As someone who is new to the process of inquiry, I must say that I am very excited about the topic I have chosen. I am looking forward to seeing it shift and morph into something new and hopefully help me form my teaching methods. My idea that students come equipped with curiosities, preconceptions and a thirst to explore, learn and grow will be the basis for my research. When coming up with my inquiry topic, I focused on a few things:

• Ken Robinson’s Tedtalk “Do School Kills Creativity” (2006)

• The education system has been set up in a certain way that does not currently promote the success of every child.
• We, as educators need to think of students as individuals, with individual needs, talents and competencies that should be taken into account.
• Students have been taught to be afraid of being wrong and therefore do not come up with anything original.
• Practicum Experience
  • Students who are involved in their learning are more likely going to make connections and commit the information to their long term memories.
• Memories are associated with emotions
  • If students are not involved or engaged, they will likely not remember the lesson or objective

I am looking forward to pursuing these ideas further and hope to come out the other end with some interesting and exciting ideas.

Resources:

Robinson, K. (2006, February 1). Do Schools Kill Creativity. Lecture presented at Tedtalk.