TY - T1 - Teachers as Educational Innovators in Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/315653 T3 - Contributions from Science Education Research A1 - Loukomies, Anni; Juuti, Kalle; Lavonen, Jari A2 - Tsivitanidou, Olia E.; Gray, Peter; Rybska, Eliza; Louca, Loucas; Constantinou, Costas P. PB - Springer Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - This chapter describes inquiry-based science teaching and learning (IBST/L) pilots designed by teachers during a professional development programme. There is research-based evidence that IBSL/T may promote students’ learning and their motivation to learn science, and therefore it is beneficial to familiarise the teachers with this approach. Building on teachers’ existing expertise in designing their teaching, the programme introduced theoretical aspects of the IBST/L approach and its research-ba... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 516 Educational sciences; Professional development; student motivation; inquiry-based science teaching and learning (IBST/L); educational innovation; REFLECTION N1 - PP - ER -