Short overview:
The workshop will introduce the participants to inquiry based learning. Participants will learn how to build young people’s critical thinking and problem solving skills by learning the art of asking questions. One activity will be introduced within this workshop; What would Happen If…? It uses the 5 Ws is a powerful method of interviewing and investigating often used by journalists, broadcasters and business people to get to the truth of a story or a problem. They are:
Why? What? Who? Where? When?
Objectives of the workshop:
- To develop an understanding of inquiry based learning
- To learn about the art of asking constructive questions
- To learn to become a critical thinker and problem solver
- To learn techniques that encourage young people to think laterally and critically about the world they inhabit.