Inquiry Based Teaching and Learning

While Inquiry has been a major goal in several of the last iterations of science standards the strategies involved with inquiry can be hard to put into practice for a whole host of reasons.

I’ve researched the factors that facilitate and constraint teacher’s views of science inquiry as well as looked at student’s views about science inquiry at different points in time.  Recently, I was part of one of the largest international collaborations that sought out to explore student’s views about science inquiry spanning 32 different countries (see Lederman et al, 2021). 

More to Explore:

1. J. S. Lederman, N. G. Lederman, S. Bartels, J. Jimenez, K. Acosta, M. Akubo, S. Aly, M. A. B. S. de Andrade, M. Atanasova, E. Blanquet, R. Blonder, P. Brown, R. Cardoso, P. Castillo-Urueta, P. Chaipidech, J. Concannon, O. K. Dogan, H. El-Deghaidy, A. Elzorkani, T. Ferdous, N. Fukuda, E. Gaigher, L. Galvis-Solano, Q. Gao, S. Guo, Y. Gwekwerere, J. Gyllenpalm, S. Hamed Al-Lal, C. Han-Tosunoglu, A. Hattingh, G. Holliday, X. Huang, S. Irez, J. Jiménez, G. Kay, A. Koumara, K. Kremer, P.-C. Kuo, J. Lavonen, J. S. C. Leung, Z. Liao, M. R. Librea-Carden, S.-F. Lin, C. Liu, E. Liu, S.-Y. Liu, R. Mamlok-Naaman, C. V. Mcdonald, A. Möller, M. Morales, B. K. Mulvey, I. Neumann, A.-L. Neurohr, Y. Pan, P. Panjaburee, M. Penn, K. Plakitsi, E. Picholle, U. Ramnarain, Z. Raykova, C.-J. Rundgren, S. Salonen, D. Santibáñez-Gómez, R. Schwartz, R. Sharma, N. Srisawasdi, S. Takiveikata, T. Urueta-Ortiz, K. Vitlarov, F. Voitle & J. Wishart (2021) International collaborative follow-up investigation of graduating high school students’ understandings of the nature of scientific inquiry: is progress Being made?, International Journal of Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2021.1894500
2. James P. Concannon, Patrick L. Brown, Norman G. Lederman & Judith S. Lederman (2020) Investigating the development of secondary students’ views about scientific inquiry, International Journal of Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2020.1742399
3. Concannon, J., Brown, P., & Brown, E. (2013).  Prospective science teachers’ perceptions of theories: An action research study.  Creative Education, 4(1), 82-88. 
4. Concannon, J. & Brown, P. (2008). Transforming osmosis science labs to address national science education standards for inquiry. Science Activities, 45(3), 23-5. 
5. Brown, P., Friedrichsen, P., & Mongler B. (2007). Taking biology to a new level of inquiry through a 5-E model. Science Activities, 44, 153-157.  
6. Brown, P., Abell, S., Demir, A., & Schmidt, F. (2006). College science teachers’ views of classroom inquiry. Science Education, 90(5), 784-802.
7. Brown, P., & Friedrichsen, P. (2006). JELL-O® and detergents: A successful recipe for engaging students in inquiry. The Science Teacher, 73(5), 30-34.