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Ingrid was able to effectively demonstrate the need for both forms of education.  I agree with her statement that much of what students need to learn is best taught in a lecture/discussion mode.  However, the inquiry mode gives to the student more than just facts.  Inquiry based education is reaching the whole child.  It gives the child an opportunity to explore (within a predetermine format) and gain a new understanding of their world.  This exploration also increases the child sense of autonomy.  Increase autonomy allows the child greater freedom to become more engage with the world, which leads to more understanding, which leads to increase autonomy, and so on.