Module 6

OHT 5

A Learning Process for Enquiry Based
Environmental Education

1. Learning originates in a challenge
   After becoming aware of demands, constraints, pressure, and/or needs, students reach a state of puzzlement, tension, discord and expectation. At this point students may feel challenged to enquire.
   
   

2. Preparation for the task
   The problem is defined or redefined. Students gather resources and work out what they need to know and do. They consider the problem, imagine, try to predict, work out what they already know and/or assess their ability to succeed.
   
   

3. Searching
   They may then need to extend their previous knowledge; so they 'have a go'. They question, select, rehearse, talk over, narrow the field, sort, discard, shape hypothesis, and so on.
   
   

4. Trying out our solution
   Eventually students settle on a possible solution and try it out. This is where they may make errors and/or have success, and decide to modify, consolidate and reassess their plans.
   
   

5. Reflection
   Then students need to consider how they achieved what they set out to do. They reflect, confirm, see where to improve, plan new things, celebrate and evaluate.