Overview
Offers a concise summary of recent empirical research findings on inquiry project-based learning in international contexts
Reveals how inquiry project-based learning connects to today’s national education standards frameworks
Shows how to design and deploy effective inquiry project-based learning instruction using the latest technologies, for immediate integration in the classroom
Includes effective methods for assessing and evaluating students’ inquiry project-based learning
Demonstrates how teacher teams can collaborate to engage their students in inquiry, drawing on evidence-based practice techniques, instructional aids, diagrams and organizers
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Twenty-First Century Skills Education on the Whole
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Twenty-First Century Skills Education: Plagiarism-Free Inquiry PjBL in Asia, Europe and North America
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Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Schools
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Summary and Conclusions
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About the authors
Dr Chu, Associate Professor, is Head of Division of Information & Technology Studies and Deputy Director of Centre for Information Technology in Education at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. He has over 250 publications in the areas of IT in education, information and library science, school librarianship, academic librarianship and knowledge management. His over 40 projects have amounted to more than US$ 6 million in grant funding. He has received his Faculty's Outstanding Researcher Award and Knowledge Exchange Award.
Dr Reynolds is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University, and faculty affiliate of Center for International Scholarship on School Librarianship. Her research addresses the development of e-learning systems for formal and informal learning in a broad range of affinity spaces. Publishing in the fields of information science, educational technology and the learning sciences, she has grant funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and has received two faculty department awards.
Miss Tavares is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong. She has published in the areas of 21st century skills learning, using educational technologies in promoting reading and writing, and social media in teacher professional development. She has received many awards in her teaching career, including her Faculty’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2016.
Prof. Notari is a Professor at the University of Teacher Education in Bern, Switzerland and an honorary assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. He has published books and journal articles in the field of information technologies in education.
Ms Lee is a secondary school English teacher in Hong Kong and a trained IB English Language and Literature teacher. She has published in the areas of 21st century skills learning, IT in education, and inquiry project based learning.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: 21st Century Skills Development Through Inquiry-Based Learning
Book Subtitle: From Theory to Practice
Authors: Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Rebecca B. Reynolds, Nicole J. Tavares, Michele Notari, Celina Wing Yi Lee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2481-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2479-5Published: 03 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9626-6Published: 30 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2481-8Published: 21 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 204
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Educational Technology, Teaching and Teacher Education