Opportunities and challenges in institutionalizing inquiry-guided learning in colleges and universities
β Scribed by Virginia S. Lee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 2012
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0633
- DOI
- 10.1002/tl.20011
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β¦ Synopsis
Inquiry-guided learning (IGL) has widespread appeal in higher education as a suite of teaching strategies that promotes learning through students' increasingly independent investigation of questions, problems, and issues using the methods of inquiry of the disciplines. Framed as especially appropriate for research universities, IGL has been adopted equally by public and private institutions, comprehensive universities, and liberal arts colleges in the United States and abroad. The appeal of IGL is so broad that it provides a unique window into the dynamics of undergraduate reform in higher education: the collective hopes projected onto IGL as a promising mode of learning and the realities of its implementation.
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