Promoting Inquiry Learning in Biology Lessons - A Strategy to Introduce Human Reproduction Issues

摘要

Nowadays, the presence of inquiry learning in the educational process is increasing constantly. Being a popular strategy more and more, it represents a learning process by posing questions mainly generated from learnera€?s experience, interest or curiosity. On the other hand, the teacher plays an active role, designing scenarios for students, with the view to raise their curiosity and perception related to the proposed subjects. More, introducing questions and involving experiences, the learning process become enjoyable for students. When teaching scientific subjects, inquiry-based science education ( IBSE ) comes as a proper strategy that can raise the studentsa€? interest for developing their scientific knowledge, but also for understanding the real world processes and phenomena. In this respect, the European FP7 project entitled a€? PROFILES - Professional Reflection-Oriented Focus on Inquiry-based Learning and Education through Science a€? tries to promote the use of IBSE in teacher education and in classroom practice. This paper presents an educational demarche based on IBSE, in the Biology lessons oriented on Human Reproduction . After the implementation process, the studentsa€? feedback illustrated a positive perception, with real gains related to the concept understanding and relevance for the real life.