Double Entry Journal #7

According to the reading one of the major challenges when implementing inquiry approaches is the skill and knowledge of the teacher. It goes on to say that some teachers do not understand all that is included in inquiry approaches and simply dismiss them as unstructured. If this is the belief of the teacher it may result in the students not receiving the proper scaffolding or prior knowledge. Without a strong model in these approaches students may struggle with coming up with driving questions and moving toward the goal of the project. Teachers must, in order to succeed, learn how to juggle different responsibilities. They must also come up with a different idea for classroom management and also make sure that the inquiries are diverse to cover different concepts. While the inquiry approaches can be great it takes a teacher that truly believes in the approach and is willing to work in more ways than just simply directly feeding students facts.