Reflection: Inquiry process and talk with Jeff Hopkins

The concept of inquiry

During the talk with Jeff Hopkins on Inquiry-based learning, I ended up reflecting on my approach to studying and learning new skills.

Personal interest and curiously has always been my main drive for learning, Jeff expanded it by framing the questions that I would ask myself rather than focusing on topics. By determining my own curiosity and interests, I would focus on the why I am learning that topic. His point on this is how humans learn from birth resonates quite well with me logically.

I started doing my own research and came across a variety of talks by Jeff Hopkins and other University’s interpretation of the Inquiry-based learning.

This actually made me realize another layer to the Inquiry-based learning process would be its interpretation to each learner, since no learner’s journey would be the same.

Personal Inquiry process

As part of this week’s deliverables, I also conducted my own inquiry process on my selected topic of learning, it was an experience to apply what I learned as a concept.

By taking my interest in Application Development and framing questions around what I actually want to learn, narrow down my focus on the topic. I was also able to generate an action plan to further my knowledge in this topic. What felt like a daunting task to undertake suddenly became much more achievable when I see the clear outcome.

References

Ai, R., Bhatt, M., Chevrier, S., Ciccarelli, R., Grady, R., Kumari, V., … Wong, H. (2008). Choose your own inquiry. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.