Professional Development for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning

Proposes alternative teaching methods for triggering students' motivation towards scienceOffers a variety of ideas on IBSE which are also linked to other theoretical frameworks
Provides resources that may be used for teacher development programs

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Preface.- What is inquiry-based science teaching and learning? Costas P. Constantinou and Olia E. Tsivitanidou.- Section 1: Promoting student inquiry in the science classroom.- Science inquiry as part of technological design: a case of school based development in Norway, Berit Bungum.- Promoting IBSE with living organisms: Introducing snails in the secondary science classroom, Eliza Rybska.- Drama as a Learning Medium in Science Education, Ran Peleg, Anna-Lena Østern, Alex Strømme, Ayelet Baram Tsabari.- Section 2: Familiarizing teachers with motivational approaches and scientific literacy goals for inquiry based learning, Using motivational theory to enrich IBSE teaching practices, Hanne Møller Andersen, Lars Brian Krogh.- Taking advantage of the synergy between scientific literacy goals, inquiry based methods and self-efficacy to change science teaching, Robert Evans and Jens Dolin.- Inquiry-based approaches in primary science teacher education, Sami Lehesvuori, Ilkka Ratinen, Josephine Moate, Jouni Viiri.- Section 3: Fostering teachers' competences in cross-domain scientific inquiry.- Promoting Pre-service Teachers' Ideas about Nature of Science through Science-related Media Reports, Gultekin Cakmakci and Yalcin Yalaki.- The development of collaborative problem solving abilities of pre-service science teachers by stepwise problem-solving strategies, Palmira Peiuliauskien and Dalius Dapkus.- Teachers as Educational Innovators in Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning, Anni Loukomies, Kalle Juuti, and Jari Lavonen.- Section 4: Capitalizing on teacher reflections to enhance inquiry-based science teaching.- Biology Olympiad as a Resource and Inspiration for InquiryBased Science Teaching, Jan Petr, Miroslav Papáek and Iva Stuchlíková.- A Teacher Professional Development Programme on Dialogic Inquiry, Margareta Enghag, Susanne Engström, and Birgitta Norberg.- Designing teacher education and professional development activities for science learning, Andrée Tiberghien, Zeynab Badreddine, and David Cross.- Conclusions.- Concluding remarks: Challenges in implementing IBSE, Loucas T. Louca, Thea Skoulia, Olia E. Tsivitanidou and Costas P. Constantinou. <p