Inquiry based learning and historical teaching

As a teacher I think I have subconsciously used Inquiry based teaching.   I work mostly with children with autism, who do not vocalize much of their questions and feelings about things, but according to this website, Inquiry based learning is about finding the truth about things, exploring, and asking questions.  It is about finding out about the world and what meanings things have.  I think that a lot of the work I do with my students is through inquiry because together we find ways to best learn and explore our surroundings.  We question each other as to what works best and how to find the best things for us.  I try to teach them pertinent information and go about it in interactive ways to further their understanding and allow them to explore topics through what interests them to the best of their ability.  Through my own learning I have gotten the opportunity to do a great deal of Inquiry based learning.  In many of my college courses we were taught through real life experiences.  For various different projects we were given options to choose topics within the subject that were of interest to us and explore them hands on through interviews, experience and research.  I was given opportunities to explore the unknown community and world around me.  In my future classroom as a special education teacher I think inquiry based learning will be a better fit but historical learning will also need to be incorporated.  Inquiry based learning allows for my freedom for the students to explore and wonder but historical based learning is concrete and is still needed.