MY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT IBL

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS Y HUMANIDADES

LIC. EN CCSS. DE LA EDUCACIÓN ESPECIALIDAD INGLÉS

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MY DEFINITION	STUDENT´S ROLES	TEACHER´S ROLES	CHARACTERISTICS OF IBL	BENEFITS FOR USING IT IN CLASS
Inquiry Based Learning is a technique used to reduce the attention that sometimes just the teacher has, as in the traditional way of teaching where the teachers gave the information and all that the students needed. IBL help the students to discover new things through the investigation about different question that may emerge in the class. IBL creates a curiosity in the students to seek for information to give answers to the different questions. IBL not only help the students to look for evidence or support they need to their questions but also they take responsibility for analyzing and presenting the information appropriately.	Students come up with a lot of questions that allow them to create the necessity for looking information to find the answer to their specific questions. Students here are the center of attention because they are the ones who are active all the time trying to investigate all the information that the teachers gave to them. Students think to make a meaning, it means that they are going to look for the information they need to understand better how the things work.	The teacher is just a facilitator because he/she is the one who provides the information that the students need to look for. With the information the students take responsibility of what follow. The teacher needs to give the questions that could be an open-ended question, where the students need to come up with different comments or suggestions about the question given.	Engagement with a complex problems or scenario, it allows students to come up with different responses or solutions. Students direct the lines of inquiry and the methods employed. The inquiry requires students to draw on existing knowledge and indentify their required learning needs. Tasks stimulate curiosity in the students, encouraging them to explore new things and look for evidence. Responsibility falls to the student for analyzing and presenting that evidence in appropriate ways and in support of their own response to the problem.	It creates students responsibility and independence to look for new information to them. It helps the teachers making their work easier, and at the same time to avoid giving a lot of information and theory to the students.