Papers
The papers section collects academic writing from members of the CEEBL team and others to help define the functions and processes of EBL as well as its place in a wider learning context.
- Principles of Enquiry-Based Learning, Dr Bill Hutchings (PDF, 57Kb)
A short document defining and setting out the basics of Enquiry-Based Learning. - Hutchings, W (2007) Enquiry-Based Learning: Definitions and Rationale, University of Manchester (PDF, 194Kb)
In this substantial essay Dr Hutchings comprehensively defines Enquiry-Based Learning, its functions and processes as well as its place in a wider learning context. - Hutchings, W (2007) The philosophical bases of Enquiry-Based Learning , University of Manchester (PDF, 210Kb)
This essay attempts to set out the philosophical bases of Enquiry-Based Learning. It argues that the true sources of EBL are to be found in Enlightenment thought, in its epistemology and in its aesthetics. This essay will be of no use to those looking for practical guidance for the implementation of EBL. For such guidance, please refer to Dr Hutchings’s Enquiry-Based Learning: Definitions and Rationale and other resources on this website. The present essay, which is intended as a theoretical complement to Enquiry-Based Learning: Definitions and Rationale, may, the author hopes, be of some value to those interested in the intellectual history of EBL. The author is aware that the essay’s accounts of philosophical ideas suffer from the limitations of space and the shallowness of his knowledge. When Samuel Johnson (one of the heroes of the essay) was asked why he had wrongly defined “pastern” as “the knee of a horse” in his Dictionary, he replied “ignorance, madam, pure ignorance”. The rest is silence. - Hutchings, W and O'Rourke, K (2006) A Study of Enquiry-Based Learning in Action: an Example from a
Literary Studies Third-Year Course, University of Manchester (PDF 440Kb)
This essay provides an interpretative account of how a student group dealt with an Enquiry-Based Learning task from a final-year course on Eighteenth-Century Poetry. - Hutchings, W (2006) Bringing Research and Teaching Together
(PDF 145Kb) - Hutchings, W (2006) CEEBL First Annual Project Symposium Keynote Lecture, 30 June 2006, University of Manchester (PDF, 85Kb)
- Hutchings, W (2006) Facilitating Enquiry-Based Learning: Some Digressions, Keynote: 2nd Southern Universities EBL Network Event, 11 January 2006, University of Surrey (PDF, 89Kb)
- Miles, S (2006) Using inquiry based learning to study inclusive education: an evaluation of the ‘School Based Inquiry and Development’ course unit, MEd Special and Inclusive Education 2005/06, University of Manchester (PDF, 56Kb)
- Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (PESTLHE) Journal Special Edition: Enquiry-Based Learning, Vol 3, No 1 (2008)
This publication offers a forum to develop and share scholarly informed practice in Higher Education through either works in progress or more detailed accounts of scholarly practice. - Jackson, N (2003) A personal perspective on Enquiry-Based Learning, LTSN Generic Centre
A reflection on issues arising from the EBL conference in September 2003 organised by the University of Manchester. - McKenzie, J (1994) Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students, From Now On Journal
An article for educators with students beginning to investigate problems using the internet. - O'Rourke, K. and Powell, N. J. (2006) Effective Environments for Enquiry-Based Learning (Word doc, AISHE website)
Creating and Sustaining Effective Learning Environments. Maynooth, Ireland, All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE) 31st August - 1st September 2006 - Powell, N. J., Hicks, P. J., Truscott, W. S. and Canavan, B. (2006). Problems in the Semiconductor Industry: Teaching Design and Implementation of VLSI Systems using Problem-Based Learning (PDF, 38Kb)
6th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education. Stockholm, Sweden, 8th – 9th June 2006. - Gough, G. Encouraging groups to take responsibility for learning:
First steps in EBL (2008) (PDF, 19Mb)
Keynote presentation for International Symposium in Engineering Education, Loughborough University, January 2008 - Moore, I., O’Rourke, K. and Powell, N. J. (2007) The enquiring mind knows no bounds: does teaching across the disciplines have to be so different? (PDF, 190Kb)
Improving Student Learning – For What? The 15th Improving Student Learning Symposium, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 3–5 September 2007. - Powell, N.J. et al. Preparing for a team project (2008) (PDF, 689Kb)
Electrical Engineering presentation for EngCETL International Symposium in Engineering Education, Loughborough University, January 2008 - Biggs, J (2003) Aligning teaching for constructing learning, HE Academy
Creating a learning environment that supports the constructive alignment of learning activities with the desired learning outcomes. - Jenkins and Healey (2005), Institutional strategies to link teaching and research, HE Academy
A comprehensive account of international and national efforts by institutions to constitute the relationship between research and teaching better within their policies and practices. - International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 45(2)(April 2008)- PBL Special Edition
- Powell, N. J., Van Silfhout, R. and Hicks, P. J. (2008). Using Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) to Prepare Students for Group Work: Lessons from successive implementations. Engineering Education: International conference on innovation, good practice and research in engineering education. Loughborough, Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre 14th -16th July 2008.
- Powell, N. J., Van Silfhout, R. and Hicks, P. J. (2008). Using Enquiry-Based Learning to prepare Students for Group Work: Results of a follow-up evaluation. New challenges in Engineering Education and Research in the 21st Century, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE).Pecs & Budapest, Hungary, International Network of Engineering Education Research (INEER), 28-31 July 2008.
- Powell, N. J. (2008). Exploring the Relationship between Personalised Learning (PL) and Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) in Enhancing the Student Learning Experience. Researching Academic Visions and Realities: Proceedings of the 3rd International iPED Conference. Coventry University, Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE), 8th - 9th September 2008.
- Graham, E. (2007). The Professional Doctorate in Practical Theology: An idea whose time has come? International Journal of Practical Theology in Higher Education, 10(1): pp. 136-141.
- Baratta, A. M. (2010). Academic Writing Development in the LLC Program This paper explores the importance of developing students' academic writing abilities. Considering that the academic essay is predominately used as the main tool of assessment in universities, writing development is suggested to be a necessary area for further research. For this purpose, the academic writing of an undergraduate student, John, at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom was analysed over a three-year period, based on analysis of his essays from each academic year. His writing development is centred on how well he attended to lecturer feedback with regard to initial writing weaknesses, in addition to the final scores for his essays; the subsequent analysis of his written work arguably reveals little overall development, however, from the first year when he began his degree to the final year, which culminated in the writing of a 12,000 word dissertation.
- HEA Research and teaching
links page authored by Alan Jenkins and Mick Healey - Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research
Links page by Alan Jenkins at The University of Warwick, The Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research aims to integrate research-based learning into the undergraduate curriculum.