It's been a long time since I've blogged about an investigation. Admittedly, I'd been stuck. Stuck between this place of having gotten pretty good at the "investigation" process with young children while at the same time feeling less and less sure it was always the best use of their time.
Since first discovering Ken Robinson's work 10+ years ago, I've been a HUGE believer in the importance of curiosity and creativity in learning. So much of my work with young children is centered on these ideals. The last several years, though, more and more of my reading has been pulling me in the direction of valuing agency and impact too. Lately I'd been realizing much of the focus of our investigations was on acquiring content. We aways started with inquiry, but so much of what happened after that was learning the content that answered their questions. Yes - it was hands on, and yes it was joyful - but at the end of the day, so much of it was about content. And I kept finding that I was having a lot of trouble getting out of the cover-it-all rut.
