Description
Book Synopsis
Developing Inquiry for Learning shows how university tutors can help students to improve their abilities to learn and to become professional inquirers.
An increasing proportion of students entering higher education seem to assume that learning is a relatively passive process. This may be the largest single limitation on their achievement. University tutors need to be able to respond creatively to studentsâ learning needs and difficulties. The modern teaching environment in higher education demands a sophisticated approach to teaching, learning and assessment i.e. the curriculum: its planning, its development and tutorsâ professional development. Tutors need fresh ideas about how to challenge studentsâ spoon-fed approach, to enable them to become collaborative, yet independently motivated learners.
In the innovative and practically proven approach developed by the authors of this book, students are guided to implement action research into their learning practices and ref
Trade Review
'This book presents a clear evidence-based argument for changing the way we think about learning in higher education and offers a detailed example, analysis and evaluation of how such an alternative approach can work in practice.' - Mike Hayler, Higher Education Review 2012
'This is a sophisticated and well-developed form of personal development planning which is coming to the fore in many undergraduate curricula these days.' - David A. Ross, Educational Developments Journal 2012
Table of Contents
1. Introduction PART ONE The General Approach of IIL 2. Learning to Learn in Higher Education 3. The Inquiry Into Learning approach PART TWO Using the IIL Approach in an Undergraduate Programme in Childhood Studies 4. Inquiry Into Learning 1: Becoming a Reflective Learner 5. Inquiry Into Learning 2: Becoming a Professional Inquirer PART THREE A Series of Topics Arising from and Related to the Operation of IIL 6. The Importance and Power of Student Voice for Promoting Informal, Formative Assessment 7. Setting Expectations Through Assessment for Learning 8. Enriching Processes and Products of Learning with Information Technology PART FOUR The Theoretical and Philosophical bases for this Approach 9. Patchwork Texts as a Curriculum Design and Assessment Method 10. Action Research for Personal Professional Development 11. What is the Point of the Inquiry Into Learning Approach? CONCLUSION 12. Beginning Anew
