Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning Model: Primary Student Teachers’ Difficulties

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Published: Apr 19, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.9921
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Inquiry Based teaching and Learning pre-service teachers’ difficulties
Fotini Mari
Primary Education
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2143-5894
Constantina Stefanidou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Abstract

The present study focuses on the investigation of the difficulties pre-service teachers face while designing their own Inquiry Based teaching material. According to the research results, the difficulties are related to poor teaching goals formulation, weakness on being inquiry-oriented, and to following the phases of Inquiry-Based model. Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) is a teaching method which aims at the active involvement of students in the teaching process. While working with it, students conduct their own research and reach their own conclusions, working according to the scientific method.

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