What to do...

Kuhlthau (2007) states that "Uncertainty is the beginning of learning. It is an important concept that underlies the inquiry process." I can certainly relate to this. My first foray into ERIC, searching for inquiry based learning gave me over 3000 hits and even as I made my search more refined, I still found it difficult to come up with the information that I deemed relavent to this task. I did find an article, however, Inquiry Unpacked: An Introduction to Inquiry-Based Learning (Jansen, Barbara A., 2011), in which the author stated that there are four participatory skills in the inquiry process - critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration, communication, and creativity and innovation. I have realised that in my endeavours to complete this task, I am employing aspects of these skills. The need to be a critical thinker is vital in staying focussed on the task and being able to discard extraneous information. This is a skill I can see I need to continue to develop. I can tend to get sidetracked by what seems to be interesting information, but which, in the final analysis, does not serve the task. I will continue to persevere.