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Inquiry Based Learning
'Inquiry-based learning' encompasses a spectrum of pedagogical approaches that have student-led exploration, investigation, scholarship or research at their heart. Through inquiry, students identify and engage directly with the questions and problems of their discipline or professional practice, learning in ways that mirror its scholarly or research processes. The inquiry approach aims to facilitate both subject learning and the development of a range of capabilities and dispositions - such as critical thinking, reflexivity, autonomy, initiative and team skills - that are essential for both academic study and the workplace and, more broadly, for leading full and rewarding lives in our complex and challenging world.
We ran a workshop, in conjunction with the Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS) CETL, University of Sheffield, on the 21st May 2008.
Finding Your Own Way: The Role of Inquiry-Based Learning in Theology, Religious Studies and Biblical Studies - Event
Workshop: Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS), University of Sheffield, 21st May 2008
This workshop provided an opportunity to explore current developments and questions in inquiry-based learning from the perspective of Theology, Religious Studies, Biblical Studies and related disciplines. The aim was to facilitate sharing of ideas and practice, and to provide a focus for review, reflection and theory-building. .
In addition to the workshop, the a report is now available. Please see our project report page for further information.
This page was originally on the website of The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies. It was transfered here following the closure of the Subject Centre at the end of 2011.
