Through ongoing inquiry into aspects of their lives, understandings will eventually change with
new information and experience. Where children are able to make connections with their previous
learning, they might refine their working theories in an effort to understand their lives and world.
However, where children’s knowledge is limited due to experience and they are unable to make
connections, the inconsistent information is likely to remain as discrete, discrepant knowledge to
perhaps recall later when presented with further information that challenges their understandings
again.
In the following examples, Imogen illustrated Lindfors’ (1999) description of inquiry acts as
to ‘engage others in going beyond one’s present understanding; seek information; seek confirmation
of an idea; seek explanation of some phenomenon; and wonder about something [in] a
stance of openness to a world of possibilities’ (p. 4). Three 2-year-olds, Imogen, Safiya and Elise
who had recently witnessed the birth of a newborn sibling, were discussing their friendships with
others:
Through ongoing inquiry into aspects of their lives, understandings will eventually change withnew information and experience. Where children are able to make connections with their previouslearning, they might refine their working theories in an effort to understand their lives and world.However, where children’s knowledge is limited due to experience and they are unable to makeconnections, the inconsistent information is likely to remain as discrete, discrepant knowledge toperhaps recall later when presented with further information that challenges their understandingsagain.In the following examples, Imogen illustrated Lindfors’ (1999) description of inquiry acts asto ‘engage others in going beyond one’s present understanding; seek information; seek confirmationof an idea; seek explanation of some phenomenon; and wonder about something [in] astance of openness to a world of possibilities’ (p. 4). Three 2-year-olds, Imogen, Safiya and Elisewho had recently witnessed the birth of a newborn sibling, were discussing their friendships withothers:
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