Learning to Teach Inquiry:
A Course in Inquiry-Based Science for Future Primary School
Teachers
Angelika Kremer, Mark Walker, Kirsten Schlüter
Biology Didactics Group, Department of Chemistry and Biology, The University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2,
57068 Siegen
Email: sekretariat@biologie.uni-siegen.de
Abstract: We developed a course in inquiry-based science for students training to become primary school teachers.
The emphasis of the course was teaching students to do inquiry-based science activities themselves, as this is the
best way of learning how to teach using inquiry-based methods.
Keywords: Inquiry-based science, teacher education, college science, biology, open learning.