This week we had a guest speaker from the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry. This is an inquiry based school in downtown victoria. They have about 100 students and try to integrate into the community by using the resources available in the city instead of building their own.

I like some of the ideas in this school but I do not think it should become standard. I think that it would be very beneficial for some students who might struggle in a traditional setting. However, while I think that having a very deep understanding of a few subjects is good in some aspects, its important for students to have a wider range of knowledge, even if that means the knowledge of each subject isn’t as deep.

I think that a good compromise would be to incorporate inquiry into classes some of the time while still having a bit more structure. Alternatively, you could have one class where students can do inquiry-based learning, but then the other core class would be a bit more traditional.