a. Inquiry
Method
Inquiry method is an English
language word. It is a technique or a way that used by the teacher to transfer
knowledge in teaching and learning process. Inquiry method is teaching strategy
to get student’s attention and make them active in searching, investigating a
certain problem Roestiyah NK (1985:75-76)
Hilda taba in Laily(2005:18)
states that Inquiry is teaching strategy that focus to the student that give
more form of children education.
Base on the statement of the
experts above we can conclude that, Inquiry is teaching strategy that focus to
the students to make them more active in searching, investigating a certain
problem with education guidance from teacher.
b. The advantages of inquiry
method
a.
Inquiry method can develop (self concept) to student’s
soul, so students able to understand about base concept and ideas.
b.
Helpful in remembering and transferring knowledge the
situation of teaching process.
c.
As a students’ motivation to think and work base on
their own initiative, objective, honestly, and open attitude.
d.
Give motivation to the students to think intuitively
and able to formulate their own hypothesis.
e.
Give intrinsic satisfaction to the students.
f.
Situation of teaching and learning process become more
interesting.
g.
It can develop the talent of individual.
h.
Give the students freedom to study by themselves.
i.
avoid students’ study traditionally.
j.
It can give very enough times to students in study,
furthermore they can apply in real life information they get from what they
learn.
In
learning process students need times to use their brain to think and get the
understanding about concept, principle, and technique to investigate a certain
problem. Roestiyah NK (1985:76-77).
c. The
disadvantages of inquiry method
a.
Replacing the common way of study was not easy to do.
b.
In practicing this method, it need many preparation of
resource of study and complete study material facilities, usually hard to
obtain.
c.
In the classical system with many students, the use of
this method was not easy to develop. Drs Udin S. Winataputra, MA.
(1993/1994:225)
d. Steps in using inquiry method
According to roestiyah NK (1985:78-79) there are eight steps in using
inquiry method:
a.
Guidance action means, in teaching and learning process
Teacher provides many clues to the student, where students do experiments,
investigation to find concepts or principle which was legalized by the teacher.
b.
Inquiry modification means, teacher just provide
problems and material or instrument that will be needed in doing problem
solving individually or groups. The helps that may be allowed must be form of
questions that can make student to think and able to decide the appropriate way
of good investigation.
c.
The freedom of inquiry means, after students study and
understand about how to solve a problem and get enough information about the
material of study also already do inquiry modification, students already set to
do activity of inquiry freedom, where students are invited to involved
themselves in the activity of inquiry freedom. Furthermore students can able to
identified, formulated various kinds of problems studied.
d.
Inquiry role approaching. Means, students are involved
in the process of problem solving that agrees with the expert way. an
invitation give a problem to the students, and with question that already
planed carefully, invite students to do some activities such as : planning the
experiment, formulating the hypothesis, determining the management, and so on.
e.
Invitation to inquiry. Means, activity of learning
process those device students in to group or team each team consist of four
members to solve a problem. Each member have different role duty such as:
coordinator team, technical advisor, data record, measurement process. Each
member of team describing of the role above. Work together to solve problem
related to the topic that will be studied.
f.
Puzzle with picture. Means, one of the technique to
develop student motivation and attention in small or big group discussion.
Picture, ostentation or the real situation, can be use to increase the way of
creative and critics thinking of students.
g.
Synectics Leasson. Means, the function of this approach
is to stimuli the creative talent of the student. Example science and advance
knowledge of language literature, said that emotion, affectivity, element of
creative eras ional, at the formula it is more important than rational
thinking. Basically “synectics” focus to the student role to make various kinds
of figure of speech to open the intelligences and develop the effort of
creativity. It can be carry out because “figure speech “can help in letting go
the “mental structure unit “in facing a problem, it can support the appearance
of creative ideas.
h.
The clearly of measurement. Means, in teaching and
learning process we need to do advanced evaluation about the advantages of this
approach. Especially that related to the student’s attitude, values, and the
formed of “self concept” of the students. In the fact, by inquiry method
students can able to do their assignments better and cognitively.
To use this method optimally with good result, it needs conditions as
follows:
a.
Flexible conditions, free to do interactions.
b.
Responsive environment condition.
c.
Helpful condition to center attention.
d.
Freedom of pressure condition.
In inquiry technique the roles of teachers are:
a.
Getting students interest and challenge the student to
think.
b.
Giving the student flexibility and freedom to take
action and develop their soul.
c.
Giving supported to “inquiry”
d.
Determine and diagnose student’s difficulties and help
them to solve them.
e.
Identified and use “teach able moment” as best as
possible.
Something that needs to be stimulated in teaching and learning process
through inquiry are:
a.
Student’s autonomy.
In this point, the students are expected to be able to understand the
material is being taught.
b.
The freedom and supported to the students.
In this case, the students are free in expressing their own ideas and the
teacher supports them in conducting the teaching and learning process.
c.
Open attitude.
Between the teacher and students are closely in getting the problem when
the teaching and learning runs.
d.
Self-confidence and aware of dignity.
In conducting the teaching and learning process, the students must have
high self-confidence and aware of dignity when the teacher asks them to do and
understand the material is being taught.
e.
Self-concept.
Each student, in this point, should have self-concept to get the
successful in his or her target in learning.
f.
Inquiry experience, come in to problems.
The students are able to overcome the problem through learning strategy
that is concentrated to the activity in the process of teaching and learning.
Roestiyan.
NK and Dra. Yumiati suharto, (1985: 77 –
80)