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    The document discusses using enquiry based learning as an approach to teaching IGCSE Chemistry. It explains that enquiry based learning involves students investigating problems, searching for solutions, making observations, asking questions, testing ideas, and thinking creatively. It states that this approach encourages curiosity, helps students learn on their own, and makes them confident and engaged learners. Topics like states of matter, acids/bases, the periodic table, and chemistry of the environment are well-suited for this approach because students can relate them to everyday life. While hands-on learning is possible, topics requiring more theoretical knowledge like atoms/compounds, stoichiometry, electrochemistry, and chemical energetics may not be best taught

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    ACTIVITY 5.

    1 TEACHING APPROACHES (ENQUIRY BASED LEARNING- VIDYA PM)

    1. What approach did you choose?


    Enquiry based learning
    2. How useful do you think the approach will be for teaching IGCSE Chemistry?
    Science if studied properly, develops power of thinking and reasoning, curiosity, open
    mindedness and ultimately scientific temper. It involves to components content and process.
    A modern science teacher should be a stage setter and initiator of scientific thinking.
    Enquiry based learning adopts an investigative approach to teaching and learning where
    students are provided with opportunities to investigate a problem, search for possible
    solutions, make observations, ask questions, test out ideas, and think creatively and use
    their intuition.
    Thus Enquiry approach aims at:
     Encouraging the student to be inquisitive and curious – to ask and find solution for
    oneself.
     It leads to the unfoldment of child’s mind.
     Supplements the existing set of knowledge.
     Give strength to face the challenges
     Learners trained to learn on their own
     It awaken spirit of joy, thrill and excitement

    Here, enquiry based learning teach by planting questions, like seeds, that encourage

    students to investigate their own approaches to learning material lead to discover what

    they need. This is what we expect from IGCSE curriculum. Make them Confident,

    responsible, reflective, innovative, engaged.

    3. Which topics does this type of approach work well for? Give your reasons.
    Mostly general science topics are well suited for enquiry based learning.
    a) States of matter
    b) Acids, bases and salts
    c) The Periodic Table
    d) Metals
    e) Chemistry of the environment

    Because it deepen understanding of topics and content correlating with everyday life

    4. Which topics does this type of approach not work well for? Give your reasons.

    a) Atoms, elements and compounds


    b) Stoichiometry
    c) Electrochemistry
    d) Chemical energetics
    e) Chemical reactions
    f) Organic chemistry
    g) Experimental techniques and chemical analysis
    Even though hands on approach is there in enquiry learning. theoretical knowledge needed
    for above topics that cannot transact through enquiry approach but other than theories we
    can make them do observations, ask questions, test out ideas, and think creatively and use
    their intuition effectively.
    For eg; for chemical reactions once they learned about theory we can engage them with
    experiments. Let them find the answer through activities, observation and even comparing
    results of experiment.
    5. How do you integrate this approach into your teaching?
    In every lesson transactions for learners wherever they need activity based learning
    strategies we can rely on 5W & H approach lead them to investigate a problem, search for
    possible solutions, make observations, ask questions, test out ideas, and think creatively and
    use their intuition to compare results.
    For example: After introducing the topic paper chromatography,
    We can engage them with practical session using chromatogram. There they will make
    observations, test out the theoretical knowledge, engage with their own practical skills and
    collect data and interpret them with their own intuition.

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