Perspectives on Education: Inquiry-based Learning

This report, from the Wellcome Trust, defines inquiry-based science learning and explains the importance of developing learning scientific enquiry skills through discussion, questioning, reasoning, gathering data and reviewing evidence. The report stresses the importance of not limiting students' experiences and allowing space and time for use of secondary sources and discussion.

The report gives a variety of perspectives on the subject, written by experts in their field:

* [b]A research perspective[/b] - Scientific inquiry: learning about it and learning through it

* [b]An international perspective[/b] - International evidence shows teacher preparation is vital

* [b]A policy perspective[/b] - Scientific inquiry: mere pedagogy or real science? And who decides?

* [b]A teacher's perspective[/b] - For teachers, there is a rhetoric and a reality to scientific inquiry