Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
Vol 13, No 1: February 2019

Teaching tourism in geography through an inquiry-based approach (IBA)

Norsarita Basar (Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Isteri Hajjah Mariam)
Rosmawijah Jawawi (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Rohani Matzin (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Jainatul Halida Jaidin (Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Juraidah Musa (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Feb 2019

Abstract

An Inquiry-based approach (IBA) is a teaching approach that promotes students' active learning and inquiry. This study examined the effectiveness of IBA as a tool for teaching Geography and explored the students' perceptions when they were taught using IBA. The investigation was carried out in one secondary school in Brunei Darussalam. A total of twenty students aged between 15 to 16 years old were selected as participants. This research adopted a qualitative approach using an action research. Data was collected from lesson observations, focus group interview, and achievement tests. The findings showed that there were remarkable improvements in the students' achievement tests. IBA successfully had helped students to develop some personal and inter-personal skills and encouraged them to become independent learners. However, there were some issues identified in this study. Obtaining information for their research was a challenge for many students, as they had limited access to computers and the Internet outside the school. The findings also revealed that the role of the teacher as the facilitator in IBA could be a challenge to the teacher herself.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EduLearn

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Subject

Humanities Education Library & Information Science Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn) ISSN: 2089-9823, e-ISSN 2302-9277 is a multi-disciplinary, peer-refereed open-access international journal which has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of education, teaching, development, instruction, ...