How Inquiry Can Be Used to Connect Curriculum Content Areas in Early Childhood Education
Abra Zink
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Summary
We are living in an age where an answer to any question is available with a click of a mouse or a simple “Alexa!”
But are these answers always correct? What is a child learning about the inquiry process with such quick solutions? Children used to be taught to research questions because, as Margret Mead said, “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Unfortunately, the advance of technology has caused a step backward in practicing inquiry education. This is a detriment to children who will continue to move on into formal education without knowing the art of finding information on their own. This project will focus on an inquiry based approach and how it can be used to integrate curriculum content areas. The hope, however, is that this is just the starting point to anchor all curriculum content areas to each other, allowing children to connect in a way that feels right to them while learning to answer questions in a factual way.
