Guided Inquiry: immersing students in information seeking as a way of learning¶

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Description¶

Guided Inquiry is a programme the author is developing for librarians and teachers of elementary and secondary school students. It "immerses students in information seeking as a way of learning and prepares them for the active engagement with information required in all aspects of living and working in the information society". It applies many concepts from library and information science research as basic strategies for lifelong learning.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Educational programmes that apply concepts drawn from research findings, involving librarians and teachers together

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Target Learners¶

• elementary and secondary school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• lifelong learning through active engagement with information

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Kuhlthau, C. C. (2005). Towards collaboration between information seeking and information retrieval. Information Research, 10(2) paper 225. http://InformationR.net/ir/10-2/paper225.html