Teaching and Learning Communication Process as Community-based Transdisciplinary Inquiry

Inquiry-based Teaching Method in Medical Education

Introduction: Effective teaching requires methods that can develop appropriate knowledge and skills in students. This study aimed to assess the effect of inquiry-based teaching method in medical education through reviewing the related literature. Methods: In this Narrative review study, using the keywords clinical education, inquiry-based teaching method and medical education, all articles publ...

Teaching numerical methods with IPython notebooks and inquiry-based learning

A course in numerical methods should teach both the mathematical theory of numerical analysis and the craft of implementing numerical algorithms. The IPython notebook provides a single medium in which mathematics, explanations, executable code, and visualizations can be combined, and with which the student can interact in order to learn both the theory and the craft of numerical methods. The us...

Inquiry into ‘Communities of Inquiry’: knowledge, communication, presence, community

Improving Teaching-Learning Process and Experience Based on Students, Faculty and Staff Perspectives

In order to make strategic decisions, the new leadership team at the College of Agriculture at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona conducted a series of focus group interviews with its students, faculty, and staff members. The purpose of this qualitative study was to poll the opinions of these important stakeholders to improve the teaching-learning process in the college, to pro...

Conservation planning as a transdisciplinary process.

Despite substantial growth in the field of conservation planning, the speed and success with which conservation plans are converted into conservation action remains limited. This gap between science and action extends beyond conservation planning into many other applied sciences and has been linked to complexity of current societal problems, compartmentalization of knowledge and management sect...