Teaching the research process - for discovery and personal growth - 65th IFLA Council a... - 18 views
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From education comes also the constructivist concepts of learners actively building or constructing their knowledge and of learners experiencing changes in feelings as well as changes of thoughts as they use information.
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Heather Riggs on 11 Apr 10This ideas of constructivism is one that is big in science education right now - we are asked with increasing frequency to incorporate inquiry learning into science instruction
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To do research well, the students have to be knowledgeable about the topic and the topic has to be an appropriate level of abstraction. Having a good understanding of the topic will allow the students to develop research questions or categories for investigation.
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I have trouble with this in Chemistry - I feel like my students may not yet have enough understanding of the topic to be able to select an appropriate research question. They are taking a chemistry course in order to learn those fundamentals!
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The process approach emphasizes the affective as well as cognitive aspects of the process. Students need to be helped to recognize as natural the waves of optimism and frustration that accompany complex learning (Kuhlthau, 1993). They also need to be aware of and have coping strategies to address such common phenomena as library anxiety and information overload. The point here is not to try to have only positive feelings or to eliminate negative feelings but to recognize them as normal parts of learning, to understand them, and to regulate them. Students who understand that their feelings are not unique but shared by others are less likely to be overwhelmed by them.
