Open AccessThe Languages of Inquiry: An English-French Lexicon of Inquiry Terminology in Education
Author(s) -
Tanya Chichekian,
Annie Savard,
Bruce M. Shore
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
learning landscapes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-5688
DOI - 10.36510/learnland.v4i2.389
Subject(s) - terminology , curriculum , lexicon , meaning (existential) , pedagogy , national curriculum , inquiry based learning , sociology , key (lock) , linguistics , mathematics education , psychology , computer science , philosophy , computer security , psychotherapist
Contemporary curricular reform efforts are underway in many countries toward adopting and implementing inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning on a provincial and national level. Buzzwords associated with inquiry-based pedagogy have been used to express similar ideas in bilingual educational communities, but rarely with a direct one-to-one correspondence.We present and explain the meaning of 10 initial key terms from inquiry in education, in English and French.They represent the beginning steps to guide teachers and curriculum developers who are exposed to both the French and English inquiry traditions to translate ideas and curriculum consistently