The Cultivation of Children's Inquiry Literacy

 Abstract:    Learning through exploration is the most important way for children to understand things and adapt to the environment. It is also the main way for children to grow and develop in the future. However, when... [ view full abstract ]

 Abstract:    Learning through exploration is the most important way for children to understand things and adapt to the environment. It is also the main way for children to grow and develop in the future. However, when facing children’s all kinds of inquiries, teachers often fail to respond, or respond inappropriately or ineffectively. So, how to enhance the children’s inquiry literacy? Firstly, the authors point out that teachers need to understand the core content of inquiry literacy, including inquiry consciousness, inquiry abilities and inquiry spirit. Secondly, teachers should be able to create the environment which causes the child to explore, it should be implied by some question that can stimulate children's curiosity and causing children to produce problems as the core of learning behavior. Lastly, teachers should also provide support for boosting child explore and establish evaluation for promoting children’s ability of exploration. Through teacher’s support and evaluation, children's inquiry behavior and problem-solving ability can reach a higher level and lay a solid foundation for the children's future growth and development. 

Kew Words: Child   inquiry literacy   cognition   current situation   Strategy