Learning Inquiry

Learning Inquiry

We examine the learning of children, adults, communities and organisations. We see all learning as arising out of meaningful, situated processes that in many cases are centred on bodies of disciplinary knowledge, such as in science and mathematics, or music and geography. Yet we also problematise what it means to talk about learners and their learning, as well as teachers and teaching, in a more global, connected world.

For instance, in Learning Inquiry we ask questions like:

  • How do individuals, organisations and communities learn, and what insights can we take from the evident differences we see?
  • What is the role of language in learning?
  • Can we develop innovative technologies to help the teaching of curriculum?
  • Can we design tools, teaching interventions and new forms of assessment that in turn enable learners to more easily acquire important and relevant knowledge and skills?
  • What might newer areas of inquiry, such as neuroscience, be able to tell us about how learners process information, and could these insights be used to inform teachers and policymakers?

To answer these kinds of questions we draw upon a range of disciplines, perspectives and settings that include more informal contexts. Our aim always is to link what we can find out through our research to those communities who would benefit from this knowledge. We aim to transform our understandings of learning, and in doing so, transform lives.