The whole thing changes: Student engagement and inquiry learning
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Date
2013-09
Authors
Sanderson, Adam
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Mount Saint Vincent University
Abstract
This thesis is based on my experience with teacher research in my classroom.
Teacher research aims to find individual and personal meaning within a very specific and
local context. In this sense, my goal in engaging in teacher research was to participate
in a self-reflective process of observation in my classroom, studying the effects of
inquiry-based teaching on student engagement, in the hopes of improving my own
practice.
The methodology employed was qualitative teacher research. Data was
collected over approximately a six-week period throughout a language unit on social
justice. The data was collected through a research journal. Thematic analysis of the
data revealed several significant themes relating to the importance and impact of
inquiry learning as a teaching pedagogy, the importance of valuing student work,
student choice, and the use of technology in the classroom.
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Student engagement , Teacher research