Research as Inquiry

Research as Inquiry

An investigation of the social networking behaviour of grade 9 high school learners at john ramsay senior secondary school.

Learning Outcomes;
1) Learners will have intellectual curiosity in developing questions and learning new investigative methods.
2) Learners will understand where to go to look for appropriate or relevant help
3) Learners will be able to do introspection and uncover their poor social networking activities and he given the tools to improve it.

Activity 1: Seek divergent perspectives during information gathering and assessment. In this activity learners will explore the various ways in which a person can investigate. They will also via means of proper research conduct interviews, questionnaires, etc. So divided into groups each group will go on school computers with internet access and go on sites with information varying research methods. Knowledge Practice: Use a variety of research methods, based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry

Activity 2): Learners will be given 30 minutes to draw a concept map stemming from the topic and discuss their findings. By creating or drawing this concept map learners will be exposed to finding new ways to search for information, eg. Different concepts may assist in broadening search strategies for a particular topic. A concept map for laptops might bring up notebooks and so allow a researcher to look up information on notebooks or various other synonyms. Knowledge Practice: Deal with complex research by breaking complex questions into simple ones, limiting the scope of investigation, conducting a series of investigations, and performing subsequent steps.

Activity 3): Learners will do 30 minutes of research on the topic of Social Networking, Social Networks, its origins, and how it was initially aimed to be used for and see the gap between its purpose and how they use it. And cite 3 different media sources. Knowledge practices: synthesize ideas gathered from multiple sources, use research appropriately to make decisions and take action, practice self-reflection and meta-cognition.