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Research is iterative and depends on asking increasingly complex or new questions whose answers develop additional questions or lines of inquiry. Intellectual curiosity, questioning, and flexibility are key in the research process. 

Values

  • Research is not a single path.  It has many branching paths with no singular correct method. 
  • Methods of research must always be refined.
  • Understanding a resource is just as important as finding it.

Example Lesson

Group Lesson - Disaster Preparation

  • Have students divide up into small groups (3-4 people).
  • Each group must look up information on a type of disaster scenario from at least two different sources.
  • No group can have the same sources.
  • The group must decide if the information is worthy of adding to the overall plan.
  • When all groups have their information, it is rated again by the whole class. 

Example - Epidemic Scenario

  1. Instructor relates the information about the particular scenario and assigns four groups.
  2. Group 1 - Finds information about the disease on the CDC and WHO websites.
  3. Group 2 - Finds information about how disaster prep procedure from FEMA, and a list of survival equipment from an online retailer.
  4. Group 3 - Finds information about the disease from WebMD, and an article on disaster preparedness from the Huffington Post.
  5. Group 4 - Finds information about disaster prep procedure from The Red Cross, and the official Disaster Preparedness Plan of Baltimore City. 
  6. Each group will rate their own information and those from the other groups.
  7. Each group can discuss how they got from one resource to another.