Inquiry-based learning: My way?

Sorting-out 

Sorting out is actually underestimated Kath said. That was a surprise for me, as this is the easiest to do in the inquiry cycle for me. Sorting out is the great way of organising thinking, as well as leading thinking to analyzing. I love analyzing an that's why it's easy for me. 

As a Japanese educator

I met a teacher whose wife is Japanese. He used to work in Japan. He asked me how I feel about the inquiry-based learning, as it is very far away from Japanese learning culture. But I answered different point.
Inquiry-based learning is new for Japanese school culture. Like other national curriculum, we have textbooks, particular guidelines, and standardized tests. But if we think inquiry-based learning as the way of teaching&learning, not the programme we have to follow, is its concept too different from any national curriculum?
I think, basically Japanese are very flexible. Look at how we celebrate Christmas. Valentine's Day. Even Halloween recently. It must come from Shinto-mind. Shinto is a multitude of 'spirits' and 'essences' suited to various purposes such as harvest festivals, and it applies as well to various sectarian organizations. We are very open to different culture, so I believe the inquiry-based learning will be accepted more in Japan - if it is introduced correctly.