IB Learner Profile: Inquirer
Wisdom begins with wonder! - Socrates
IB Learner Profile: Inquirer
As IB learners we strive to be inquirers. We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.
This IB learner profile is one of 10 attributes recognized and valued by IB World Schools. We believe these attributes, and others like them, can help individuals and groups become responsible members of local, national and global communities.
University faculties regularly note IB students’ passion for discovery.
How can parents encourage inquiry at home?
- Visit places that spark inquiry like a museum, park or nature preserve.
- Explore the areas of your child's interest by visiting the library to borrow books.
- Develop an understanding of the Internet. Work with your son or daughter when the Internet is being used and try to instill the understanding that some internet sites are not reputable.
- Model being an inquirer. Ask questions and wonder!
- Praise your child for asking a question
- Have your child jot down their wonders in a journal. Spend time researching these wonders!
See, Know, Wonder: A Visible Thinking Strategy
What do you see?
What do you know?
What do you wonder?
Story Time
Prompts for Inquiry Focused Read-Alouds
- What does it mean to be an inquirer?
- Did [character] have any good inquiry skills you can use?
- How do you know [character] was being an inquirer?
- How did the inquiry process help [character]?
- How do you know the [character] was going through an inquiry process?
- Were any of the [character’s] curious? How do you know?
- Describe how a character used their curiosity/inquiry process to solve a mystery. Could they have done anything differently?
Additional Sites to Promote Inquiry:
Here are three sites that make screen time a learning time:
- The Tinkering Studio: Experiments with science, art, technology, and other delightful ideas.
- How Stuff Works: Articles broken down by subject areas to answer those difficult questions
- The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids: Features riddles, puzzles, a question of the day, a timeline of interesting history facts, sky events and weather conditions to track at home with your children
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