Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning across Disciplines

Kidman, Gillian; Casinader, Niranjan

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“…This definition clearly identifies that both knowledge and practices along the lines of scientific inquiry are involved. To analyse, interpret and evaluate requires a questioining stance from the teacher and the studentcomponents of inquiry literacy (Kidman & Casinader, 2017). We consider the Australian Curriculum: Science as potentially inadequate for developing environmental literacies associated with such a definition.…”

Section: The Curriculum As An Enabler or Disablermentioning

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“…The Australian Curriculum is completed by the seven General Capabilities. The distinctiveness of the Australian Curriculum lies in this three-dimensional curriculum that recognises the importance of disciplinary knowledge, skills, and understanding (in for example Science or the Humanities); general capabilities (critical thinking and ethical understanding); and Cross Curriculum Priorities (for example Sustainability) (Kidman & Casinader, 2017). The General Capabilities and the Cross-Curriculum Priorities are not additional subjects.…”

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“…Instead they are to be embedded within the teaching of the eight Learning Areas. The three dimensional integrated structure reflects a belief that students will begin to see knowledge as interdependent and connected, and not as separate subjects (Kidman & Casinader, 2017).…”

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“…• Lack of teacher inquiry literacy (Kidman & Casinader, 2017) necessary to effectively develop environmental literacy in our youth;…”

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“…Take for example the above definition supplied by the Editors of this special edition: "The ability of students to master scientific knowledge and practices that will …" The focus is upon the student, and not on the teacher. The literature in relation to the teacher developing literacies is narrow in its scope (Kidman & Casinader, 2017). The scant research may relate to the role of the teacher undertaking inquiry-based teaching, but rarely does it consider the inquiry literacy levels of the teachers themselves in inquiry-oriented classrooms.…”

Section: Environmental Literacy and Inquiry Literacy: A Synergymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices

Kidman

Casinader

2019

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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This paper is concerned with a gap in the discourse concerning the development of environmental literacy. Much of the research available concerns the development of environmental literacy in students; however, our assertion is that unless the teacher has developed environmental literacy themselves, they cannot develop such literacies in their students. Hence, this paper will consider the development of environmental literacy in teachers as a necessity for enabling the development in students. As environmental education is predominantly delivered through an interdisciplinary infusion model, the recommendation is for a teacher's environmental literacy to be developed alongside their inquiry literacy. This paper uses the Australian Curriculum to explore how a curriculum potentially impacts on the development of environmental literacy, and the synergistic relationship between environmental literacy and inquiry literacy.

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Section: The Curriculum As An Enabler or Disablermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Curriculum As An Enabler or Disablermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Curriculum As An Enabler or Disablermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Lack of teacher inquiry literacy (Kidman & Casinader, 2017) necessary to effectively develop environmental literacy in our youth;…”

Section: The Curriculum As An Enabler or Disablermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Environmental Literacy and Inquiry Literacy: A Synergymentioning

confidence: 99%

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2019

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Cross‐national comparisons of inquiry learning in secondary geography curricula

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Kriewaldt

Roberts

2021

The Curriculum Journal

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Internationally, there is a clear turn towards inquiry as a core approach to learning secondary school geography. This research critically compares how inquiry learning is expressed and justified in six jurisdictions (Australia, China, England, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA). Through content analysis of national curriculum documents, we found that most of the jurisdictions have placed inquiry prominently in their curriculum. Despite national variations, inquiry is justified as a desirable pedagogy to develop conceptual understanding, build disciplinary knowledge and enable students to assess knowledge claims. An inquiry‐rich curriculum in school geography promises to recalibrate the balance between how existing knowledge of geography is valued and taught and how the skills of geographical inquiry can be integrated to expand students’ experiences of building knowledge. This research addresses a research gap on powerful pedagogies like inquiry in the intended curriculum. We argue that pedagogy needs to be examined in tandem with knowledge in curriculum analyses because enabling students to access knowledge and developing their capacities to inquire are intricately linked. We further argue that ideas about knowledge and pedagogy in curriculum are context‐dependent, necessitating an understanding of jurisdictional influences on curriculum.

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Intended, Achieved and Unachieved Values of Science Education: A Historical Review

Kidman

Fensham

2020

Values in Science Education

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Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning across Disciplines

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Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices

Cross‐national comparisons of inquiry learning in secondary geography curricula

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