Reflecting

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As I have learned, an important part of the inquiry learning process is reflection. This can be done throughout and/or at the end of the process.

When starting my inquiry learning journey, I was unsure what I would find. Some doubt about whether music and inquiry learning had been researched came through initially – especially during my initial searches.  Using Carol Kuhlthau’s six stage model of experience through the Information Search Process (ISP), I found that my journey of inquiry mirrored these stages at times.  
Initiation was evident through my blog post The Beginning where I posed 3 questions of possible investigation.  I was definitely unsure and uneasy about whether I would be able to find the information related to the questions.  My first few searches (without advanced search strategies) assisted in this uncertainty.  
Through selecting the key question of inquiry, I was excited to get started and search to find out How can the process of inquiry learning be used in a high school music classroom? Once the expert searching commenced, there were many irrelevant results being returned and I was unsure whether finding the answer to my question was even going to be possible.  Was the task I had set myself too much and too hard?
Through this Exploration phase I definitely experienced the feelings outlined by Kuhlthau.

Employing the advanced searches was beneficial with useful results finally being returned. My understanding was formulated; I could indeed find the information and answers I was seeking!
Through creating the curated collection of resources, I was able to collate the findings relevant to the inquiry question and highlight the resources I found assisted in my overall understanding.  

Presenting the findings in my blog through the infographic allowed me to engage in the results in a fun and inviting way.  

I have learned a lot through the investigation of my inquiry question.  I have learned that it is quite easy to imbed inquiry learning into the music classroom and I am looking forward to giving it a go!