Destroying the Straight-Cut Ditch to Release the Stream:
Using the Web to Teach Inquiry

 E Pluribus Unum

 

What does education often do? It make

"What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook." -- H.D. Thoreau

 

Designing a Course Dedicated to Inquiry:

Replace the linear narrative of the textbook with an inquiry that allows students to collaborate in constructing their own hypertext "narrative."

 

Designing Resources for an Inquiry-Based Course:

Once you have replaced answers with questions, provide resources that allow students to raise and explore questions.

 

Taking the First Steps Towards Using the Web to Teach for Inquiry:

Begin by using resources available on the web and begin to collect resources for your own "handouts."

 


The E Pluribus Unum Project is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-directed by Professor John McClymer, Department of History, and Professor Lucia Knoles, Department of English, Assumption College. Visitors are encouraged to send inquiries or suggestions.