1. Why is geographical enquiry important?
It is an approach to learning which involves students in making sense of information for themselves
2. It acknowledges that geographical knowledge is not ‘out there’ as some absolute reality , but that it has been constructed by geographers
3. It has the potential to give students more control over their learning

2. Enquiry…..
“The first key to wisdom is constant questioning …. By doubting we are led to enquiry and by enquiry we discern the truth.”
Peter Aberland

3. It grabs your attention, imagination and you want to answer it!
Enquiry questions.
A good enquiry question has both “pith and rigour.”
Riley 2000
It grabs your attention, imagination and you want to answer it!
Look at these examples and find the pith and rigour! Complete task

4. What are the stages of enquiry?
Creating a need
to know
speculating, hypothesising,
generating ideas, asking
questions,
planning how to research
Reflecting on
Learning
evaluating,
identifying areas for
improvement
Using data
locating evidence,
collecting, selecting,
sorting, classifying,
sequencing
Making sense
describing, explaining,
comparing, contrasting,
analysing, concluding