Innovative Approaches in Teaching and Learning: An Introduction to Inquiry-Based Learning for STEM Programs
ISBN: 978-1-78441-850-2, eISBN: 978-1-78441-849-6
Publication date: 12 October 2015
Abstract
This chapter provides an introduction to how the inquiry-based learning (IBL) approach is being used by colleges and universities around the world to strengthen the interconnections between teaching, learning, and research within STEM programs. This chapter provides a synthesis and analysis of the chapters in the volume, which present a range of case studies and empirical research on how IBL is being used across a range of courses across a range of institutions within STEM programs. Based on these findings, this chapter argues that the IBL approach has great potential to enhance and transform teaching and learning. Given the growing demands placed on education to meet a diverse range of complex political, economic, and social problems and personal needs, this chapter argues that education should be a place where students learn “how-to-learn” – where increasingly higher levels of self-directed learning is fostered – and where students grow in the three key areas of learning: affectively, behaviorally, and cognitively. To that end, this chapter argues that IBL, if designed and implemented properly, can be an important approach to enhancing and transforming teaching and learning in higher education.
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Citation
Blessinger, P. and Carfora, J.M. (2015), "Innovative Approaches in Teaching and Learning: An Introduction to Inquiry-Based Learning for STEM Programs", Inquiry-Based Learning for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (Stem) Programs: A Conceptual and Practical Resource for Educators (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120150000004001
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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