Exploring bio-based materials in an interdisciplinary learning environment –outlining the design inquiry cycle

Phases of inquiry-based learning: Definitions and the inquiry cycle

Inquiry-based learning is gaining popularity in science curricula, international research and development projects as well as teaching. One of the underlying reasons is that its success can be significantly improved due to the recent technical developments that allow the inquiry process to be supported by electronic learning environments. Inquiry-based learning is often organized into inquiry p...

Towards an Inquiry-Based Language Learning: Can a Wiki Help?

Wiki use may help EFL instructors to create an effective learning environment for inquiry-based language teaching and learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of wikis on the EFL learners’ IBL process. Forty-nine EFL students participated in the study while they conducted research projects in English. The Non-wiki group (n = 25) received traditional inquiry instr...

An Interdisciplinary Environment for Science Learning

In scholar curriculum, the integration of contents from different learning areas has been always a challenging issue, but with very few practical experimentations. A first attempt appears in the late 1920s under the name “core” [1]. Successively, interdisciplinary and integrated curricula have been widely associated with the progressive education movement [2]. In the last twenty years, a variet...

An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the Female Athlete

The Impact of a Principle-based Pedagogical Design on Inquiry-based Learning in a Seamless Learning Environment in Hong Kong

An inquiry-based learning pedagogy coupled with a seamless learning environment is a potential way to realise the educational goal of learner-centred learning in digital classrooms in the 21st century. An overarching research framework is proposed for preparing teachers to effectively develop pedagogical designs that are premised on theoretical principles and facilitate inquiry-based learning i...