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Microbiology as Enquiry

Chris Burke

School of Aquaculture


 As I have used EBL [Enquiry-Based Learning], students practise the methods of scientific enquiry so that they learn how to be a scientist at the same time as they develop their knowledge …

Chris explains how he has moved his teaching from a primary focus on content to a focus on the scientific method. Through enquiry-based learning—strategic problem solving, hypothesis testing and the like—students learn how to think like scientists, as well as master a body of knowledge. To achieve this goal, Chris has made substantial changes to students' laboratory and theory experiences.

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