SIG 20 Inquiry Learning
Welcome to EARLI SIG 20 Inquiry Learning webpage.
We are a special interest group focusing on inquiry learning in the broad sense. We welcome both junior and senior researchers interested in (computer-supported) inquiry learning, problem based learning, knowledge building, etc. across different domains.
Read our mission statement for more details.
If you are interested to join us, please contact us per email (sig20inquiry@gmail.com) or join us through the EARLI registration system (membership of a SIG costs only 8 euro a year for EARLI members).
Koen Veermans, Tasos Hovardas, and Valentina Nachtigall
SIG20 Coordinators
Koen Veermans
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Position: University Researcher
Primary affiliation: University of Turku, Turku, Finland
E-mail:
Research interests: I am interested in inquiry learning in STEM. I have looked at support for learners (e.g. using learner modeling, explicit-implicit instruction) and in the effect of different representations and combinations of representations (e.g. real-virtual, concrete-abstract), both in terms of learning outcomes and in terms of interest. Though my research has not been explicitly focusing on these, I am also interested in critical thinking, scientific reasoning and mathematical thinking and reasoning.
Tasos Hovardas
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Position: Senior Research Associate
Primary affiliation: Research in Science and Technology Education Group, Department of Education, University of Cyprus
E-mail: hovardas@ucy.ac.cy
Research interests: Inquiry-based learning; model-based inquiry; pedagogical design; environmental education; social learning
Valentina Nachtigall
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Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Primary affiliation: Ruhr-University Bochum
E-mail: valentina.nachtigall@rub.de
Research interests: authentic learning, out-of-school learning, productive failure/problem solving prior to instruction, science education, images/beliefs about scientists
History of the SIG
The SIG was founded by Ton de Jong and Zacharias Zacharia as SIG 20 Computer-Supported Inquiry Learning. To be more inclusive towards researchers with an interest in inquiry learning in general without necessarily using computers, the SIG decided during its 2015 members meeting to change its name to SIG 20 Inquiry Learning.
Former SIG 20 Coordinators:
- Ton de Jong (founder – 2009)
- Zacharias Zacharia (founder – 2011)
- Margus Pedaste (2009 - 2013)
- Astrid Wichmann (2011 - 2015)
- Wouter van Joolingen (2013 - 2017)
- Bram de Wever (2015 - 2019)
- Ingo Kollar (2017 - 2021)
Former JURE Coordinators:
- Marios Papaevripidou (2009 - 2011)
- Mario Mäeots (2011 - 2013)
- Annelies Raes (2013 - 2017)
- Juliane Kant (2017 - 2019)
- Yiannis Georgiou (2019 – 2021)
- Anna Keune (2021)
Past SIG conferences
- 2010 Warsaw: https://cblis2010.oeiizk.waw.pl/ (part of cblis)
- 2012 Bochum: http://www.pp.rub.de/earlisig20/index.html
- 2014 Mälmö
- 2016 Ghent (together with 26): https://earli2016.ugent.be
- 2018 Jeruzalem (together with 26): Now: https://earli.org/SIG20-26-2018
- 2020 Online webinar: https://earli.org/SIG20-SIG26-2020
SIG20/26 conference 2022
Location: Utrecht University
Dates: September 14th to 16th, 2022
For more information, please visit the conference website https://earli.org/SIG20-SIG26-2022
Newsletters
Feel free to forward the SIG20 newsletters to people who are not yet member of our SIG but might be interested in inquiry learning!
If you have any suggestions or you would like to contribute to the next newsletter just send us an e-mail to sig20inquiry@gmail.com