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Ask, Find Out, Act: The Benefits of Inquiry-based Learning

ByLee Beavington August 8, 2024August 8, 2024

Science labs. Rock climbing. Student-led projects. The Amazon Field School. What do these have in common? They are all taught at KPU with an inquiry-based learning model. Or have the potential to be. Inquiry-based learning puts students in the driver’s seat, and has them explore and share an experiential research or creative process/project that holds…

Now is the Time to Be Brave: Pedagogy for a World in Transition

ByJennifer Hardwick August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

For many of us, the last 18 months have been a time of transition and turmoil as we have faced a global pandemic, a growing climate emergency, increased racial violence, and the impacts of historical and ongoing colonization (to name just a few of the issues that have arisen in 2020-21). As a university community…