Generative AI through Inquiry (Part 4)
From FOSIL, Education and School Libraries by Elizabeth Hutchinson
May 9, 2026 · 51 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the WONDER stages of inquiry in education, emphasizing the importance of students creating their own questions and the limitations of AI in this process.
Welcome to FOSIL, Education and School Libraries Podcast, where Darrly Toerien and I (Elizabeth Hutchinson) talk about what we feel is important in school libraries and education now. Today’s discussion continues from last week’s podcast, which was part 3 of this conversation, where we focused on the INVESTIGATE and CONSTRUCT stage of FOSIL. This week, we focus on the WONDER stages in relation to learning. Highlighting the importance of students being able to create their own questions and that access to AI does not help in this area… we explain why we think this… “Only a person who has questions has knowledge” (Hans-Georg Gadamer). Links talked about in this podcast Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method , 1960. PPT presentation for the ALiVE! Library conversation with David Loertscher: SJSU 2026 | ALiVE Library | Teaching Inquiry as Conversation . This includes a preview of Chapter 2 of our book, Inquiry as Conversation (or QR code below). Of relevance to the Podcast, the preview includes the following: * Inquiry as Conversation Is Driven by Questioning * Inquiry as Conversation Leads Beyond Questioning to Interaction This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this…
People in this episode
Host: Elizabeth Hutchinson
Guest: Darrly Toerien
Topics covered
- Generative AI
- Inquiry-based learning
- Questioning
- Education
- School libraries
Keywords
- Generative AI
- inquiry
- questioning
- education
- school libraries
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Truth and Method
- Inquiry as Conversation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SJSU, ALiVE Library
Books & works: Truth and Method, Inquiry as Conversation
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