Ms. Frizzle would say “take chances, make mistakes, get messy!” (Magic School Bus).

Reference:

Craft, A., Cremin, T., Burnard, P., Dragovic, T., & Chapell, K. (2013). Possibility thinking: Culminative studies of an evidence-based concept driving creativity? In International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education (3rd ed., Vol. 41, pp. 538-556). Routeledge.