The inquiry method of learning depends on a partnership between the students and teachers. Using inquiry, the students learn how to ask questions an then find resources to explore and answer those questions. Learning becomes compelling.
Students create hypotheses and use historical thinking skills to satisfy their own curiosity.
They learn content in the excitement of the investigation. The role of the teacher changes. The teacher no longer need to be the source of all knowledge or to know all of the answers ahead of time. Instead the teacher plans the desired learning outcomes, the sequence of the investigation, and the resources needed. Then the teacher and students can find the answers together.