My experiments with different databases

Today, I am thinking of having a try on different databases to learn more about inquiry based learning. My search on Google scholar by using the terms   inquiry AND science education  resulted in grasping various aspects of inquiry in science education. Some articles that made particular  attention include:
 
Co-Constructing Inquiry-Based Science with Teachers: Essential Research for Lasting Reform (CW Keys, LA Bryan, 2001)
This article provides only the abstracts and I tried to get the full version with no result. This article points out the need of research on educators' personal beliefs , knowledge and   practices which is recommended to enhance student participation in science learning. The more  knowledge of different methods  of inquiry instruction,lead  the more results in student participation.

Another article analyses the role of science inquiry based instruction to get better student learning impressed me which I found useful for my query on inquiry based learning. It clearly outlines the creation of science education and inquiry based learning by saying  that "Preparing student teachers to effectively utilize structured inquiry in their classrooms is a goal of science teacher education"(C J Eick, 2002)

What makes an inquiry-oriented science teacher? the influence of learning histories on student teacher role identity and practice(C J Eick,2002)

This article discusses a research on  how a teacher's  understanding about inquiry based science education can modify student learning.The knowledge and research  on  science  inquiry elements such as   identifying and posing questions, designing and conducting investigations, analyzing data and evidence, using models and explanations, and communicating findings will  guide the educators to plan and implement  the innovative curriculum that provides clear inquiry-based instruction . "inquiry-based instruction will be a powerful vehicle for students to learn scientific content"(Keys, Carolyn, Bryan,Lynn, 2001).

Inquiry Based Science supported by Technology: Achievement among Urban Middle School students (J Krajcik, R Marx, P Blumenfeld, E Soloway,2000)

Attempts to browze through A+ education resulted in  getting relevant information regarding inquiry on science based experiences. A greater number of hits were there when I tried to type inquiry AND science AND primary. One of the searches ended up in  finding out another ISP model , that is Bybee's inquiry model(1997) which describes 5E's that involve in  Primary connections teaching and Learning model.Through this model , Bybee(1997)  identifies that "There are number of science-specific  as well as general literacies required  by children to effectively engage with science phenomena, construct science understandings and develop science processes, and to represent and communicate ideas and information about science (Gee, 2004; Lemke, 1998; Norris & Phillips, 2003; Unsworth, 2001)


  

In the article, Primary Connections: A new approach to primary science and to teacher professional learning , Mark W. Hackling  advocates for inquiry based learning in Science."To develop an understanding of the nature of science (Lederman & Lederman, 2004), an understanding of scientific evidence (Gott & Duggan, 1996) and to become scientifically literate, students need to be engaged in an inquiry-oriented and an investigative approach to learning  science." 

I tried to involve the same search terms in A+education that  I used in Google  and I found that the resources through A+ education clarified  a lot of views on my search on information literacy and the inquiry process. My query on guided inquiry and inquiry models resulted in displaying various research materials and study finding regarding inquiry process.some of the documents such as  Engaging secondary school students in lifelong learning: Jennifer Bryce and Graeme Withers gives an insight into the educational practices that lead to create lifelong learners.

My search on  inquiry AND science AND primary OR elementary resulted in finding out  more related information on the topic and it revealed that science inquiry is an evidence based inquiry. Some of the articles documented the need of providing enough curriculum resources to the teachers to activate inquiry based instructions in science teaching. "We want to provide curriculum materials that enhance science teaching and student learning"(Bybee,1997) . The educators must be able to provide these curriculum resources in a way that they should  be able to include clear inquiry - oriented instructions. This is possible only when they are aware of different inquiry based learning methods and inquiry models.

My query on information AND inquiry OR search AND science  resulted in so many science teaching  related articles that demonstrated  the changing role of science educators. 

Inquiry-based science, EL Chiappetta (1964) describes two different approaches  of inquiry learning where it says posing questions is important in inquiry learning." they are the hearts of inquiry".

 
The search through Pro quest Education for information AND inquiry NOT secondary disappointed me as I could not find any relevant information. So I tried guided AND inquiry AND primary science- no result. Then I decided to find information on inquiry AND instruction AND Science which gave me 16 results.I could find only some information from one of the topics such as What is Scientific Literacy, and why does it matter?(Carolyn Scearce,2007). Even though I failed to find out more information on the topic through this search engine, I decided to do more research using different search terms on inquiry process which made some relief.
When I searched for science AND inquiry AND primary , the hits were 24, most of them were not related to my query.

References:

Lederman, N. G., & Lederman, J. S. (2004). Nature of science and scientific inquiry. In G. Venville & V. Dawson (Eds.), The art of science teaching in Australian schools. Melbourne: Allen and Unwin.


Bybee, R. W. (1997). Enhancing science teaching and student learning: A BSCS perspective

Science, 87, 224–240.

Norris, S. P., & Phillips, L. M. (2003). How literacy in its fundamental sense is central to scientific literacy Education

Bybee, R. W. (1997). Crossing borders in literacy and science instruction: Perspectives in theory and practice (pp. 13–32).

Gee, J. P. (2004). Language in the science classroom: Academic social languages as the heart of schoolbased literacy. In E. W. Saul (Ed.) ,Newark, DE: International Reading Association/National Science Teachers Association.
Gott, R., & Duggan, S. (1996). Practical work: Its role in the understanding of evidence in science.
Keys, Carolyn, Bryan,Lynn, 2001. Co-constructing inquiry-based science with teachers: Essential research for lasting reform

W. Hackling, Mark (2006 ). Primary Connections: A new approach to primary science and to teacher professional learning
CJ Eick, 2002 . What makes an inquiry-oriented science teacher? The influence of learning histories on student teacher role identity and practice
J Krajcik, R Marx, P Blumenfeld, E Soloway, 2000. Inquiry Based Science Supported by Technology: Achievement among Urban Middle School Students.