Children's Inquiry

by Lindfors, Judith Wells

• ISBN13: 9780807738368
• ISBN10: 0807738360
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This fascinating exploration of children's inquiry?what it is, how it develops, and how it contributes to children's learning#x14;will help teacher educators and elementary teachers to understand, appreciate, and foster children's inquiry in classrooms. In this volume, Lindfors introduces a theoretical framework for understanding children's inquiry language?not as linguistic forms (questions), but as communication acts in which the child brings another into the act of sense-making. By closely examining these "inquiry acts," the author uncovers new possibilities for our understanding of how children learn and how teachers can foster their learning in classrooms. The text features a wide range of voices and writings, including transcripts from homes and classrooms, class exercises, research findings, classroom episodes, and the author's own reflections.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Inquiry

Purpose

Inquiry Purpose

Inquiry Purpose in the Classroom

Expression

Inquiry's Forms and Functions

Inquiry Expression

Inquiry Expression in the Classroom

Participants

Inquiry Dialogue

Inquiry Dialogue in the Classroom

Inquiry Style

Inquiry Style in the Classroom

Context

Inquiry Context

Going Beyond

Notes

References

Index

About the Author

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